NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 609

HOUSE BILL 729

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 160A OF THE GENERAL STATUTES WITH RESPECT TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 5, Part 1, of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by inserting a new section therein as follows:

"§ 160A-59.  Qualifications for elective office.— All city officers elected by the people shall possess the qualifications set out in Article VI of the Constitution. In addition, when the city is divided into electoral districts for the purpose of electing members of the council, council members shall reside in the district they represent. When any elected city officer ceases to meet all of the qualifications for holding office pursuant to the Constitution, or when a council member ceases to reside in an electoral district that he was elected to represent, the office is ipso facto vacant."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1973.