GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1989 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1035

HOUSE BILL 2234

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR FOUR-YEAR STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF RED OAK.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 799, Session Laws of 1961, as amended by Chapter 212, Session Laws of 1977, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 4. Municipal Elections.  The regular municipal election in the Town of Red Oak shall be held, beginning on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1977, and every four years thereafter, by the county board of elections, in accordance with G.S. 163-279(a)(1), and the applicable provisions of Article 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.  The Mayor shall be elected in 1993 and quadrennially thereafter for a four-year term.  In 1991 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the board of commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms.  In 1993 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the board of commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms.  All municipal elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general law of the State relating to municipal elections.  Provided, however, that any qualified elector of the Town of Red Oak may become a candidate for the office of mayor or board of commissioners by filing a written notice with the mayor or other person designated by the governing body not later than ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for the election, and by the payment of a filing fee, the amount of which shall be fixed by the board of commissioners, not to exceed five dollars ($5.00)."

Sec. 2.  The terms of office of Walter Faulkner and Elizabeth W. Griffin on the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Red Oak shall expire December 1, 1991.  The terms of office of Barbara High and Billy Short on the Board of Commissioners of the Town of Red Oak shall expire December 1, 1993.  The term of office of Agnes Moore as Mayor of the Town of Red Oak shall expire December 1, 1993.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of July, 1990.