GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 3

Short Title:      Simpson Election Changes - Even Years.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representatives Reeder and G. Brown (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

January 30, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF SIMPSON SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN‑NUMBERED YEARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Section 4.1 of the Charter of the Village of Simpson, being that Charter approved by the Municipal Board of Control and filed with the Secretary of State on April 7, 1975, as amended by Ordinance No. 09‑O‑01 of the Village of Simpson, adopted July 20, 2009, reads as rewritten:

"Section 4.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered even‑numbered year, beginning in 1975. 2026. In the regular election of 1975, 2026, there shall be elected the Mayor and three (3) members of the Council. Beginning in the regular election in 1975, 2026, and in subsequent elections all terms shall be for two (2) years."

SECTION 1.(b) The terms of the office of the Mayor and three Council members serving on the effective date of this act shall be extended by one year. No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Village of Simpson in 2025. Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Village of Simpson in even‑numbered years beginning in 2026 and every two years thereafter.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date.