AN ACT to amend the charter of the city of lexington to impose term limits on the members of the city's utilities commission.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 7.2.B of the Charter of the City of Lexington, being Chapter 906 of the 1981 Session Laws, as amended, reads as rewritten:
"B.	All appointments made thereafter as terms expire shall be for terms of three years. No member of the Lexington Utilities Commission shall serve for more than two consecutive full terms without an intervening period of three years. Appointment for the unexpired portion of a term shall not be considered appointment for a full term."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of October, 2002.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives