GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2005

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HOUSE BILL 1028

Short Title:     High Point Charter Amendments.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representative Wiley.
Referred to:	Local Government I.

March 31, 2005

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT amending the charter of the city of high point to allow the city council to elect a mayor pro tempore from its full membership and repealing certain election procedures to allow the general law on elections to apply.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 2.4 of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 223 of the 1987 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 2.4. Mayor Pro Tempore. At its organizational meeting, the council shall elect from among the two candidates elected to the council at largeits membership a mayor pro tempore to exercise the functions of mayor whenever the mayor is absent, disabled or unable to discharge the duties of the office of mayor."

SECTION 2.  Sections 3.2 through 3.7 of Article III of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended, are repealed.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.