GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-11
HOUSE BILL 1251

AN ACT TO PROVIDE STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF LITTLETON AND TO PROVIDE A FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR THE MAYOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Littleton, being Section 3 of Chapter 171 of the Private Laws of 1893, as rewritten by Chapter 399 of the 1965 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  In 1999 a Mayor shall be elected for a two-year term.  In 2001 and quadrennially thereafter, a Mayor shall be elected for a four-year term.   In 1999, five Commissioners shall be elected.  The three Commissioners receiving the highest numbers of votes are elected to four-year terms, and the two Commissioners receiving the next highest numbers of votes are elected to two-year terms.  In 2001 and quadrennially thereafter, two Commissioners are elected to four-year terms. In 2003 and quadrennially thereafter, three Commissioners are elected to four-year terms. They shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of June, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives