GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 37
SENATE BILL 510

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEPARATE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR OF CONNELLY SPRINGS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Effective with the organizational meeting after the 1993 municipal election, Section 3.1 of the Charter of the Town of Connelly Springs, being Chapter 528, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.1.  Number of Members.  The governing body shall consist of the six members of the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor."
Sec. 2.  Section 3.2 of the Charter of the Town of Connelly Springs, being Chapter 528, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.2.  Manner of Election.  The qualified voters of the entire Town of Connelly Springs shall elect the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor."
Sec. 3.  Section 3.3 of the Charter of the Town of Connelly Springs, being Chapter 528, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.3.  Term of Office. 
In 1991 and quadrennially thereafter, three Council Members shall be elected for four-year terms.  In 1993 and quadrennially thereafter, three Council Members shall be elected for four-year terms, and a Mayor shall be elected for a four-year term.  Effective with the organizational meeting after the 1993 municipal election, the Board of Aldermen consists of six members.
The Board of Aldermen shall in all ways respond to reasonable requests of the Town's constituents giving due consideration to the United States and State Constitutions, to the welfare of the Town, and to the long range effects and impacts of the decisions of the Town."
Sec. 4.  Nothing in this act affects the terms of office of persons elected in 1989 or 1991.  Nothing in the Charter of the Town of Connelly Springs shall be construed to prevent the person who is Mayor, whether at the time of ratification of this act or afterwards, from seeking reelection as Mayor.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of April, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives