GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2004-54
SENATE BILL 1277
AN ACT providing for staggered terms for the town board of the town of madison.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3.3(a) of the Charter of the Town of Madison, being Chapter 289 of the 1973 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"(a) The members of the
Board of Aldermen shall serve for terms of two four years, and
the Mayor shall also serve for a term of two years, beginning the day
and hour of the organizational meeting following their election, as established
by ordinance in accordance with this Charter; provided, they shall serve until
their successors are elected and qualify. In the 2005 municipal election,
six members shall be elected. The three persons receiving the highest numbers
of votes shall receive four-year terms, and the three persons receiving the
next highest numbers of votes shall receive two-year terms. In 2007 and
biennially thereafter, three members shall be elected for four-year terms."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective beginning with the 2005 municipal election and does not affect the term of office of any current members.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 2004.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Richard T. Morgan
Speaker of the House of Representatives