NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 1225

HOUSE BILL 1326

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 22 OF THE PRIVATE LAWS OF 1935 SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LEXINGTON UTILITIES COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 22 of the Private Laws of 1935 relating to the membership of the Utilities Commission of the City of Lexington is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 1. A commission of the City of Lexington to be known as the Lexington Utilities Commission is hereby created. The commission shall be composed of five members, appointed at large by the Lexington City Council for terms of three years each.

"The membership of the five-member utilities commission established by this Section shall be initially constituted as follows: Mr. Earl Riddle shall serve until the first meeting of the City Council of Lexington in June, 1960; Mr. E. Ray Coltrane shall serve until the first meeting of the City Council of Lexington in June, 1961; Mr. Haywood W. Hinkle shall serve until the first meeting of the City Council of Lexington in June, 1962; one additional member, to be appointed by the city council, shall serve until the first meeting of the city council in June, 1961; and one additional member, to be appointed by the city council, shall serve until the first meeting of the city council in June, 1962.

"As the term of each of the above enumerated members of the commission shall expire, their successors shall be appointed at large for terms of three years each by the city council at the first regular meeting of the council in June of each year; except that the city council shall fill vacancies on the commission occurring otherwise than by expiration of a term, by appointment for the unexpired term. Appointments to fill vacancies on the commission, occurring by reason of expiration of a term or otherwise, shall be upon a two-thirds vote of the membership of the city council."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1959.