GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

 

 

SESSION LAW 2014-38

HOUSE BILL 1207

 

 

AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of high point to allow the city council to hire the city attorney and to make certain technical corrections.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 2 of Article IV of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:

"CHAPTER 2.

"CITY CLERK.

"Sec. 4.1.Sec. 4.6.       Appointment; term; compensation.

"Sec. 4.2.Sec. 4.7.       Duties.

"Sec. 4.1. Sec. 4.6. Appointment; term; compensation. The council shall appoint a city clerk, who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The compensation of the city clerk shall be as fixed by the council.

"Sec. 4.2.Sec. 4.7. Duties. The city clerk shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the council, maintain in a safe place all records and documents pertaining to the affairs of the city and perform such other duties as may be required by law or as the council or city manager may direct."

SECTION 2.  Article IV of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended, is amended by adding a new Chapter to read as follows:

"CHAPTER 3.

"CITY ATTORNEY.

"Sec. 4.10.       Appointment; term; compensation.

"Sec. 4.11.       Duties.

"Sec. 4.10. Appointment; term; compensation. The council shall appoint a city attorney who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The compensation of the city attorney shall be as fixed by the council.

"Sec. 4.11. Duties. The city attorney shall act as the council's legal advisor and shall provide such other legal services to the City as prescribed by the council."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 2014.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives