NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 188

SENATE BILL 379

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT AN ELECTION IN THE CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER SHALL BE ABOLISHED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  At the next regular municipal election to be held in the City of Roanoke Rapids there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the city the question of whether the office of City Manager shall be abolished.  There shall be a separate ballot on which shall be printed: "FOR abolishing the office of City Manager", "AGAINST abolishing the office of City Manager".

Sec. 2.  If a majority of those voting, vote "FOR abolishing the office of City Manager", then Article V of Chapter 1054 Session Laws of 1967 shall be repealed; and, wherever the words "City Manager" appear in other provisions of the City Charter they shall be changed to read "City Council,"; and, the City Council shall have the authority to employ personnel for the proper administration of the affairs of the city.

Sec. 3.  If a majority of those voting, vote "FOR abolishing the office of City Manager", then Section 1.4 of Article I of Chapter 1054 Session Laws of 1967 shall be rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 1.4. Form of Government. The form of government of the City of Roanoke Rapids shall be the City Council-Mayor form as specified in this Charter, as amended, and the Mayor and City Council shall have the powers, authority and duties as specified in this Charter."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification; provided, however, that if the Office of City Manager shall be abolished, the new form of government shall not be instituted and become effective until July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1971.