GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 827

HOUSE BILL 1415

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON APPOINTED TO FILL A VACANCY IN AN ELECTED CITY OFFICE SHALL SERVE ONLY UNTIL THE NEXT CITY ELECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-63 is amended by deleting the first sentence and substituting the following:

"A vacancy that occurs in an elective office of a city shall be filled by appointment of the city council. If the term of the office expires immediately following the next regular city election, or if the next regular city election will be held within 90 days after the vacancy occurs, the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Otherwise, a successor shall be elected at the next regularly scheduled city election that is held more than 90 days after the vacancy occurs, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve only until the elected successor takes office. The elected successor shall then serve the remainder of the unexpired term."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective only for vacancies occurring on or after January 1, 1984.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of July, 1983.