North Carolina HB 1220: Fund DV Prevention Pilot Program.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2026-36
HOUSE BILL 1220

*H1220-v-5*
AN ACT TO REPEAL A PROVISION OF THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF STEDMAN
CONCERNING SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TO ALLOW MADISON
COUNTY TO SIGN MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH UNICOI,
GREENE, AND COCKE COUNTIES; TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF
STANLEY TO ALLOW THE TOWN MANAGER TO HIRE, SUSPEND, OR REMOVE
TOWN EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN THE TOWN ATTORNEY; AND TO PROVIDE
THE TOWN OF PINE KNOLL SHORES WITH THE AUTHORITY TO PLACE AIDS
AND MARKERS TO NAVIGATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. STEDMAN TOWN CHARTER ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES
SECTION 1. Section 8 of Chapter 67 of the Private Laws of 1913 is repealed.

PART II. MADISON COUNTY INTERSTATE MOUS
SECTION 2.(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Madison
County Sheriff's Office may enter into memorandums of understanding with the following
sheriffs' offices located in Tennessee: Unicoi County, Greene County, and Cocke County. These
memorandums of understanding shall permit the sheriffs' offices to engage across state lines in
law enforcement special operations missions and cooperative law enforcement actions.
SECTION 2.(b) Any memorandum of understanding entered into pursuant to this
section shall specify the manner in which liability claims for damage to persons or property as a
result of law enforcement special operations missions and cooperative law enforcement actions
will be shared or assigned. While ensuring public safety, each memorandum of understanding
shall limit to the greatest extent possible the liability of Madison County and the State of North
Carolina.
SECTION 2.(c) No later than November 1 of each year, any memorandum of
understanding entered into that year pursuant to this section shall be reported to the Department
of Justice.
SECTION 2.(d) This section applies only to Madison County.

PART III. STANLEY TOWN CHARTER MANAGER AUTHORITY
SECTION 3. Section 9 of the Charter of the Town of Stanley, being Chapter 233 of
the Private Laws of 1911, as amended by an ordinance adopted by the Town of Stanley on
November 3, 1986, an ordinance adopted by the Town of Stanley enacted on July 1, 1991, a
resolution adopted by the Town of Stanley on March 2, 1992, and Section 9 of S.L. 2024-20,
reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 9. That on the second Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and
biennially thereafter, the Town Council, after having taken an oath before some justice of the
peace of Gaston County to support the constitution of the United States and the constitution of
the State of North Carolina, and to well, faithfully and truly perform the duties of the office of a
Town Council of the town of Stanley, to the best of their ability, which oath shall be subscribed

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to and entered upon the minutes of the corporation, and attested to by the individual administering
the oath, shall take their seats and remain in office for a period of four years and until a successor
is elected and qualified, except such as may be removed for cause or otherwise. They shall
organize by electing one member chair, who shall act as a mayor pro tempore, in case of a
vacancy, absence, or illness of the mayor. Notwithstanding G.S. 160A-63, vacancies on the Town
Council shall be filled by appointment of the remaining members of the Town Council for the
remainder of the unexpired term. A majority of the Town Council shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business. Said Town Council shall meet for the transaction of business at least
once a month, and shall meet on the call of the mayor, or a majority of the Town Council, as
often as may be necessary. The Town Council shall have the power, when deemed necessary, to
appoint or remove the Town Attorney.
Sub-Section A – Council-Manager Form of Government.
The Town of Stanley shall be governed by the Council-Manager form of government as
described in Part II, Article VII of Chapter 160A of the North Carolina General Statutes. The
Town Council shall appoint a Town Manager to serve at its pleasure. He The Town Manager
shall be appointed solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications and the
Town Manager need not be a resident of the City Town or the State at the time of his appointment.
He The Town Manager shall receive such compensation as the Council may from time-to-time
fix.
Sub-Section B – Duties of Town Manager.
The Town Manager shall be the chief administrator of the Town. He The Town Manager
shall be responsible to the Town Council for administering all municipal affairs placed in his the
Town Manager's charge and shall have the following powers and duties:
i. He The Town Manager shall hire, suspend suspend, or remove all City employees,
Town employees except the City Attorney, the City Tax Collector, and the
City Clerk, Town Attorney in accordance with such General Personnel Rules,
regulations and policie