GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

SESSION LAW 2016-15

HOUSE BILL 957

AN ACT amending the charter of the city of hendersonville to allow the mayor and council members to receive compensation for their services as provided by general law.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3.4 of the Charter of the City of Hendersonville, being Chapter 874 of the 1971 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3.4.  Compensation of Mayor and Councilmen.Council Members. The Mayor and council members shall receive for his their services such salary salaries as the City Council shall determine, and no increase or reduction in his salary shall be made to take effect during the term in which it is voted. The Council may establish a salary for its members which may be increased or reduced, but no increase shall be made to take effect as to any Councilman during the respective term of office which he is serving at the time the increase is voted.determine, from time to time, in accordance with the applicable general laws of this State."

SECTION 2.  At any place in the Charter of the City of Hendersonville where the term "Councilman" appears, that term shall be changed to "Council Member." At any place in the Charter of the City of Hendersonville where the term "Councilmen" appears, that term shall be changed to "Council Members."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16^th day of June, 2016.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives