A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE TERMS OF ASHEVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY MEMBERS FROM FIVE YEARS TO THREE YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 157‑5(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	The mayor shall designate overlapping terms of not less than one nor more than five years for the commissioners first appointed. Thereafter, the term of office shall be  three years. A commissioner shall hold office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum. The mayor shall file with the city clerk a certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of such commissioner. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his or her services but he or she shall be entitled to the necessary expenses including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his or her duties."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Asheville only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.