A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT amending the charter of the town of Watha to extend the terms of office for the mayor and town council from two to four years.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Watha, being Chapter 158 of the 1909 Private Laws, as amended by Chapter 884 of the 1989 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. The elected officers of the town shall be a mayor and three commissioners, and they shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the entire town. In 2005, and quadrennially thereafter, the mayor and the town commissioners shall be elected for four‑year terms or until their successors are elected and qualified. The commission's organizational meeting shall be fixed as provided in G.S. 160A‑68."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.