S.L. 1969-329

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 329

HOUSE BILL 591

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 1101 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1959 RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF MEMBERS OF THE ASHEVILLE LIBRARY BOARD.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That Section 94 of Chapter 121, Private Laws of 1931, rewritten by Chapter 149, Session Laws of 1943, and rewritten by Chapter 1101, Session Laws of 1959, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 94. The Library Board of the City of Asheville shall be an administrative agency of said city and shall have general supervision and control of the public libraries maintained in and by said city. Said board shall consist of nine members, five of whom shall be appointed by the City Council and shall be residents of the City of Asheville, and four of whom shall be appointed by the Buncombe County Board of County Commissioners and shall be residents of Buncombe County outside the City of Asheville. At the last regular meeting of the City Council in July, 1969, five members of said board shall be appointed, two to serve for a period of two years, one for a period of three years, and two for a period of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. At the last regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners in July, 1969, four members of said board shall be appointed, two to serve for a period of two years, and two for a period of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Thereafter the terms of all members shall be for four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified, and the expiration dates of terms shall be the last regular meeting of the City Council and the last regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners in July. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of the incumbent. Provided, however, that the Library Board as constituted prior to the date of passage of this Act and the terms of all incumbents as of this date, or their successors, shall be extended until appointments are made as provided in this Act, and provided that the two incumbents appointed by City Council prior to passage of this Act and whose terms are due to expire in 1971 shall be appointed by City Council to the two initial two-year terms provided by this Act, but subject to all requirements of this Act."

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.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 28th day of April, 1969.