GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 1033
HOUSE BILL 172

AN ACT TO RESUME ELECTING THE TAX COLLECTOR OF MITCHELL COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Board of Elections of Mitchell County shall conduct a countywide referendum at the date of the statewide general election in November of 1994 on the following question:
"[ ]	FOR election by the voters of Mitchell County of the County Tax Collector.
[ ]	AGAINST election by the voters of Mitchell County of the County Tax Collector."
Sec. 2.  If a majority of the qualified voters of Mitchell County voting in that election vote "FOR" the question, then:
(1)	In 1996 and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected in Mitchell County a Tax Collector to serve a four-year term;
(2)	The term of the tax collector appointed by the Board of Commissioners of Mitchell County shall expire on the first Monday in December of 1996;
(3)	Section 2 of Chapter 269 of the 1983 Session Laws is repealed effective November 1, 1994; and
(4)	Effective on the first Monday in December of 1996, Section 3 of Chapter 269 of the 1983 Session Laws is repealed.
Sec. 3.  Elections for a Tax Collector of Mitchell County shall be under the same procedures for county officers as provided by law.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of July, 1992.

Henson P. Barnes
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives