NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 978

SENATE BILL 843

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LENOIR RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. Article III, Section 3.3 of Section One of Chapter 487 of the Session Laws of 1967 is hereby amended by rewriting said section to read as follows:

"Sec. 3.3. Number & Terms of City Council.

"The City Council shall consist of seven (7) members who shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of the City for terms of four (4) years or until their successors are elected and qualified.

"In the regular 1973 election and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected four (4) councilmen. In the 1975 election and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected three (3) councilmen. The terms of the three (3) councilmen elected in the regular 1971 election are hereby extended until such time as their successors are elected and qualified in the regular 1975 election."

Sec. 2. Article IV, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 of Section One of Chapter 487 of the Session Laws of 1967 are hereby amended by rewriting said sections to read as follows:

"Sec. 4.2. Same-Nominees.

"The two (2) candidates for Mayor receiving the largest number of votes cast shall be declared the nominees of the primary for Mayor and the number of candidates for Councilman equal to twice the number of seats to be filled shall be declared the nominees of the primary for Councilman, and their names shall be placed on the official ballots for the regular municipal election.

"Sec. 4.3. Same-Conditions Under Which Primaries are Not Held.

"When not more than two (2) candidates file notice of their candidacy for the office of Mayor, then no primary election for the office of Mayor shall be held, and the persons so filing shall be declared the nominees. When no more candidates than twice the number of council seats to be filled file their notices of candidacy for the office of Councilman, then no primary election for Councilman shall be held, and the persons so filing shall be declared the nominees.

Sec. 3.  Article IV, Section 4.19 of Section One of Chapter 487 of the 1967 Session Laws is hereby amended by rewriting said section to read as follows:

"Sec. 4.19. Same-Elections.

"Regular municipal elections shall be held on the day set by general law for municipal elections, and shall be conducted under the rules and regulations established by general law for the conduct of elections."

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of July, l971.