AN ACT amending the charter of the town of gibson to extend the town commissioners' terms of office from two to four years and staggering those terms.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 2 of the Charter of the Town of Gibson, being Chapter 163 of the Private Laws of 1899, as amended by Chapter 59 of the Private Laws of 1915, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  That the officers of the Town of Gibson shall be a Mayor, who shall serve for a term of two years, and five commissioners, who shall serve for terms of four years, except as provided in this section. In 2005, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes for Commissioner shall be elected to four‑year terms, and the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes for Commissioner 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. The Mayor and Town Commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified pursuant to general law."
SECTION 2.  Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Gibson, being Chapter 163 of the Private Laws of 1899, as amended by Chapter 59 of the Private Laws of 1915, is repealed.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of May, 2005.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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