GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 912
HOUSE BILL 2152

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF GREENVILLE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PARKING AUTHORITY COMMISSIONERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-553 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A-553.  Appointment, removal, etc., of commissioners; quorum; chairman; vice-chairman, agents and employees.
An authority shall consist of no less than five, nor more than seven commissioners appointed by the city council, and the city council shall designate the first chairman. No commissioner shall be a city official.
The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated by the city council to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of office shall be five years. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor has been appointed by the city council and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled by the city council for the unexpired term. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his services, but he shall be entitled to reimbursement for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties.
When the office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. An authority shall select from among its members a vice-chairman, and it may employ a secretary (who shall be executive director), technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and shall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. An authority may, with the consent of the city council call upon the city attorney or chief law officer of the city for such legal services as it may require, or it may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper. The city council may remove any member of the authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in his defense upon not less than 10 days' notice."
Sec. 2.  This act applies to the City of Greenville only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of July, 1990.