Bill Text: NC S875 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Bakersville/Stagger Terms of Town Council
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-03 - Ch. SL 2014-56 [S875 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S875-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SESSION LAW 2014-56
SENATE BILL 875
AN ACT to stagger the terms of the members of the town council of the town of bakersville.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of S.L. 2005‑43 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3. In 2005,
the three2015, two members of the Town Council of the Town of
Bakersville shall be elected. Theelected, and the candidate
receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to a four‑year
term, and the two candidatescandidate receiving the next highest numbers
number of votes shall each be elected to a two‑year
term. In 2007 2017, and biennually thereafter, two members shall
be elected to two‑year terms. In 2009 and quadrennially thereafter,
one member shall be elected to a four‑year term.elected, and the
candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to a four‑year
term, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall be
elected to a two‑year term."
SECTION 2. This act does not affect the term of office of the person elected in 2013 for a four‑year term.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 3rd day of July, 2014.
s/ Andrew C. Brock
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
