NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 166

SENATE BILL 330

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 115 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1963, AS AMENDED, TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR OVERLAPPING TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE COUNCILMEN OF THE CITY OF LUMBERTON AND TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE MAYOR.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Article II, Section 3(a) of Chapter 115 of the 1963 Session Laws is hereby amended by rewriting Article II, Section 3(a) to read as follows:

"Section 3(a) Qualification: In order to be elected to and to serve on the City Council, a person must be a qualified voter of and reside in the ward or precinct he represents."

Sec. 2.  Article II, Section 3(b) of Chapter 115 of the Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Chapter 282, Section 9 of the 1965 Session Laws, is hereby amended by rewriting Article II, Section 3(b), as amended, to read as follows:

"Section 3(b) Terms: Regular elections shall be held biennially in the odd-numbered years on the last Saturday in May. In the regular election in 1971, the voters of each of the eight wards or precincts, shall each elect one Councilman. The Councilmen elected from Wards #1, #4, #6 and #7 shall be elected to four-year terms and the Councilmen elected from Wards #2, #3, #5 and #8 shall be elected to two-year terms. In the regular election in 1973, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected four Councilmen to serve for terms of four years. In the regular election in 1975, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected four Councilmen to serve for terms of four years."

Sec. 3.  Article II, Section 5(b) of Chapter 115 of the Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Chapter 282, Section 10 of the 1965 Session Laws, is hereby amended by rewriting Article II, Section 5(b), as amended, to read as follows:

"Section 5(b) Terms: In the regular election in 1971, and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected a Mayor for a term of four years who shall continue to serve until his successor is elected and qualified."

Sec. 4.  This act shall be effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of April, 1971.