GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 894*
Senate State Government, Local Government, and Personnel Committee Substitute Adopted 8/6/98

Short Title:  Stoneville Four-Year Terms.	(Local)

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April 7, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF STONEVILLE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Stoneville, being Chapter 287 of the 1983 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  Term of Office of Members of Council.  Members of the Council are elected to four-year terms. In 1999, the three persons receiving the highest numbers of votes are elected to four-year terms and the two persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes are elected to two-year terms.  In 2001 and quadrennially thereafter, two persons are elected to four-year terms.  In 2003 and quadrennially thereafter, three persons are elected to four-year terms."
Section 2.  Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Stoneville, being Chapter 287 of the 1983 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4.  Election of Mayor, Term of Office.  The qualified voters of the entire Town elect the Mayor, who shall be elected to a four-year term of office."
Section 3.  This act applies beginning with persons elected in 1999.
Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.