A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make the office of tax collector in avery county appointive rather than elective.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Effective upon the earlier of (i) the end of the current term of office in 2012 or (ii) the occurrence of a vacancy in that office, the office of tax collector of Avery County shall no longer be elective, but shall be appointed by the Avery County Board of Commissioners in accordance with G.S. 105‑349.
SECTION 2.  The appointive tax collector of Avery County shall serve a two-year term beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year. The initial appointed tax collector shall serve a term to expire July 1, 2013, except that if a vacancy occurs prior to July 1, 2011, the Avery County Board of Commissioners may appoint a tax collector to serve until July 1, 2011, and a successor to serve until July 1, 2013, or may instead appoint the initial appointive tax collector to serve until July 1, 2013.
SECTION 3  This act is effective when it becomes law.