A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to stagger the terms of members of the wake county board of commissioners.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 983 of the 1981 Session Laws, as amended by Board Resolution adopted on June 6, 2011, Section 1 of S.L. 2011‑126, S.L. 2015‑4, Raleigh Wake Citizens Association, et al., v. Wake County Board of Elections, et al., Court Order 5:15‑CV‑00156‑D, Document 104, dated August 9, 2016, and Raleigh Wake Citizens Association, et al., v. Wake County Board of Elections, et al., Consent Decree 5:15‑CV‑00156‑D, Document 129, dated December 28, 2017, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4. (a). 

The Wake County Board of Commissioners shall consist of seven members who are elected to represent residency districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. In 2020, seven commissioners shall be elected to serve on the Wake County Board of Commissioners. The candidates elected in Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall each serve a four‑year term. The candidates elected in Districts 2, 4, and 6 shall each serve a two‑year term. In 2022, and quadrennially thereafter, three commissioners who represent residency districts 2, 4, and 6 shall be elected to each serve a four‑year term. In 2024, and quadrennially thereafter, four commissioners who represent residency districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall be elected to each serve a four‑year term."
SECTION 2.  S.L. 2015‑4 is repealed.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.