Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

H.B. 1059
                         GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                                           May 6, 2024
                                     SESSION 2023                                    HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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                                 HOUSE BILL DRH40603-NK-113A
     Short Title:   Town of Bermuda Run/Charter Amendments.                                   (Local)
     Sponsors:      Representative Howard.
     Referred to:
                                      A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BERMUDA RUN TO CHANGE
     THE CONDUCT OF TOWN ELECTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER
     TO APPOINT, SUSPEND, OR REMOVE TOWN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND
     TO APPOINT THE TOWN CLERK; AND TO REQUIRE A REFERENDUM FOR
     PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASES.
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
              SECTION 1. The Charter of the Town of Bermuda Run, being Section 2 of S.L.
 1999-94, reads as rewritten:
                         "CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BERMUDA RUN.
                                                   …
                                            "CHAPTER IV.
                                             "ELECTIONS.
     "Section 4.1. Conduct of Town Elections. Town officers shall be nominated and elected
 on a nonpartisan basis using the plurality method as provided in G.S. 163-294.G.S. 163-292.
     …
                                            "CHAPTER V.
                                        "ADMINISTRATION.
     …
     "Section 5.2. Officers and Employees. The Council may appoint such officers and
 employees as may be necessary, and they shall serve at the pleasure of the Council. The Council
 shall fix all salaries, prescribe bonds, and require such oaths as they may deem necessary.Town
 Manager; officers and employees. The Town Manager shall have the powers and duties
 prescribed in G.S. 160A-148 and the provisions of this Charter, including the power to appoint
 and suspend or remove all Town officers and employees not elected by the people, and whose
 appointment or removal is not otherwise provided for by law, except the Town Attorney, in
 accordance with such general personnel rules, regulations, policies, or ordinances as the council
 may adopt.
     "Section 5.3. Town Clerk. The Council may Town Manager shall appoint a Town Clerk who
 shall keep the records of the Council and perform other duties as may be required by general law
 or the Council.
     …
                                            "CHAPTER VI.
                                      "SPECIAL PROVISIONS.
     …
                                 *DRH40603-NK-113A*
    General Assembly Of North Carolina                                                    Session 2023
     "Section 6.2. Property Taxes. The Town of Bermuda Run shall not increase its property
 tax rates in excess of fifteen cents ($0.15) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of valuation without
 the vote or consent of a majority of the residents qualified voters of the Town participating in the
 referendum. The referendum shall be held in accordance with G.S. 160A-209(f)."
              SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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