H.B. 73
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Feb 8, 2023
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH30046-TE-1
Short Title: Bridgeton - Quorum. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Tyson.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BRIDGETON TO REFLECT
3 THE GENERAL LAW ON QUORUMS.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. Section 2.7 of the Charter of the Town of Bridgeton, being Chapter
6 621 of the Session Laws of 1989, is repealed.
7 SECTION 2. Section 2.3 of the Charter of the Town of Bridgeton, being Chapter
8 621 of the Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:
9 "Sec. 2.3. Election of the Mayor; Term of Office; Duties. – The Mayor shall be elected
10 directly by the voters of the Town in the manner provided by Article 3 of this Charter for a term
11 of two years; provided, the Mayor shall serve until his a successor is elected and qualified. The
12 Mayor shall be the official head of the Town government and shall preside at all meetings of the
13 Board of Commissioners. He The Mayor shall have the right to vote only if there are an equal
14 number of votes in the affirmative and the negative on any matter before the Board. The Mayor
15 shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as presently are or hereafter may be conferred
16 upon him or her by the General Statutes, by this Charter, and by the ordinances of the Town."
17 SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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