NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 251

HOUSE BILL 737

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

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  At the general election in Caldwell County in 1980, all five members of the Board of County Commissioners shall be elected.  The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for four-year terms.  The two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two-year terms.

Sec. 2. In 1982 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the Board of County Commissioners of Caldwell County shall be elected for four-year terms.

Sec. 3. In 1984 and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the Board of County Commissioners of Caldwell County shall be elected for four-year terms.

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of April, 1979.