AN ACT to provide that regular municipal elections in both the town of troy and the town of star shall be held in even‑numbered years.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 125 of the 1957 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  The officers for the Town of Troy shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners. Beginning in 2018, regular municipal elections shall be held in each even‑numbered year. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years, except that the mayor whose term expires in 2017 shall continue to serve until 2018. In 2018, and biennially thereafter, the mayor shall be elected for a term of two years and shall serve until the mayor's successor is elected and qualified. The three commissioners whose terms expire in 2017 shall continue to serve until 2018. In 2018, and quadrennially thereafter, as their terms of office expire, three commissioners shall be elected to fill the expired seats and shall serve four‑year terms. The two commissioners whose terms expire in 2019 shall continue to serve until 2020. In 2020, and quadrennially thereafter, as their terms of office expire, two commissioners shall be elected to fill the expired seats and shall serve four‑year terms. Commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified."
SECTION 2.  Section 1 of Chapter 448 of the 1957 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  The officers for the Town of Star shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners. Beginning in 2018, regular municipal elections shall be held in each even‑numbered year. The mayor shall serve for a term of two years, except that the mayor whose term expires in 2017 shall continue to serve until 2018. In 2018, and biennially thereafter, the mayor shall be elected for a term of two years and shall serve until the mayor's successor is elected and qualified. The three commissioners whose terms expire in 2017 shall continue to serve until 2018. In 2018, and quadrennially thereafter, as their terms of office expire, three commissioners shall be elected to fill the expired seats and shall serve four‑year terms. The two commissioners whose terms expire in 2019 shall continue to serve until 2020. In 2020, and quadrennially thereafter, as their terms of office expire, two commissioners shall be elected to fill the expired seats and shall serve four‑year terms. Commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date. No municipal elections shall occur in the towns of Troy and Star in 2017, and municipal elections shall next occur in the towns of Troy and Star in 2018.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of May, 2017.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Sarah Stevens
	 Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives