AN ACT amending the charter of the village of misenheimer to allow for municipal elections in odd-numbered years.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3.2 of S.L. 2003‑268 reads as rewritten:
"Section 3.2. Temporary Officers. Until the organizational meeting after the initial election in 2005 provided for by Section 4.1 of this Charter, Chuck Ambrose, Peter Edquist, Maria Fisher, Michael Herron, and Beth Huber are appointed members of the Village Council of the Village of Misenheimer, and they shall possess and exercise the powers granted to the governing body until their successors are elected or appointed and qualified pursuant to this Charter. The temporary officers shall elect a person from among the members of the temporary governing body to serve as interim mayor. If any person named in this section is unable to serve, the remaining temporary officers shall, by majority vote, appoint a person to serve until the initial municipal election is held in 2005."
SECTION 2.  Section 3.3 of S.L. 2003‑268 reads as rewritten:
"Section 3.3. Manner of Electing Village Council; Term of Office. The qualified voters of the entire Village shall elect the members of the Village Council, and, except as provided in this section, they shall serve four‑year terms. In 2005, the three candidates receiving the highest numbers of votes shall be elected to four‑year terms, and the two candidates receiving the next highest numbers of votes shall be elected to two‑year terms. In 2007, and quadrennially thereafter, two members shall be elected to four‑year terms. In 2009, and quadrennially thereafter, three members shall be elected to four‑year terms."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 2004.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives