A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT HIGH POINT CITY ELECTIONS SHALL BE HELD IN THE EVEN‑NUMBERED YEAR AND DECIDED ON A PLURALITY BASIS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 3.1 of the Charter of the City of High Point, being Chapter 501 of the 1979 Session Laws, as amended by Ordinance Number 86‑7 under Part 4 of Article 5 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.1. Method of election. Regular municipal elections shall be held in the city biennially in even‑numbered years, and shall be conducted in accordance with state law governing municipal elections. The mayor and members of the council shall be elected by the  nonpartisan plurality election method provided for in G.S. 163‑292."
SECTION 2.  No regular election shall be conducted in the City of High Point in 2007, and the terms of the mayor and council members elected in 2005 are extended until the organizational meeting after the 2008 regular municipal election held in accordance with Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.