GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 2000-34
HOUSE BILL 1675

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MAYODAN TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE TOWN MANAGER MUST RESIDE WITHIN TOWN LIMITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Section 5.1 of the Charter of the Town of Mayodan, being Chapter 501 of the 1973 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5.1. Appointment; Compensation. The Town Council shall appoint an officer whose title shall be Town Manager and who shall be the head of the administrative branch of the Town government.  The Town Manager shall be chosen by the Council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his actual experience in, or knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter prescribed.  At the time of his appointment he need not be a resident of the Town, but shall reside within five miles of the Town limits during his tenure of office.  No person elected as Mayor or as a member of the Council shall be eligible for appointment as Town Manager until one year shall have elapsed following the expiration of the term for which he was elected.  The Town Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Council and shall receive such salary as the Council shall fix."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 2000.

s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives