North Carolina General Statutes 160A-106. Amendment of charter provisions dependent on form of government
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 160A-106
- Charter: means the entire body of local acts currently in force applicable to a particular city, including articles of incorporation issued to a city by an administrative agency of the State, and any amendments thereto adopted pursuant to 1917 Public Laws, Chapter 136, Subchapter 16, Part VIII, sections 1 and 2, or Article 5, Part 4, of this Chapter. See North Carolina General Statutes 160A-1
- Council: means the governing board of a city. See North Carolina General Statutes 160A-1
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
The authority conferred by this Article to amend charter provisions within the options set out in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-101 also includes authority to amend other charter provisions dependent on the form of city government to conform them to the form of government amendments. By way of illustration and not limitation, if a charter providing for a five-member council is amended to increase the size of the council to seven members, a charter provision defining a quorum of the council as three members shall be amended to define a quorum as four members. (1971, c. 698, s. 1.)