NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 698

HOUSE BILL 780

AN ACT RELATING TO THE TERMS OF OFFICE AND SALARIES OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF AVERY COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. At the election of county officers to be held in Avery County in 1970 and biennially thereafter there shall be elected two county commissioners. The candidate in each such election receiving the highest number of votes shall serve for a term of four years, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for a term of two years.

Sec. 2. From and after the first Monday in December, 1970, the Avery County Board of Commissioners shall consist of three members.

Sec. 3. Each member of the Board of County Commissioners of Avery County shall receive as compensation for his services the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each of twelve regular meetings of said board and fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each of six additional meetings of said board. Each member of the board shall receive ten dollars ($10.00) for attending any meeting of the board which lasts for four hours or less. Each member of the board shall also receive as compensation for his services while the board is sitting as a board of equalization and review the sum of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per day but the number of days for which such compensation is paid shall not exceed ten days in any fiscal year.

Sec. 4. Chapter 564 of the 1963 Session Laws and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed, except Chapter 180, Session Laws of 1969.

Sec. 5. This Act shall become effective on April 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1969.