NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1099

HOUSE BILL 1699

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE STOKES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Board of County Commissioners of Stokes County shall consist of five members who shall be nominated and elected for staggered terms of four years as herein provided.

Beginning with the general election to be held in Stokes County in 1974, the three candidates 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 2nd day of April, 1974.