GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-42
HOUSE BILL 550
AN ACT to change the term of office of the mayor of denton from two to four years.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3.2 of the Charter of the Town of Denton, being Chapter 497 of the 1965 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"(a) The members of
the board of commissioners shall serve for terms of four years, and the mayor
shall serve for a term of two four years, except as provided in
Article IV, beginning the day and hour of the organizational meeting following
their election, as established by ordinance in accordance with this Charter.
Provided, the mayor and members of the board of commissioners shall serve until
their successors are elected and qualify."
SECTION 2. The last sentence of Section 4.1(a) of the Charter of the Town of Denton, being Chapter 497 of the 1965 Session Laws, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and shall apply to the election of the Mayor in 2009.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of May, 2009.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives