GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 4
HOUSE BILL 76

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CITY OF GREENSBORO CHARTER REGARDING INITIATIVE ELECTIONS, REWARDS, AND SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2.71 of the City of Greensboro Charter, as set forth in Section 1 of Chapter 1137 of the 1959 Session Laws, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 896 of the 1989 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d)	No initiative petition proposing an ordinance that addresses essentially the same issue as, or requiring an amendment to, an ordinance that was the subject of a referendum election may be filed within one year after the referendum election."
Sec. 2.  Section 2.76(d) of the City of Greensboro Charter, as set forth in Section 1 of Chapter 1137 of the 1959 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"(d)	An initiative election shall be held at the next regularly scheduled primary or general election in Guilford County for state, county or municipal officials following 90 days after the petition has been finally determined to be sufficient.  A referendum or recall election shall be held no sooner than 90 days and no later than 120 days after the petition has been finally determined to be sufficient."
Sec. 3.  Section 5.01 of the City of Greensboro Charter, as set forth in Section 1 of Chapter 1137 of the 1959 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5.01.  Rewards for Conviction of Certain Offenses.
The city council may offer and pay rewards for the conviction of any person or persons alleged to have committed criminal offenses which, in the judgment of the council, involved serious danger to the public peace or public safety, or involved malicious destruction of public property.  The council shall fix the terms, conditions and amounts of such rewards.  Rewards shall be paid only by order of the council from nontax revenues in the general fund of the city.  The council shall, in its discretion, determine who shall be entitled to the collection of any reward."
Sec. 4.  Section 7.03 of the City of Greensboro Charter, as set forth in Section 1 of Chapter 1137 of the 1959 Session Laws, and as amended in Chapter 686 of the 1961 Session Laws, Chapter 55 of the 1963 Session Laws, Chapter 213 of the 1973 Session Laws, and in Chapter 159 of the 1981 Session Laws, is amended by changing the dollar amount from ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in subdivisions (1) and (2).
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of March, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives