GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 607
     

     
 
Short Title:	Local Appointees Must Be Citizens.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Walend;  Cansler, Carpenter, Davis, Gillespie, Kiser, and Setzer.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
March 14, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that members of city and county boards and commissions must be citizens of the united states.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 128 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 128-91. City and county board members must be citizens of the United States.
An appointed member of any city or county board, commission, committee, council, or any other subdivision of a city or county, must be a citizen of the United States."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective with respect to appointments made on or after October 1, 2001.  It does not affect the right of any person appointed prior to that date from completing the term of office or being reappointed to continue to serve in the same office.