NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 891

HOUSE BILL 1241

AN ACT TO SUBMIT TO THE VOTERS OF HOKE COUNTY THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF HOKE COUNTY SHALL BE ELECTED FOR STAGGERED FOUR YEAR TERMS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. At the general election to be held in Hoke County in 1964, there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of said County the question of whether the members of the Board of County Commissioners of Hoke County shall be elected for staggered four-year terms. Separate ballots for this purpose, in the usual form for submitting propositions at County elections, shall be prepared and provided each qualified and registered voter voting. The proposition shall be submitted in substantially the following language and form:

"Vote by marking an (X) in the square to the left of your choice:

"[ ]   FOR               electing members of the Board of County Commissioners for staggered four-year terms.

"[ ]   AGAINST     electing members of the Board of County Commissioners for staggered four-year terms."

Sec. 2. Should a majority of the voters voting on the proposition as set forth in Section 1 determine that the members of the Board of County Commissioners for Hoke County shall be elected by the voters of the County for staggered terms of four (4) years, the following provisions relating thereto shall be applicable:

(a)       The two (2) members of the Board of County Commissioners of Hoke County elected at the general election in 1964 who receive the highest number of votes of those elected to said Board, shall be declared elected for terms of four (4) years each, and the other three (3) members of the said Board elected at the general election in 1964 shall be declared elected for terms of two (2) years each.

(b)       At the general election in 1966, and biennially thereafter, successors to those members of the Board of County Commissioners of Hoke County whose terms expire shall be elected for terms of four (4) years each.

Sec. 3. If a majority of the voters voting on the proposition submitted as set forth in Section 1 of this Act shall determine that members of the Board of County Commissioners of Hoke County shall not be elected for staggered terms of four (4) years, then Section 2 of this Act shall be null and void.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1963.