GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 567
HOUSE BILL 1634

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A FILING PERIOD FOR SPECIAL ELECTIONS TO FILL VACANCIES IN THE CITY OF LUMBERTON.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 9(a) of Article II of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Section 5 of Chapter 237, Session Laws of 1967, and Chapter 1009 of the Session Laws of 1983 reads as rewritten:
"(a)	If any elected Mayor or Councilman shall refuse to be qualified, or there is a vacancy in the office of Mayor or Councilman after election and qualification, a special election shall be called by the City Council and shall be held to fill the vacancy, provided that if the vacancy occurs after the opening date for filing of candidacy under G.S. 163-294.2(c) in the year in which the term is to expire, no special election shall be held."
Sec. 2.  Section 9(f)(1) of Article II of the Charter of the City of Lumberton, being Chapter 115, Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Section 5 of Chapter 237, Session Laws of 1967, and Chapter 1009 of the Session Laws of 1983 reads as rewritten:
"(1)	Candidates may file their notices of candidacy no earlier than 12:00 noon on the tenth Friday preceding the special election and no later than 12:00 noon on the seventh Friday preceding the special election."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of June, 1994.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives