North Carolina HB 743: Hazelwood/Waynesville.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
1993 SESSION 
 
 
CHAPTER 353 
HOUSE BILL 743 
 
AN  ACT  TO  AUTHORIZE  THE  MERGER  OF  THE  TOWNS  OF  HAZELWOOD  
AND WAYNESVILLE. 
 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 
 
Section  1.    The  Towns  of  Hazelwood  and  Waynesville  may,  by  ordinance  
approved   by   the   governing   board   of   both   towns,   adopt   a   charter   merging   or   
consolidating  the  two  towns.    The  ordinance  may  provide  that  the  charter  is  effective  
only  if  approved  by  the  qualified  voters  of  each  town.    The  merger  or  consolidation  is  
effective  only  with  the  approval  of  the  Local  Government  Commission.    The  Local  
Government  Commission  may  approve  the  merger  or  consolidation  if  it  finds  that  it  
adequately deals with the assets, liabilities, and financial management of both towns and 
the successor consolidated or merged town. 
Sec.  2.    If  a  referendum  is  held  on  the  proposed  merger  or  consolidation,  it  
may  be  held  on  the  same  day  as  any  other  referendum  or  election  in  the  county  or  
counties  involved,  but  may  not  otherwise  be  held  during  the  period  beginning  30  days  
before  and  ending  30  days  after  the  day  of  any  other  referendum  or  election  to  be  
conducted  by  the  board  or  boards  of  elections  conducting  the  referendum  and  already  
validly called or scheduled by law. 
The proposition submitted to the voters shall be substantially in the following 
form: 
"[] FOR merging or consolidating the Town of Hazelwood and the Town 
of Waynesville and the assumption of their obligations by the merged 
or consolidated entity. 
[]  AGAINST  merging  or  consolidating  the  Town  of  Hazelwood  and  the  
Town  of  Waynesville  and  the  assumption  of  their  obligations  by  the  
merged or consolidated entity." 
Sec. 3.  The charter of the consolidated or merged town may not contain any 
material  that  is  not  within  the  charter  of  at  least  one  of  the  consolidating  or  merging  
towns, except that the charter may provide for: 
(1) Transitional provisions; and 
(2) Any form of government authorized by G.S. 160A-101. 
Sec.  4.    Upon  approval,  the  Local  Government  Commission  shall  file  the  
adopted charter with the Secretary of State, the Register of Deeds of Haywood County, 
and with the Legislative Library. 
Sec. 5.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1996. 

 
Page 2 S.L. 1993-353 House  Bill 743 
In  the  General  Assembly  read  three  times  and  ratified  this  the  15th  day  of  
July, 1993. 
 
 
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Dennis A. Wicker 
President of the Senate 
 
 
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Daniel Blue, Jr. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives