GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-107
HOUSE BILL 894

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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of August, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives