NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1248

HOUSE BILL 1609

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR FILLING VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Should a vacancy exist on the Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston-Salem by death, resignation, or otherwise than by expiration of term, and should the unexpired term at the time the vacancy occurs be for twelve months or more, then the Forsyth County Executive Committee of each political party shall immediately designate a candidate for said vacancy and the Board of Aldermen shall cause to be held, in the Ward which the vacating Alderman represented, an election to fill said vacancy.  The candidate receiving a majority of the votes cast shall assume office forthwith.  The election shall be held no later than 60 days after the vacancy occurs.  Insofar as possible, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the laws governing other municipal elections in the City of Winston-Salem.

Sec. 2.  Should a vacancy exist on said Board for any of the reasons stated above, and should the unexpired term at the time the vacancy occurs be for less than twelve months, then the Mayor of the City of Winston-Salem shall immediately appoint for the unexpired part of the term the person recommended by the Forsyth County Executive Committee of the political party with which the former member was affiliated when elected.

Sec. 3.  Should a member of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston-Salem remove himself from the City, or fail to attend the meetings of the Board for 90 consecutive days, or should he willfully neglect or refuse to serve, a vacancy to be filled as provided in Sections 1 and 2 shall be deemed to have been created.

Sec. 4.  This act amends the Charter of the City of Winston-Salem by adding Sections 1, 2 and 3 hereof to the provisions of the Charter relating to elections, and repeals all provisions of the Charter inconsistent therewith.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification and shall apply to any existing vacancy.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of October, 1971.