NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 202

HOUSE BILL 618

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES IN THE OFFICES OF SHERIFF, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND REGISTER OF DEEDS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 162-5 as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement of Volume 3D of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read:

"If a vacancy occurs in the office of sheriff for any reason in Beaufort County, the county executive committee of the political party to which the person causing the vacancy is affiliated shall, prior to the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners, recommend to the board of county commissioners the name of a qualified voter of the county to fill the vacancy, and the board of county commissioners shall appoint the person so recommended for the unexpired term."

Sec. 2. G.S. 161-5 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read:

"If a vacancy occurs in the office of the register of deeds of Beaufort County for any reason, the county executive committee of the political party to which the person causing the vacancy is affiliated shall, prior to the next regular meeting of the board of county commissioners, recommend to the board of county commissioners the name of a qualified voter of the county to fill the vacancy, and the board of county commissioners shall appoint the person so recommended for the unexpired term."

Sec. 3. G.S. 153A-27 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read:

"If a vacancy occurs on the Board of County Commissioners of Beaufort County for any reason, the county executive committee of the political party with which the vacating member affiliated shall recommend to the remaining members of the board of county commissioners the name of a person to fill the vacancy. The remaining members of the board of county commissioners shall appoint the person recommended to fill the unexpired term of the vacating member."

Sec. 4. This act shall apply only to Beaufort County.

Sec. 5. All local and special acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1975.