NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 471

HOUSE BILL 338

AN ACT AMENDING CHAPTER 775 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1965 TO ELIMINATE THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Section 4 of Chapter 775 of the Session Laws of 1965 is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereof which reads as follows:

"If an applicant is accepted for employment who resides outside of the corporate limits of the City of Statesville, he or she must then move within the city limits not later than ninety days from the time he or she actually goes on the force."

Sec. 2. The purpose and intent of this Act is to eliminate the residency requirements for Police Department and Fire Department personnel.

Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. 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 12th day of May, 1969.