Bill Text: NC S19 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Even Yr Municipal Election/Towns of Troy/Star
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-16 - Ch. SL 2017-12 [S19 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-S19-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
SENATE BILL 19
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to provide that regular municipal elections in both the town of troy and the town of star shall be held in even‑numbered years.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 125 of the 1957 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. At the
regular election for mayor and commissioners of the Town of Troy to be held
May, 1957, there shall be elected a mayor and five commissioners. The officers
for the Town of Troy shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners. Beginning
in 2018, regular municipal elections shall be held in each even‑numbered
year. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years years, except
that the mayor whose term expires in 2017 shall continue to serve until 2018. In
2018, and biennially thereafter, the mayor shall be elected for a term of two
years and shall serve until his the mayor's successor
is elected and qualified. At said election the three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes shall serve for terms of four years, and the two
candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for terms of
two years. Thereafter, at the regular biennial elections, as their terms of office
expire, the commissioners shall be elected and shall serve for terms of four
years and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the biennial
elections held subsequent to 1957, the mayor shall be elected for a term of two
years and shall serve said term until his successor is elected and qualified.The
three commissioners whose terms expire in 2017 shall continue to serve until
2018. In 2018, and quadrennially thereafter, as their terms of office expire,
three commissioners shall be elected to fill the expired seats and shall serve
four‑year terms. The two commissioners whose terms expire in 2019 shall
continue to serve until 2020. In 2020, and quadrennially thereafter, as their
terms of office expire, two commissioners shall be elected to fill the expired
seats and shall serve four‑year terms. Commissioners shall serve until
their successors are elected and qualified."
SECTION 2. Section 1 of Chapter 448 of the 1957 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. At the
regular election for Mayor and Commissioners of the Town of Star to be held
May, 1957, there shall be elected a mayor and five commissioners. The officers
for the Town of Star shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners. Beginning
in 2018, regular municipal elections shall be held in each even‑numbered
year. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years years, except
that the mayor whose term expires in 2017 shall continue to serve until 2018. In
2018, and biennially thereafter, the mayor shall be elected for a term of two
years and shall serve until his the mayor's successor
is elected and qualified. At said election the three candidates receiving
the highest number of votes shall serve for terms of four years, and the two
candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall serve for terms of
two years. Thereafter, at the regular biennial elections, as their terms of
office expire, the commissioners shall be elected and shall serve for terms of
four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the
biennial elections held subsequent to 1957, the mayor shall be elected for a
term of two years and shall serve said term until his successor is elected and
qualified.The three commissioners whose terms expire in 2017 shall
continue to serve until 2018. In 2018, and quadrennially thereafter, as their
terms of office expire, three commissioners shall be elected to fill the
expired seats and shall serve four‑year terms. The two commissioners
whose terms expire in 2019 shall continue to serve until 2020. In 2020, and
quadrennially thereafter, as their terms of office expire, two commissioners
shall be elected to fill the expired seats and shall serve four‑year
terms. Commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and
qualified."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date. No municipal elections shall occur in the towns of Troy and Star in 2017, and municipal elections shall next occur in the towns of Troy and Star in 2018.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of May, 2017.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Sarah Stevens
Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives
