GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

SESSION LAW 2004-12

HOUSE BILL 1454

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR STAGGERED FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF CHOCOWINITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 343 of the 1959 Session Laws, being the Charter of the Town of Chocowinity, is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 3.(a)  The governing body of the Town of Chocowinity shall consist of a Mayor and four Town Commissioners who shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the Town.

"Sec. 3.(b)  At the regular election to be held in the Town of Chocowinity in 2005 and quadrennially thereafter, a Mayor shall be elected for a four-year term.

"Sec. 3.(c)  At the regular election to be held in the Town of Chocowinity during 2005, two Commissioner seats shall be designated and elected to two-year terms or until their successors are elected and qualified. Successors to those two seats shall be elected in 2007 and quadrennially thereafter for four-year terms.

"Sec. 3.(d)  At the regular election to be held in the Town of Chocowinity during 2005 and quadrennially thereafter, two Commissioner seats shall be elected for four-year terms.

"Sec. 3.(e)  Elections are determined by the plurality method as provided in G.S. 163-292."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21^st day of June, 2004.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ James B. Black

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives