A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF PINK HILL BE CONDUCTED IN EVEN‑NUMBERED YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 3.1 of the Charter of the Town of Pink Hill, being Chapter 31 of the Private Laws of 1915, as amended by S.L. 2011‑46, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.1. The governing body of the Town of Pink Hill shall consist of a Mayor and three commissioners elected to serve staggered four‑year terms."
SECTION 2.  The Charter of the Town of Pink Hill, being Chapter 31 of the Private Laws of 1915, as amended by Chapter 221 of the Private Laws of 1933 and by S.L. 2011‑46, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Sec. 3.2. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general election in each even‑numbered year. The Mayor and commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan plurality basis in accordance with G.S. 163‑292. Except as otherwise provided, elections shall be held and conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes."
SECTION 3.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Pink Hill, being Chapter 31 of the Private Laws of 1915, as amended by Chapter 221 of the Private Laws of 1933, is repealed.
SECTION 4.  Chapter 760 of the 1955 Session Laws is repealed.
SECTION 5.  No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Pink Hill in 2027. The terms of office for the mayor and one commissioner in the Town of Pink Hill serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2027 shall be extended by one year. The terms of office for the two commissioners in the Town of Pink Hill serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2029 shall be extended by one year. Regular municipal elections in the Town of Pink Hill shall resume in even‑numbered years beginning in 2028 with the same staggering of terms as when elections were conducted in the odd‑numbered years.
SECTION 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date.