NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 419

HOUSE BILL 848

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MONROE TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO PROVIDE FOR STAGGERED TERMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Notwithstanding any provisions of the City Charter to the contrary, the City Council of the City of Monroe shall consist of six councilmen, in addition to the mayor, who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city for staggered terms of four years.

Beginning with the regular municipal election to be held in October, 1975, six councilmen shall be elected. The three candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast, and the highest number of votes, shall be elected for a term of four years. The three candidates receiving a majority of the votes cast, and the next highest number of votes, shall be elected for a term of two years. Thereafter, as their terms expire, all successors shall be elected for terms of four years.

In the event not as many candidates receive a majority of the votes cast as there are positions to be filled in the 1975 election, then the candidates in the run-off election equal to the number of positions to be filled, who receive the highest number of votes, and the next highest number of votes shall be elected for four- and two-year terms respectively.

Sec. 2. Section 39 of the Charter Amendments and Special Acts Section, Division 2 of the Monroe City Code is hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1975.