GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-167
SENATE BILL 540
AN ACT amending the charter of the town of pleasant garden to change the staggering of terms of the town council.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Chapter III of the Charter of the Town of Pleasant Garden, being S.L. 1997-344, as amended by resolution R48-070313 of the Pleasant Garden Town Council adopted April 10, 2007, under Part 4 of Article 5 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes and as codified by the Town Council on August 12, 2008, reads as rewritten:
"CHAPTER III.
"GOVERNING BODY.
"Section 3-1. Structure of the Governing Body; Number of Members.
The governing body of the Town of Pleasant Garden is the Town
Council which has has, beginning with the organizational meeting
after the 2009 municipal election, five members.four members and
the Mayor.
"Section 3-2. Manner of Electing Council.
The qualified voters of the entire Town nominate and elect the council.
"Section 3-3. Term of Office of Council Members.
Members of the Council are elected to four-year terms. In
1999, five members shall be elected to the Council. The three members receiving
the highest number of votes shall serve four-year terms. The two receiving the
next highest number of votes shall serve two-year terms. In 2001, and
quadrennially thereafter, two members shall be elected to the Council. In 2003,
and quadrennially thereafter, three members shall be elected to the Council.In
2007, three members of the Council were elected for four-year terms. In 2009,
one member is elected for a four-year term. In 2011, three members are elected
to the Council with the two persons receiving the highest numbers of votes
receiving four-year terms and the person receiving the third highest number of
votes receiving a two-year term. In 2013, and biennially thereafter, two
members are elected to the Council for four-year terms.
"Section 3-4. Mayor; Term of Office.
Pleasant Garden shall hold Mayoral elections every two years
by making one of the existing five council member seats the mayor seat. The
other existing seats will remain at large to be elected on staggered terms.
These council member elections shall continue to be for four-year terms. The
Mayor will have the right to vote on any matter before the Council.
Upon expiration of the term for the council members elected
in 2005, the Guilford County Board of Elections shall conduct an election for
the mayoral seat and one council seat in accordance with the North Carolina
General Statutes in 2009.Effective with the 2009 municipal election, the
Mayor is elected biennially for a two-year term. The Mayor will have the right
to vote on any matter before the Council."
SECTION 2. Section 4-1 of the Charter of the Town of Pleasant Garden, being S.L. 1997-344, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4-1. Method. Council membersElections
shall be elected conducted on a nonpartisan primary basis and the
results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-294."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives