GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2003-82
SENATE BILL 492
AN ACT to amend and MODERNIZE the charter of the city of eden.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3.3(d) of the Charter of the City of Eden, being Chapter 967 of the Session Laws of 1967, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"(d) The mayor shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties as are or may be conferred upon
him by the General Laws of North Carolina, by his Charter, and by the
ordinances of the town. city."
SECTION 2. Section 3.5(a) of the Charter of the City of Eden, being Chapter 967 of the Session Laws of 1967, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"(a) The organizational
meeting of the council shall be the first regular meeting after the regular
city election. The council may fix the date and time of its
organizational meeting, provided it shall not be later than the date and time
of the first regular meeting of the council in December after the results of
the municipal election have been certified. The organization of the council
shall take place notwithstanding the absence, death, refusal to serve, failure
to qualify, or nonelection of one or more members, but at least a quorum of
members must be present."
SECTION 3. Section 3.6.1 of the Charter of the City of Eden, being Chapter 967 of the Session Laws of 1967, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"Section 3.6.1 Notice of Meetings.
(a) Regular meetings. A
schedule of the regular meetings shall be filed in the office of the city clerk
and shall be posted on the principal bulletin board at city hall.
(b) Special meetings. Notice of special meetings shall be delivered to the mayor and each councilman or left at his usual dwelling place at least forty-eight hours before the special meeting. In addition, notice of a special meeting shall:
(1) Be posted on the
principal bulletin board at city hall; and
(2) Be mailed or delivered
to each news medium which has requested such special meeting notice. News media
asking for special meeting notice shall annually request such notice in
writing, filing such request with the city clerk and paying therewith an annual
fee of ten dollars as established by the council to cover the
costs of providing such notice.
(c) Emergency meetings. Notice of emergency meetings shall be delivered to the mayor and each councilman or left at his usual dwelling place at least six hours before the emergency meeting. In addition, notice of an emergency meeting shall be given to each local news medium which has filed a written request for notice with the city clerk. Notice shall be given to each such local news medium by telephone or by delivering such notice to the principal local office of such news medium at least six hours before an emergency meeting.
(d) The city manager shall cause all notices to be posted, mailed, delivered or telephoned as required by this section."
SECTION 4. Section 4.3 of the Charter of the City of Eden, being Chapter 967 of the Session Laws of 1967, is repealed.
SECTION 5. Section 5.2 of the Charter of the City of Eden, being Chapter 967 of the Session Laws of 1967, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5.2. Duties of City Attorney. It shall be the duty
of the City Attorney to prosecute and defend suits for and against the City; to
advise the Mayor, the City Council, and other City officials with respect to
the affairs of the City; to draw all legal documents relating to the affairs of
the City; to draw proposed ordinances when requested to do so; to inspect and
pass upon all agreements, contracts, franchises and other instruments with
which the City may be concerned; to attend all meetings of the Council;
and to perform such other duties as may be required of him by virtue of his
position as City Attorney."
SECTION 6. Article VII of the Charter of the City of Eden, being Chapter 967 of the Session Laws of 1967, is repealed.
SECTION 7. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 2003.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Richard T. Morgan
Speaker of the House of Representatives