GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

SESSION LAW 2007-271

SENATE BILL 381

AN ACT TO provide a four-year term for the mayor of the town of chadbourn.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 2.3 of the Charter of the Town of Chadbourn, being Chapter 895, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 2.3. Mayor; Term of Office; Duties. The In 2007 and quadrennially thereafter, the Mayor shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the Town for a term of two four years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified; shall be the official head of the Town government and preside at meetings of the Council; shall have the right to vote only when there is an equal division on any question or matter before the Council; and shall exercise the powers and duties conferred by law or as directed by the Council."

SECTION 2. Section 3.3 of the Charter of the Town of Chadbourn, being Chapter 895, Session Laws of 1989, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3.3. Election of Mayor. A Mayor shall be elected in each a regular municipal election."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective upon the certification of the 2007 municipal election for the Mayor of the Town of Chadbourn.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27^th day of July, 2007.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives