AN ACT amending the charter of the city of monroe to remove the provision authorizing the city manager to have direct supervisory authority over the city attorney and to provide that vacancies on the cabarrus county board of commissioners are not filled in accordance with G.S. 153A‑27.1.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 4.8 of the Charter of the City of Monroe, being S.L. 2000‑35, reads as rewritten:
"Section 4.8. Council‑Manager Relationship. The Council shall hold the City Manager responsible for the proper management of the affairs of the City and he or she shall keep the Council informed of the conditions and needs of the City and shall make such reports and recommendations as may be requested by the Council or as he or she may deem necessary. The City Manager shall have the authority to appoint and remove all officers, department heads, and employees in the administrative service of the City, except those provided in this Charter to be appointed and removed by the Council. The City Manager shall have direct supervisory authority over the City Clerk, Chief of Police, and Tax Collector in the performance of their respective duties and responsibilities. Neither the Mayor, the City Council, nor any member thereof shall direct the conduct or activities of any City employee, directly or indirectly, except through the City Manager."
SECTION 2.(a)  G.S. 153A‑27.1(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h)	This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Avery, Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Carteret, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Guilford, Haywood, Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, Pender, Polk, Randolph, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, Transylvania, and Yancey."
SECTION 2.(b)  This section becomes effective December 1, 2014, and applies to vacancies filled on or after that date.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of August, 2014.

	s/	 Neal Hunt
	 Presiding Officer of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives