GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	2 

SENATE BILL 540
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/18/96

Short Title:  Rockingham City Elections.	(Local)

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April 3, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE ROCKINGHAM CITY COUNCIL FOR FOUR-YEAR TERMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 4.1(f) of the Charter of the City of Rockingham, being Chapter 1265 of the Session Laws of 1973, reads as rewritten:
"(f)	The city council shall consist of five (5) members.  In the regular municipal election in 1995 and quadrennially thereafter, three candidates shall be elected for four-year terms.  In the regular municipal election in 1997 and quadrennially thereafter, two candidates shall be elected for four-year terms.  Members shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify.  Elections are conducted by the nonpartisan plurality method and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292."
Sec. 2.  This act has the affect of extending to four years the term of office of the person elected to the Rockingham City Council in 1995 for a two-year term, as if this act had been ratified prior to the date of the election.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.