AN ACT amending the charter of the city of high point to allow the city council to elect a mayor pro tempore from its full membership and repealing certain election procedures to allow the general law on elections to apply and amending the charter of the town of claremont to provide four-year terms for the office of mayor.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Section 2.4 of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 223 of the 1987 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.4. Mayor Pro Tempore. At its organizational meeting, the council shall elect from among its membership a mayor pro tempore to exercise the functions of mayor whenever the mayor is absent, disabled or unable to discharge the duties of the office of mayor."
SECTION 1.(b)  Sections 3.2 through 3.7 of Article III of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended, are repealed.
SECTION 1.(c)  This section applies only to the City of High Point.
SECTION 2.(a)  Section 2 of Chapter 76 of the Session Laws of 1961 reads
as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  The mayor to be elected in 2005 shall serve for a term of four years or until a successor is duly elected and qualified. Thereafter, a mayor shall be elected every four years in the odd‑numbered years and the term of office shall be four years."
SECTION 2.(b)  This section applies only to the Town of Claremont.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of May, 2005.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives