Title: S.L. 1981-404
Category: Session Law

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 404
HOUSE BILL 903

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE WAGRAM TOWN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE ELECTED FOR STAGGERED TWO- AND FOUR-YEAR TERMS.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 161, Private Laws of 1911, as amended by Chapter 380, Session Laws of 1957, and Chapter 1038, Session Laws of 1973 (Second Session 1974), is rewritten to read: 
"Sec. 3. The officers of the town shall consist of a mayor, five commissioners, a clerk and such other officers who may be deemed necessary, as authorized by general law." 
Sec. 2. Section 4 of Chapter 161, Private Laws of 1911, as amended by Chapter 1038, Session Laws of 1973 (Second Session 1974), is rewritten to read: 
"Sec. 4. The town election shall be nonpartisan as provided in G.S. 163-279(a)(1), the results decided by the plurality method, and shall be held and conducted in accordance with Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina relating to municipal elections. 
At the municipal election to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1981, a mayor and five commissioners shall be elected. 
The mayor shall be elected in 1981 and biennially thereafter for a two-year term. In 1981, the two candidates for commissioner receiving the largest number of votes shall serve for a term of four years, and the three candidates for commissioner receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years. Thereafter, at each regularly scheduled election every two years, the two candidates for commissioners receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of four years and the candidate for commissioner receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years. Members shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified." 
Sec. 3. The incumbent mayor and board of commissioners shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified under this act. 
Sec. 4. Chapter 1038, Session Laws of 1973 (Second Session 1974), is repealed. 
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1981.

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