GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2021

SESSION LAW 2021-49

SENATE BILL 194

AN ACT to retain the staggered terms of members serving on the board of aldermen in the town of north topsail beach.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding G.S. 160A‑63 and Section 3.3 of the Charter of the Town of North Topsail Beach, being Chapter 100 of the 1989 Session Laws, for the 2021 municipal election, all five board of aldermen seats shall be on the ballot for election. The three candidates who receive the highest number of votes shall be elected for four‑year terms, while the two candidates who receive the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two‑year terms. In 2023 and thereafter, the board of aldermen shall be elected as provided for in the Charter and Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23^rd day of June, 2021.

                                                                    s/  Phil Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives