GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 228
AN ACT AMENDING THE ASHEVILLE CHARTER CONCERNING THE VOTING RIGHTS OF THE MAYOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 10 of Chapter 121 of the Private Laws of 1931, as amended by Ordinance No. 1501 of the City of Asheville, is rewritten to read:
"The mayor, in addition to the other powers conferred on him by this charter, shall have the rights, privileges, requirements, and immunities of a member of the council. He shall preside at meetings of the council and be recognized as head of the city government for ceremonial purposes, by the courts for service of civil process and by the government for purposes of military law. He shall vote on all issues before the council except when excused from voting as provided by law.
At its first meeting following a regular municipal election, the council shall choose from its number a vice-chairman to act as mayor pro tem in absence of the mayor."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1985.