GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

 

 

SESSION LAW 2007-138

HOUSE BILL 1089

 

 

AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of franklinton to provide for a council-manager form of government and to allow the lake royale company police to enter into mutual aid agreements with franklin county for the purpose of participating in a multi-jurisdictional drug task force at the request of the franklin county sheriff.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Article IV of the Charter of the Town of Franklinton, being Chapter 160 of the Session Laws of 1993, reads as rewritten:

"ARTICLE IV. ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION.

"Sec. 4.1. Form of Government. The Town shall operate under the Mayor-Council Council-Manager form of government, in accordance with Part 3 Part 2 of Article 7 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes.

"Sec. 4.2. Town Clerk. The Board Town Manager shall appoint a Town Clerk to keep a journal of the proceedings of the Board, to maintain official records and documents, to give notice of meetings, and to perform such other duties required by law or as the Board may direct.

"Sec. 4.3. Tax Collector. The Board shall appoint a Tax Collector to collect all taxes owed to the Town, subject to general law, this Charter, and Town ordinances.

"Sec. 4.4. Town Attorney. The Board shall appoint a Town Attorney licensed to practice law in North Carolina. It shall be the duty of the Town Attorney to represent the Town, advise Town officials, and perform other duties required by law or as the Board may direct.

"Sec. 4.5. Other Administrative Officers and Employees. The Board may authorize other positions and may organize the Town government as deemed appropriate, subject to the requirements of general law."

SECTION 2.  The Lake Royale Company Police shall be considered a law enforcement agency under the provisions of G.S. 160A-288(b)(2) for the purpose of participating in a multi-jurisdictional drug task force at the request of the Franklin County Sheriff.

SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act applies only to the Lake Royale Company Police serving the Lake Royale community in Franklin and Nash Counties.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2007.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives