AN ACT aMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BESSEMER CITY TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPOINT A CITY CLERK AND ONE OR MORE DEPUTY CITY CLERKS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3.22 of the Charter of the City of Bessemer City, being Chapter 1018 of the 1989 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"Section 3.22.  Powers.  The city manager shall be the chief administrator of the City. He shall be responsible to the Council for administering all municipal affairs placed in his charge and shall have the powers and duties set out in the applicable provisions of the General Statutes. However, the city manager shall not have any authority to hire or fire the city attorney or the police chief."
SECTION 2.  Section 3.42 of the Charter of the City of Bessemer City, being Chapter 1018 of the 1989 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"Section 3.42.  City Clerk.  The city manager shall appoint a city clerk to serve at the city manager's pleasure. The city clerk shall give notice of meetings of the Council, keep a journal of the proceedings of the Council, be custodian of all City records entrusted to him, and shall perform any other duties that may be required by law, by the Council or by the city manager. In addition, the city manager may appoint or provide for one or more deputy city clerks who shall have full authority to exercise and perform any of the powers and duties of the city clerk that the city manager may specify."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of June, 2018.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives