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HB 1034 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

Town of Stanley Charter Amendment/Manager.

This bill amends the charter of the Town of Stanley to grant the Town Manager the authority to hire, suspend, or remove most town employees, specifically excluding the town attorney, tax collector, and clerk. Under this change, the Town Council would retain the power to appoint and dismiss the town attorney while delegating all other personnel decisions to the manager. The legislation also clarifies that the mayor and council members cannot serve as the town manager or interim manager, ensuring a clear separation between elected officials and the appointed chief administrator.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2026
Committee Review
May 2026
House Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 21, 2026 Last action May 11, 2026
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What changed between versions

Edition 1 → Edition 2 · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was updated to clarify the Town Manager's authority to hire, suspend, or remove employees (excluding the Town Attorney) and to correct inconsistent terminology throughout the charter amendments, ensuring uniform references to 'Town' instead of 'City'.
Scope change
The scope of the Town Manager's personnel authority remains the same, but the language was refined to remove ambiguity regarding the scope of the Town's jurisdiction.
REQUIREMENT

The Town Manager's power to appoint employees was explicitly expanded to include the authority to 'hire, suspend, or remove' staff, whereas the previous version only mentioned appointing them.

DEFINITION

Inconsistent references to the municipality were standardized by replacing 'City' with 'Town' throughout the document to align with the official name of the Town of Stanley.

TECHNICAL

Minor formatting and phrasing adjustments were made to improve clarity and consistency in the rewritten charter sections.

Floor votes · House May 7, 2026

How they voted

102–0
Passed · 15 other
Total votes 117
May 7, 2026
D Democratic46
42 Yea 4
91% Yea
R Republican71
60 Yea 11
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 11, 2026
Committee
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
upper
May 7, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed 3rd Reading
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav
lower
May 6, 2026
Committee
Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reptd Fav Com Substitute
lower
Apr 23, 2026
Committee
Ref to the Com on State and Local Government, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Apr 21, 2026
Introduced
Filed
lower
0 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.