§ 162B-8 – Enabling authority for emergency interim successors for local offices.
162B-8. Enabling authority for emergency interim successors for local offices. With respect to local offices for which the governing bodies of cities, towns, townships, and counties may enact resolutions or ordinances relative to the manner in which vacancies will be filled or temporary appointments to office made, such governing bodies are hereby authorized to enact […]
§ 162B-9 – Emergency interim successors for local officers.
162B-9. Emergency interim successors for local officers. The provisions of this section shall be applicable to officers of political subdivisions (including, but not limited to counties, cities, towns and townships as well as school, fire, drainage and other municipal corporate districts) not included in G.S. 162B-8. Such governing bodies, pursuant to such regulations as they […]
§ 162B-10 – Formalities of taking office.
162B-10. Formalities of taking office. At the time of their assumption of office, emergency interim successors shall take such oath as may be required for them to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office to which they may succeed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person, as a prerequisite to the […]
§ 162B-11 – Period in which authority may be exercised.
162B-11. Period in which authority may be exercised. Emergency interim successors, authorized to act pursuant to this Article, are empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office as herein authorized only after an attack upon the State of North Carolina, as defined herein, has occurred. The local governing body, by a […]
§ 162B-12 – Removal of designees.
162B-12. Removal of designees. Until such time as the persons designated as emergency interim successors are authorized to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office in accordance with this Article, including G.S. 162B-11 hereof, said persons shall serve in their designated capacities at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be […]
§ 162B-13 – Disputes.
162B-13. Disputes. Any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this Article with respect to an office in any political subdivision shall be adjudicated by the local governing body and their decision shall be final. (1959, c. 314, s. 9.)
§ 162B-1 – Designated emergency location of government.
162B-1. Designated emergency location of government. The governing body of each political subdivision of this State is hereby authorized to designate by ordinance, resolution or other manner, alternate sites or places, within or without the territorial limits of such political subdivision and within or without this State, as the emergency location of government. (1959, c. […]
§ 162B-2 – Emergency meetings.
162B-2. Emergency meetings. Whenever the Governor and Council of State acting together declare an emergency to exist by reason of actual or impending hostile attack upon the State of North Carolina and, due to the emergency so declared, it becomes imprudent or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual […]
§ 162B-3 – Emergency public business; nature and conduct.
162B-3. Emergency public business; nature and conduct. Whenever the public business of any political subdivision is being conducted at a designated emergency location outside the territorial limits thereof, the members of the governing body may exercise such executive and legislative powers and functions as are pertinent to continued operation of the local government upon return […]
§ 162B-4 – Provisions of Article control over local law.
162B-4. Provisions of Article control over local law. The provisions of this Article shall be effective in the event it shall be employed notwithstanding any statutory, charter or ordinance provision to the contrary or in conflict herewith. (1959, c. 349.)