§ 160A-496. Incorporation of local acts into charter. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A‑496. Incorporation of local acts into charter.

(a)        A city may from time to time require the city attorney topresent to the council any local acts relating to the property, affairs, andgovernment of the city and not part of the city's charter which the cityattorney recommends be incorporated into the charter. In his recommendations,the city attorney may include suggestions for renumbering or rearranging theprovisions of the charter and other local acts, for providing catchlines, andfor any other modifications in arrangement or form that do not change theprovisions themselves of the charter or local acts and that may be necessary toeffect an orderly incorporation of local acts into the charter.

(b)        After considering the recommendations of the attorney, thecouncil may by ordinance direct the incorporation of any such local acts intothe charter. The city clerk shall file a certified true copy of the ordinancewith the Secretary of State and with the Legislative Library.

(c)        For purposes of this section, "charter" means thatlocal act of the General Assembly or action of the Municipal Board of Controlincorporating a city or a later local act that includes provisions expresslydenominated the city's "charter," plus any other local acts insertedtherein pursuant to this section or a comparable provision of a local act. (1975, c. 156; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 935, s. 3;1989, c. 191, s. 3.)