Title: S.L. 2011-130
Subject: Session Law 2011-130
Category: Introduced Bill 2009

General Assembly of North Carolina	Session 2011

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011

SESSION LAW 2011-130
HOUSE BILL 170

AN ACT amending the charter of the city of winston‑salem regarding meetings of the city council.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 13 of the Charter of the City of Winston‑Salem, being Chapter 232 of the Private Laws of 1927, as amended by Chapter 305 of the 1949 Session Laws, Chapter 149 of the 1955 Session Laws, and Chapter 888 of the 1963 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 13. Council members to form council; quorum; meetings.
The council members shall form a council, and a majority of them shall be competent to perform the duties prescribed for the council members. The council shall fix stated days of meetings for the year, which shall be as often as at least  once every calendar month. Special meetings of the  council may be held on the call of the  mayor, mayor pro tempore, or a majority of the members of the council in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 160A‑71, except that notice may be provided to the mayor and members of the council by telephone or by electronic means at least 48 hours before the meeting in lieu of personal delivery. In addition to the procedures provided in this section, a person or persons calling a special meeting of the council shall comply with the notice requirements provided in Article 33C of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15^th day of June, 2011.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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