GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-416
HOUSE BILL 637

AN ACT TO PROVIDE STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE TOWN OF BROADWAY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Broadway, being Chapter 548 of the Session Laws of 1947 as amended by Chapter 789 of the Session Laws of 1949, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  At the time of the holding of the next general election following ratification of this Act, and thereafter, there shall be elected in the Town of Broadway in accordance with the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 160 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, as amended, the following officers: A mayor and five town commissioners.  The mayor shall be elected for a four-year term.  In 1997, the three persons receiving the highest numbers of votes for town commissioner are elected to four-year terms, and the two persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes for town commissioner are elected to two-year terms.  In 1999 and quadrennially thereafter, two town commissioners are elected to four-year terms. In 2001 and quadrennially thereafter, three town commissioners are elected to four-year terms. The mayor and the five town commissioners so elected shall constitute the governing body of the Town of Broadway, and such governing body may appoint such other officers and employ such assistants as the governing body of the town may deem necessary for the better governance of the town."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of August, 1997.
s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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