NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1063

SENATE BILL 892

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE STAGGERED FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WARREN COUNTY UPON APPROVAL OF THE VOTERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 153-5 is amended by adding at the end thereof a new paragraph to read as follows:

"At the general election for county officers to be held in Warren County in 1972, there shall be elected five county commissioners. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for commissioner shall be elected for a term of four years, and the three candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years.

At the general election for county officers to be held in 1974, and every two years thereafter, there shall be elected candidates equal to the number of commissioners whose terms expire, and they shall serve for a term of four years."

Sec. 2.  At the first nonpartisan election of any kind to be held in Warren County prior to the general election in 1972, but in the event no such election is held, then at the general election for county officers to be held in 1972, there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of Warren County the following issue:

"FOR" Four-year staggered terms for county commissioners.

"AGAINST" Four-year staggered terms for county commissioners.

If a majority of those voting vote "FOR" four-year staggered terms for county commissioners, then Section 1 of this act shall become effective upon certification of the results of the election. If a majority vote "AGAINST" four-year staggered terms for county commissioners, then Section 1 of this act shall be null and void and the county commissioners shall continue to be elected for the term now provided by law.

Sec. 3.  Public notice of the election to be held pursuant to Section 2 shall be given by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks next preceding the election in a newspaper having general circulation in the county and said notice shall contain the language set forth in Section 1 of this act and the issue which will appear on the ballot.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.