NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 342

SENATE BILL 346

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILMINGTON REGARDING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 495, Session Laws of 1977, being the Charter of the City of Wilmington, is amended by making the following changes in Section 11.6(c):

(1)       In the fifth line of the first paragraph add the words "Secretary of the" after the words "file with the" and before the word "commission"; and

(2)       the second paragraph is rewritten to read:

"Within 10 working days after dismissal or demotion, the employee may appeal by first filing with the secretary of the commission a written request for a hearing before the Civil Service Commission. Such request for hearing shall contain a written response to each of the enumerated charges which was filed in support of the discharge or demotion. The commission shall conduct a hearing within 60 calendar days after receipt of the request. Hearings shall be administrative in nature. 'Working days' for purposes of this subsection shall mean 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday except legal holidays."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of May, 1981.