NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 168

SENATE BILL 367

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW A MUNICIPAL GOVERNING BOARD TO SET THE DATE FOR ITS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-68 is rewritten to read:

"§ 160A-68.  Organizational meeting of council. — (a) The council may fix the date and time of its organizational meeting. The organizational meeting may be held at any time after the results of the municipal election have been officially determined and published pursuant to Subchapter IX of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes but not 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 pursuant to that Subchapter. If the council fails to fix the date and time of its organizational meeting, then the meeting shall be held on the date and at the time of the first regular meeting in December after the results of the municipal election have been certified pursuant to Subchapter IX of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

(b)        At the organizational meeting, the newly elected mayor and councilmen shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed in Article VI, Section 7 of the Constitution. 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 the members must be present."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of March, 1979.