GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 87
AN ACT RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE GIVEN BY CATAWBA COUNTY TO VETERANS WHO APPLY FOR COUNTY EMPLOYMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 631 of the 1945 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners of
Catawba County is hereby authorized and empowered to employ a county veterans
service officer and pay him the service officer such salary as
the board may consider just and fair and to furnish him the service
officer the necessary office space, assistants, supplies, and equipment to
enable him the service officer to perform efficiently the duties
of his the service officer's employment. In selecting said
the service officer and other personnel, preference shall be given
to applicants who are eligible veterans of World Wars I and II. as
defined by G.S. 128-15(b)(3), in furtherance of the policy of the State that,
in appreciation for their service to this State and this country during a
period of war, and in recognition of the time and advantage lost toward the
pursuit of a civilian career, veterans shall be granted preference in public
employment."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of May, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives