H.B. 477
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Mar 27, 2019
SESSION 2019 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10246-LU-17B*
Short Title: Four-Year Terms/Town of Bethel. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative K. Smith.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT EXTENDING THE TERMS OF OFFICE FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS FOR
3 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF BETHEL BEGINNING IN 2021.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Bethel, being Chapter 20 of
6 the Private Laws of 1873-1874, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 97 of the Private Laws of
7 1927, and Section 2 of Chapter 609 of the 1953 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
8 "Sec. 2. The Charter of the Town of Bethel is amended so as to provide that the officers of
9 said town the Town shall consist of a mayor and five commissioners who commissioners.
10 Beginning in 2021, a mayor and five commissioners shall hold office for terms of two four years
11 each and until their successors are elected and qualified. On the first Monday in May, 1953, 2021
12 and biennially quadrennially thereafter, there shall be held a general municipal election for the
13 election of the mayor and commissioners of said town.the Town."
14 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
*DRH10246-LU-17B*