NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 20

HOUSE BILL 15

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD in THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO DETERMINE WHETHER G. S. 160-340 SHALL BE AMENDED INSOFAR AS IT PERTAINS TO THE NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. G. S. 160-340, as amended, is hereby further amended by adding at the end of said Section the following proviso: "Provided, that in the City of Fayetteville the city council shall consist of six members (plus the mayor) to be elected by the qualified voters of the entire city at large for a term of two years and until their successors are elected and qualified."

Sec. 2. This Act shall apply only to the City of Fayetteville in Cumberland County and Section 1 shall not take effect until it has been approved by a majority of the voters participating in the next municipal election held following the ratification of this Act. In the event a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters in the election herein provided for shall be for the approval of Section 1 of this Act, the next succeeding municipal primary and election, and all subsequent primaries and elections, shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of said Section 1 insofar as the nomination and election of members of the city council are concerned. The mayor and other members of the city council so elected according to the provisions of said Section 1 shall assume their duties on the date now prescribed by law for the members of the city governing body.

Sec. 3. In the event a majority of the votes cast by the qualified voters in the election herein provided for shall be against the approval of Section 1 of this Act, then the number and election of the members of the city council of the City of Fayetteville shall be and remain as at present provided by law.

Sec. 4. The election herein provided for shall be called and conducted in the same manner as the municipal elections are now conducted in the City of Fayetteville and the result shall be canvassed and certified as now provided by law.

Sec. 5. The qualified voters who favor the approval of Section 1 of this Act shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or printed the words, "For change to election of six city council members plus the mayor"; and those who oppose the approval of said Section 1 shall vote a ballot on which shall be written or printed the words "Against change, and for continuation of present system of election of four city council members plus the mayor."

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This Act shall become effective from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of March, 1965.