NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 895

HOUSE BILL 1565

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 234, SESSION LAWS OF 1973, TO PROVIDE STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE HAW RIVER TOWN COUNCIL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 3 of Chapter 234, Session Laws of 1973 is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereof and inserting the following:

"Beginning with the regular municipal election to be held in 1975, five councilmen shall be elected to serve staggered terms as herein provided. The three councilmen receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of four years, and the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of two years. Thereafter, as the terms of the members expire, their successors shall be elected for terms of four years."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of February, 1974.