NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 933

HOUSE BILL 868

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 131 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES AS IT PERTAINS TO MECKLENBURG COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Chapter 131, Article 12 of the North Carolina General Statutes, is hereby amended as follows:

(a)       Section 131-91 is hereby amended by deleting the word "and" between the words "cities and towns", inserting a comma in lieu thereof, and adding the words "and counties", wherever it appears.

(b)       Section 131.92(3) is amended by adding "(a)" after the figure "(3)".

(c)       Section 131-92(3) is also amended by adding a new subparagraph (3)(b) to read as follows:

"(3)(b)  "County" shall mean the county having a population of more than seventy-five thousand inhabitants (according to the last federal census) which is, or is about to be, included in the territorial boundaries of an authority when created hereunder."

(d)       Section 131-92(4) is amended by adding "(a)" after the figure "(4)".

(e)       Section 131-92(4) is also amended by adding a new subparagraph (4)(b) to read as follows:

"(4)(b)  "County Clerk" and "Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners" shall mean the clerk and Chairman respectively, of the County or the officers thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the clerk and Chairman, respectively.

(f)        Section 131-92(7) is amended by adding "(a)" after the figure "(7)".

(g)       Section 131-92(7) is also amended by adding a new subparagraph (7)(b) to read a follows:

"(7)(b)  "Board of County Commissioners" shall mean the legislative body charged with governing the county.

(h)       Section 131-92(11) shall be amended by adding the words "or county" after the word "city" in the second line.

(i)        Section 131-93 shall be amended by adding the words "or the Board of the County Commissioners of any county" after the word "city" in the first line.

(j)        Section 131-93 shall also be amended by adding the words "or Board of County Commissioners" after the word "Council" in the first line after subparagraph (2), and by adding the words "or Chairman" after the word "mayor" in the third line after subparagraph (2), all in the first paragraph.

(k)       Section 131-93, subparagraph (1) in the second paragraph shall be amended by adding the words "or Board of County Commissioners" after the word "council", and the words "or Chairman" after the word "mayor".

(l)        Section 131-93 shall be amended by adding the following sentence to the end of the fifth paragraph to read as follows:

"In the event such authority is a county authority, the boundaries of such authority shall include the entire county."

(m)      Section 131-94 shall be amended by adding the words "or Chairman" after the word "mayor" each time it appears, and by adding the words "or county clerk" after the words "city clerk" in the second paragraph.

(n)       Section 131-97 shall be amended by adding the words "or Chairman" after the word "mayor" wherever it appears in this Section, and by adding the words "county clerk" after "city clerk" in the last paragraph.

(o)       Section 131-101 shall be amended by deleting the word "or" between the words "city or municipality", inserting a comma in lieu thereof, and adding the words "or county" in the second and fourth lines in paragraph four.

(p)       Section 131-11 shall be amended by adding the words "or the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, if a county authority" after the word "city" in the second line.

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply to Mecklenburg County only.

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

Sec. 4. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1969.