A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to change the name of the governing board of the town of bakersville from the board of aldermen to the town council, to provide that the mayor shall be elected to a four‑year term, and to provide that the town council shall be elected for two and four‑year terms.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The governing board of the Town of Bakersville is the Town Council, which consists of three members.
SECTION 2.  The Mayor of the Town of Bakersville shall be elected in 2005 and quadrennially thereafter for a four‑year term.
SECTION 3.  In 2005 and quadrennially thereafter, the three members of the Town Council of the Town of Bakersville shall be elected.  The candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected to a four‑year term, and the two candidates receiving the next highest numbers of votes are elected to two‑year terms. In 2007 and quadrennially thereafter, two members are elected to two‑year terms.
SECTION 4.  Section 3 of Chapter 1291 of the 1955 Session Laws is repealed.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.