GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

HOUSE BILL 1504
RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF VALDESE TO INCREASE THE MAYOR'S TERM OF OFFICE FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2.3 of the Charter of the Town of Valdese, being Chapter 847 of the 1977 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.3. Mayor; term of office; duties.  The mayor shall be elected in the manner provided by Article III of this charter to serve for a term of four years, or until his successor is elected and qualified.  The mayor shall be the official head of the town government and shall preside at all meetings of the council.  He shall have the right to vote only when there is an equal number of votes in the affirmative and the negative on any motion before the council.  The mayor shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as presently are or hereafter may be conferred upon him by the General Statutes of North Carolina, by this charter, and by the ordinances of the town."
Section 2. Section 3.4 of the Charter of the Town of Valdese, being Chapter 847 of the 1977 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.4. Election of the mayor.  At the regular municipal election in 2001, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor to serve a term of four years.  The mayor shall be elected by the voters of the town voting at large."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 2000.

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	Dennis A. Wicker
	President of the Senate

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	James B. Black
				eaker of the House of Representatives