GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 716
AN ACT AUTHORIZING NEARBY COUNTIES TO JOIN IN THE BERTIE-MARTIN REGIONAL JAIL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 269 of the 1981 Session Laws is amended as follows:
(A) By rewriting the first sentence of the third paragraph of Section 1 to read: "The governing bodies shall create a Regional Jail Commission composed of no fewer than six members, which shall include three members from each participating unit.";
(B) By changing the period at the end of subdivision (3) in the fourth paragraph of Section 1 to a semicolon and adding a new subdivision to read:
"(4) to define the number of members required to constitute a quorum for the conduct of the meetings and business of the commission, and to adopt rules of order for the conduct of its sessions and business.";
(C) By rewriting the first sentence of the fifth paragraph of Section 1 to read: "The commission shall organize by electing a chairman and one or more vice-chairmen from its members.";
(D) By adding a new sentence between the fifth and sixth sentences of the fifth paragraph of Section 1 to read:
"The chairman, however, may cancel any regular meeting for which there is no business to be considered or acted upon, and the secretary-treasurer shall give advance notice in writing to all members of the cancellation."; and
(E) By rewriting Section 2 to read:
"Sec. 2. This act applies only to Bertie and Martin Counties and to other adjoining or nearby counties that mutually agree to participate in the ownership and operation of the regional jail authorized by this act. A county other than Bertie and Martin may join in the ownership and operation of the jail only if the board of commissioners of that county plus the Board of Commissioners of Bertie, Martin, and any other counties then participating in the jail so authorize by joint resolution."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of July, 1983.