GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1185*
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/30/96

Short Title:  Lumber Bridge Staggered Terms.	(Local)

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May 16, 1996

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE STAGGERED TERMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF LUMBER BRIDGE AND PROVIDE A FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR THE MAYOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 6 of Chapter 99 of the Private Laws of 1911, as rewritten by Chapter 226 of the Session Laws of 1967, is rewritten to read:
"Sec. 6. (a)	The Mayor shall be elected in 1997 and quadrennially thereafter for a four-year term.
(b)	In 1997, four members of the Board of Commissioners shall be elected.  The two persons receiving the highest numbers of votes are elected for four-year terms, and the two persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes are elected to two-year terms.  In 1999 and biennially thereafter, two members of the Board of Commissioners are elected for four-year terms.
(c)	Elections in the Town of Lumber Bridge shall be elected in accordance with general law."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.