A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the charter of the town of pleasant garden to allow for the election of the mayor by the qualified voters of the town.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter III of the Charter of the Town of Pleasant Garden, being S.L. 1997‑344, reads as rewritten:
"CHAPTER III.
"GOVERNING BODY.
"Sec. 3‑1. Structure of the Governing Body; Number of Members. The governing body of the Town of Pleasant Garden is the Town Council, which shall have four members and a Mayor.
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"Sec. 3‑3. Term of Office of Council Members. Members of the Council are elected to four‑year terms. Beginning in 2011, four members shall be elected to the Council. The two members receiving the highest number of votes shall serve four‑year terms. The two receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve two‑year terms. In 2013 and quadrennially thereafter, two members shall be elected to the Council. In 2015 and quadrennially thereafter, two members shall be elected to the Council.
"Sec. 3‑4. Mayor; Term of Office; Duties.  The qualified voters of the entire Town shall elect the Mayor. Beginning in 2011 and biennially thereafter, the Mayor shall be elected for a term of two years. The Mayor shall attend and preside over meetings of the Town Council, shall advise the Town Council from time to time as to matters involving the Town of Pleasant Garden, and shall have the right to vote as a member of the Town Council on all matters before the Town Council, but shall have no right to break a tie vote in which the Mayor has participated."
SECTION 2.  Section 4‑1 of the Charter of the Town of Pleasant Garden, being S.L. 1997‑344, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4‑1. Method. Elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan primary basis and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163‑294."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.