§ 77-56. Filing and publication of joint ordinances. - North Carolina Statutes

§77‑56.  Filing and publication of joint ordinances.

(a)        A copy of the jointordinance creating the Commission and of any joint ordinance amending orrepealing the joint resolution creating the Commission shall be filed with theExecutive Director of the Wildlife Commission.  When the Executive Directorreceives ordinances that are in substance identical from the two countiesconcerned, the Executive Director shall, within 10 days, certify this fact anddistribute a certified single ordinance text to the following:

(1)        The Secretary ofState.

(2)        The clerk to thegoverning board of each of the two counties.

(3)        The clerk ofsuperior court of Davidson and Rowan Counties.  Upon request, the ExecutiveDirector shall also send a certified single copy of any and all applicablejoint ordinances to the chairman of the Commission.

(4)        A newspaper ofgeneral circulation in the two counties.

(b)        Unless a jointordinance specifies a later date, it shall take effect when the ExecutiveDirector's certified text has been submitted to the Secretary of State forfiling.  Certifications of the Executive Director under the seal of theCommission as to the text or amended text of any joint ordinance and of thedate or dates of submission to the Secretary of State shall be admissible inevidence in any court.  Certifications by any clerk of superior court of thetext of any certified ordinance filed with him by the Executive Director isadmissible in evidence and the Executive Director's submission of theresolution for filing to the clerk shall constitute prima facie evidencethat such resolution was on the date of submission also submitted for filingwith the Secretary of State.  Except for the certificate of a clerk as toreceipt and date of submission, no evidence may be admitted in court concerningthe submission of the certified text of any ordinance by the Executive Directorto any person other than the Secretary of State. (1993, c. 355, s. 7.)