AN ACT amending the charter of the city of asheboro.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Sections 4.11 through 4.19 of the Charter of the City of Asheboro, being Chapter 481 of the 1967 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 921 of the 1989 Session Laws, are repealed.
SECTION 2.  Article IV of the Charter of the City of Asheboro, being Chapter 481 of the 1967 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 921 of the 1989 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
"Sec. 4.20.  Regular Municipal Elections.  Regular municipal elections shall be held in each odd‑numbered year in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina. Elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis, and the results determined using the nonpartisan primary and election method as provided in G.S. 163‑294."
SECTION 3.  Section 10.3 of the Charter of the City of Asheboro, being Chapter 481 of the 1967 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 233 of the 1991 Session Laws, is repealed.
SECTION 4.  Section 16.1 of the Charter of the City of Asheboro, being Chapter 481 of the 1967 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 233 of the 1991 Session Laws, is repealed.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives