North Carolina § 160A-60 - Qualifications for appointive office.
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§ 160A-60. Qualifications for appointive office.
Residence within a city shall not be a qualification for or prerequisite to appointment to any city office not filled by election of the people, unless the charter or an ordinance provides otherwise. City councils shall have authority to fix qualifications for appointive offices, but shall have no authority to waive qualifications for appointive offices fixed by charters or general laws. History (1870-1, c. 24, s. 3; Code, s. 3796; Rev., s. 2941; C.S., s. 2646; 1951, c. 24; 1969, c. 134, s. 1; 1971, c. 698, s. 1.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-11, s. 5, effective July 1, 2012, and applicable to any annexation ordinance adopted under Part 7 of Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes on or after July 1, 2012, provided that "G.S. 160A-60(a) reads as rewritten" when, in fact, the text that was set out in the act matched that of G.S. 160A-58.60(a). At the direction of the Revisor of Statutes, the amendment was not implemented. Subsequently, Session Laws 2013-410, s. 15, amended the introductory language of Session Laws 2012-11, s. 5, so that it now identifies G.S. 160A-58.60 as the section being amended.
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Section 160A-60 ("Qualifications for appointive office.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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