A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to stagger the terms of the members of the town council of the town of bakersville.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 3 of S.L. 2005‑43 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3.  In 2015, two members of the Town Council of the Town of Bakersville shall be elected, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to a four‑year term and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall each be elected to a two‑year term. In 2017, and biennually thereafter, two members shall be elected, and the candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to a four‑year term, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected to a two‑year term."
SECTION 2.  This act does not affect the term of office of the person elected in 2013 for a four‑year term.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.