GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1997 SESSION

 

 

S.L. 1997-104

HOUSE BILL 828

 

 

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILSON TO INCREASE THE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 11.2 of the Charter of Wilson, being Chapter 136 of the 1969 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:  

"Section 11.2.  Settlement of claims by city manager.  The city manager may, with the approval of the City Council, settle claims against the city for (1) personal injuries or damages to property  when the amount involved does not exceed the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and does not exceed the actual loss sustained, sustained. including loss of time, medical expenses, and any other expense actually incurred and (2) the taking of small portions of private property which are needed for the rounding of corners at intersections of streets, when the amount involved in any such settlement does not exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and does not exceed the actual loss sustained.  Settlement of a claim by the city manager pursuant to this Section shall constitute a complete release of the city from any and all damages sustained by the person involved in such the settlement in any manner arising out of the accident, occasion, or taking event complained of.  All such settlements, and all such releases, releases and settlements exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be approved in advance by the city attorney."

Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 1997.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives