GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-104
HOUSE BILL 828

AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WILSON TO INCREASE THE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 11.2 of the Charter of Wilson, being Chapter 136 of the 1969 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:   
"Section 11.2.  Settlement of claims by city manager.  The city manager may, with the approval of the City Council, settle claims against the city when the amount involved does not exceed the sum of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) and does not exceed the actual loss sustained. Settlement of a claim by the city manager pursuant to this Section shall constitute a complete release of the city from any and all damages sustained by the person involved in the settlement in any manner arising out of the accident, occasion, or event complained of.  All releases and settlements exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000) shall be approved in advance by the city attorney."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 1997.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives