NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 70

HOUSE BILL 233

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF EUREKA SHALL SERVE A FOUR-YEAR TERM, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF EUREKA SHALL SERVE STAGGERED FOUR-YEAR TERMS.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 459, Session Laws of 1949, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 136, Session Laws of 1959, is further rewritten to read:

"Beginning with the 1981 municipal election and quadrennially thereafter, the Mayor shall be elected to a four-year term. The governing body of the Town of Eureka shall consist of five commissioners. At the 1981 municipal election, the two persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected to a four-year term. The three persons receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected to a two-year term. In 1983 and quadrennially thereafter, three commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms. In 1985 and quadrennially thereafter, two commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective beginning with the 1981 municipal election.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of March, 1981.