AN ACT to amend the charter of the town of gatesville to eliminate the staggering of terms of office for the mayor and members of the board of commissioners.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Gatesville, being Chapter 88 of the 1923 Private Laws, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 10 of the 1933 Private Laws and S.L. 2009‑17, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. (a)  Regular Municipal Elections. Beginning in 2009, regular municipal elections shall be held in the Town every four years and shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal elections laws of North Carolina. The Mayor and members of the Board of Commissioners shall be elected according to the nonpartisan plurality method of election, as provided in G.S. 163‑292. The Commissioners shall be elected in a multiseat contest, and the Mayor shall be elected separately.
(b)	Election of the Board of Commissioners; Election of Mayor. Beginning in 2009, the Commissioners and Mayor shall be elected to four‑year terms by the qualified voters of the entire Town."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of August, 2009.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives