GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

SESSION LAW 2003-50

SENATE BILL 417

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR WAYNE COUNTY TO DESIGNATE STAGGERED TERMS FOR ITS BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 2 of S.L. 2002-44 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 2.  In 2004, four of the members of the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County shall be elected for four-year terms, and three of the members of the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County shall be elected for two-year terms. The Board of Commissioners of Wayne County shall, prior to January September 1, 2003, designate which seats shall be elected in 2004 for four-year terms, and which shall be elected in 2004 for two-year terms. Successors to all seven seats elected in 2004 shall be elected to four-year terms."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20^th day of May, 2003.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives