NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 16

SENATE BILL 7

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 388, SESSION LAWS OF 1975 TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF RAYNHAM FROM FIVE TO THREE, AND TO STAGGER THE TERMS OF OFFICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 388, Session Laws of 1975, is hereby amended by rewriting Section 3 thereof to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. The Board of Commissioners of the Town of Raynham shall consist of three members beginning on the first Monday in December, 1979. The members shall be elected for staggered terms as provided in Section 4 of this act. The mayor of the town shall be elected for a term of two years."

Sec. 2. Chapter 388, Session Laws of 1975 is further amended by rewriting Section 4 thereof to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. Beginning with the regular municipal election to be held in 1979, the two candidates for town commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of four years, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years. Thereafter, as the term of each member expires, his successor shall be elected for a term of four years."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of February, 1977.