NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 274

HOUSE BILL 548

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE JONESVILLE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  At the regular municipal election in the Town of Jonesville on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1979, and biennially thereafter, a mayor shall be elected for a two-year term.

Sec. 2. At the regular municipal election in the Town of Jonesville on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1979, five members of the board of commissioners shall be elected as follows: the three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for four-year terms, and the two persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for two-year terms. At the regular municipal election in Jonesville in 1981, and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the board of commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms. At the regular municipal election in Jonesville in 1983, and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the board of commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms.

Sec. 3. Effective with the 1979 regular municipal election, the Jonesville Town Board of Commissioners shall consist of five members.

Sec. 4. Regular municipal elections in Jonesville shall be conducted in accordance with the nonpartisan plurality method, and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292.

Sec. 5. Municipal elections in the Town of Jonesville shall be conducted in accordance with Subchapter IX of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, except as herein otherwise provided.

Sec. 6. Chapter 308, Session Laws of 1967, is repealed.

Sec. 7. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of April, 1979.