GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-25
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 160A-147 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-147. Appointment of city manager; dual office holding.
(a) In cities whose
charters provide for the council-manager form of government, the council shall
appoint a city manager to serve at its pleasure. The manager shall be
appointed solely on the basis of his the manager's executive and
administrative qualifications. He The manager need not be a
resident of the city or State at the time of his appointment. The
office of city manager is hereby declared to be an office that may be held
concurrently with other appointive (but not elective) offices pursuant to
Article VI, Sec. 9, of the Constitution.
(b) Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsection (a), a city manager may serve on a county board of
education which that is elected on a non-partisan basis if the
following criteria are met:
(1) The population of the city by which the city manager is employed does not exceed 10,000;
(2) The city is located in two counties; and
(3) The population of the county in which the city manager resides does not exceed 40,000.
(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), a city manager may hold elective office if the following criteria are met:
(1) The population of the city by which the city manager is employed does not exceed 3,000.
(2) The city manager is an elected official of a city other than the city by which the city manager is employed.
(d) For the
purposes of this section, The population figures shall be according
to the latest United States decennial figures issued at the time the second
office is assumed. If census figures issued after the second office is
assumed increase the city or county population beyond the limits of this subsection,
section, the city manager may complete the term on the county
board of education which he of elected office that the city manager is
then serving."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of April, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 12:10 p.m. this 17th day of April, 1997