GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 104
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR STAGGERED TERMS ON THE EAST BEND TOWN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 4 of Chapter 144, Private Laws of 1887, as rewritten by Chapter 611, Session Laws of 1955, is rewritten to read:
"Sec. 4. (a) In the 1985 municipal election and biennially thereafter, a mayor shall be elected for a two-year term.
(b) In the 1985 municipal election, the two persons receiving the highest numbers of votes shall be elected to four-year terms on the board of commissioners. The three persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes shall be elected to two-year terms on the board of commissioners.
(c) In 1987 and biennially thereafter, the two persons receiving the highest numbers of votes shall be elected to four- year terms on the town board of commissioners, and the person receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected to a two-year term on the board of commissioners.
(d) Elections in the Town of East Bend shall be governed by Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. Elections shall be conducted and the results shall be determined using the nonpartisan plurality method set out in Section 163-292 of the General Statutes."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1985.