GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997
SESSION LAW 1998-31
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT COUNCIL MEETINGS BE HELD AT LEAST ONCE EACH WEEK AND TO CHANGE THE MANNER IN WHICH ORDINANCES ARE REVISED OR AMENDED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 8 of the Charter of the City of Asheville, being Chapter 121 of the Private Laws of 1931, as amended by Section IV of Ordinance No. 1501 of the City of Asheville, adopted March 19, 1985, pursuant to Part 4 of Article 5 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, reads as rewritten:
"On its first regular meeting date in December following
a regular municipal election, the council shall meet at the usual place for
holding its meetings, and the newly elected mayor and councilmembers shall
assume the duties of office. Before entering upon the duties of their
offices, the newly elected mayor and councilmen shall severally make oath
before the retiring mayor, city clerk or some person authorized by law to
administer oaths to perform faithfully the duties of their respective
offices. Thereafter the council shall meet at such times as may be
prescribed by ordinance or resolution, but not less frequently than once
each week resolution. Special meetings shall be called by the
clerk upon written request of the mayor or of the city manager or of three
members of the council. No less than 12 hours' notice of special meetings
shall be given to each member of the council at such address, within the
corporate limits of the City of Asheville, as he shall designate and such
notice shall be published at least once prior to the meeting in a daily
newspaper of the city. The notice must state the subject or subjects to
be considered at the meeting and no other subject or subjects may be there
considered."
Section 2. Section 18 of the Charter of the City of Asheville, being Chapter 121 of the Private Laws of 1931, reads as rewritten:
"No ordinance or resolution or section
thereof shall be revised or amended except by a new ordinance or
resolution containing the entire ordinance, resolution ordinance
or section as revised or amended and repealing the original ordinance,
resolution or section. amended."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 1998.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives