GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2007-310
SENATE BILL 116
AN ACT TO PROVIDE STAGGERED FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR THE ELLENBORO TOWN COUNCIL, AND A FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR MAYOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 2.2 of the Charter of the Town of Ellenboro, being Chapter 425 of the 1983 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.2. Town Council; Composition; Terms of Office.
The Town Council shall be composed of 5 members, each of whom shall be elected
for a term of 2 years four years in the manner provided by
Article III of this Charter, provided they shall serve until their successors
are elected and qualified."
SECTION 2. Section 2.3 of the Charter of the Town of Ellenboro, being Chapter 425 of the 1983 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.3. Mayor; Term of Office; Duties. The Mayor
shall be elected in the manner provided by Article III of this Charter to serve
for a term of 2 years, four years or until his successor is
elected and qualified. The Mayor shall be the official head of the Town
government and shall preside at all meetings of the Council. He shall have the
right to vote only when there are an equal number of votes in the affirmative
and the negative on any motion before the Council. The Mayor shall exercise
such powers and perform such duties as presently are or hereafter may be
conferred upon him by the General Statutes of North Carolina, by this Charter,
and by the ordinances of the Town."
SECTION 3. Section 3.2 of the Charter of the Town of Ellenboro, being Chapter 425 of the 1983 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.2. Election of Council Members. At the
regular municipal election in 1983 and biennially thereafter, all All council
members shall be nominated and voted upon by the voters of the Town voting at
large. At the regular municipal election in 2007, the persons receiving the
two highest numbers of votes are elected to four-year terms, and the three
persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes are elected to two-year
terms. In 2009 and quadrennially thereafter, three members are elected for four-year
terms. In 2011 and quadrennially thereafter, two members are elected for four-year
terms."
SECTION 4. Section 3.3 of the Charter of the Town of Ellenboro, being Chapter 425 of the 1983 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.3. Election of the Mayor. At the regular
municipal election in 1983, and biennially 2007, and quadrennially thereafter,
there shall be elected a Mayor to serve a term of two four years.
The Mayor shall be elected by the voters of the Town voting at large."
SECTION 5. This act does not affect the terms of office of those elected in 2005.
SECTION 6. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 2007.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives