§ 128-41. Leaves of absence for municipal officials for protracted illness or other reason. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 128‑41.  Leaves ofabsence for municipal officials for protracted illness or other reason.

Any elective or appointivemunicipal official may obtain leave of absence from the official's duties forprotracted illness or other reason satisfactory to the governing body of themunicipality, for such period as the governing body may designate. The leaveshall be obtained only upon application by the official and with the consent ofthe governing body. The official shall receive no salary during the period of leaveunless the leave of absence is granted by reason of protracted illness, inwhich event the granting of a leave of absence shall not deprive the officialof the benefits of any sick leave to which the official may be entitled by law.The period of leave may be extended upon application to and with the approvalof the governing body of the municipality if the reason for the original leavestill exists, and it may be shortened if the reason shall unexpectedlyterminate: Provided, that no leave or extension thereof shall operate to extendthe term of office of any official beyond the period for which the official waselected or appointed. If, by reason of the length of the period of absence orthe nature of the duties of the official, the governing body deems itnecessary, it may appoint any qualified citizen of the municipality as atemporary replacement for the period of the official's leave of absence. Thisappointee shall have all the authority, duties, perquisites, and emoluments ofthe official temporarily replaced. The appointee shall possess all thequalifications required by law for holding the office for which the temporaryreplacement official is appointed. (1941, c. 121, s. 3; 2007‑432, s. 4.)