Title: S.L. 1973-343
Category: Session Law

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 343
HOUSE BILL 775

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF NASHVILLE IN THE COUNTY OF NASH RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF LOCAL OFFICIALS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Charter of the Town of Nashville, as enacted by Section 1 of Chapter 320 of the Session Laws of 1969, is amended as follows:
(a)	Sec. 5(a) is rewritten to read as follows:
"(a)	The Mayor shall be elected for a term of two years. At the regular municipal election to be held in November, 1973, the two candidates for the Board of Commissioners elected with the highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of four years, and the two candidates elected with the next highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of two years. In the regular municipal election in 1975 and biennially thereafter, all candidates for the Board of Commissioners shall be elected for terms of four years. The Mayor and newly elected members of the Board of Commissioners shall take office at the next regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners following their election. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor or Commissioner, it shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Board of Commissioners."
(b)	Sec. 6(a) is amended in line 3 by striking out the words "on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in June" and inserting in their place the words "at the time of the first regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners".
(c)	Sec. 10(b) is amended by striking out the words "first meeting in the month of June" and inserting the words "first regular meeting".
(d)	Sec. 11 is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read as follows: "The regular election for the choice of Mayor and members of the Board of Commissioners shall be held at the time prescribed in Chapter 163, Sub-chapter IX of the General Statutes of North Carolina."
(e)	Sec. 12 is amended by placing a period after the word "elections" in line 2 and striking out the remainder of the sentence.
(f)	Sections 13, 14, and 16 are repealed, and Sec. 15 is renumbered Sec. 13.
Sec. 2. This act shall is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of May, 1973.

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