North Carolina SB 79: Boiling Springs Charter Revisions.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 3
SENATE BILL 79
State and Local Government Committee Substitute Adopted 4/29/25
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/24/25

Short Title: Boiling Springs Charter Revisions. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 12, 2025
*S79-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REVISE AND CONSOLIDATE THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BOILING 2
SPRINGS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) The Charter of the Town of Boiling Springs is revised and 5
consolidated to read: 6
"THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF BOILING SPRINGS. 7
"ARTICLE I. INCORPORATION AND CORPORATE POWERS. 8
"Section 1.1. Incorporation. The Town of Boiling Springs, in Cleveland County, North 9
Carolina, and the inhabitants thereof, shall continue to be a municipal body politic and corporate, 10
under the name of the "Town of Boiling Springs," hereinafter referred to as the "Town." 11
"Section 1.2. Powers. The Town shall continue to be vested with all of the property and 12
rights in property belonging to the Town; shall have perpetual succession; may sue and be sued; 13
may contract and be contracted with; may acquire and hold any property, real and personal, 14
devised, bequeathed, sold, or in any manner conveyed, dedicated to, or otherwise acquired by it; 15
and, from time to time, may hold, invest, sell, or dispose of the same, may have a common seal, 16
and alter and renew the same at will. The enumeration of any particular powers, rights, 17
immunities, or authorities shall not be held or deemed to be exclusive. In addition to any powers, 18
rights, or authorities enumerated or implied under this Charter, the Town shall have and may 19
exercise all the powers, functions, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities of every kind and 20
nature whatsoever conferred upon the Town now or in the future under the general laws of the 21
State of North Carolina, local acts applicable to the Town, and this Charter. 22
"ARTICLE II. CORPORATE BOUNDARIES. 23
"Section 2.1. Corporate Boundaries. The corporate limits of the Town shall be those existing 24
at the time of ratification of this Charter, as the same are set forth on an official map of the Town, 25
and as such limits may be altered from time to time in accordance with law. An official map of 26
the Town, showing the current municipal boundaries, shall be maintained permanently in the 27
office of the Town Clerk and shall be available for public inspection. Upon alteration of the limits 28
pursuant to law, the appropriate changes to the official map of the Town shall be made and copies 29
shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, the Cleveland County Register of Deeds, and 30
the Cleveland County Board of Elections. 31
"ARTICLE III. GOVERNING BODY. 32
"Section 3.1. Governing Body. The Town Council (hereinafter "Council") and the Mayor 33
shall be the governing body of the Town. When the context of this Charter requires it, "the Town" 34
shall mean the governing body of the Town. 35

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"Section 3.2. Composition of Town Council. The Council shall consist of five members, 1
each to be elected at large by the qualified voters of the Town in the manner provided in Article 2
IV of this Charter. 3
"Section 3.3. Mayor. The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Town voting 4
at large in the manner provided in Article IV of this Charter. The Mayor shall be the official head 5
of the Town government and shall preside at all meetings of the Council. The Mayor shall vote 6
only in the case of a tie. 7
"Section 3.4. Mayor Pro Tempore. In accordance with general law, the Council shall elect 8
one of its members to act as Mayor Pro Tempore to perform the duties of the Mayor during the 9
Mayor's absence. 10
"Section 3.5. Terms and Vacancies. Members of the Council shall serve staggered four-year 11
terms with three members elected in the same election every four years and two members and 12
the Mayor elected in the same election two years thereafter. The Mayor shall serve a four-year 13
term. Vacancies that occur in any elective office of the Town shall be filled in accordance with 14
G.S. 160A-63. 15
"Section 3.6. Meetings. In accordance with general law, the Council shall establish a suitable 16
time and place for its regular meetings. Special and emergency meetings may be held as provided 17
by general law. Official actions of the Council and all votes shall be taken in accordance with the 18
applicable provisions of general law. 19
"ARTICLE IV. ELECTIONS. 20
"Section 4.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held in each 21
odd-numbered year in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina. 22
The election of members of the Council and the Mayor shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis, 23
and the results determined using the nonpartisan plurality method as provided by G.S. 163-292. 24
"ARTIC