NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 470

SENATE BILL 616

AN ACT TO CONFORM THE TERMS OF CERTAIN MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TO THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION PROCEDURES OF CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The terms of municipal officers elected during the calendar year 1970 for terms to expire at any time during the calendar year 1974 are hereby reduced to expire at such time during the calendar year 1973 as their successors in office are elected and qualified pursuant to Article 23 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.  The terms of municipal officers elected during the calendar year 1972 for terms to expire during the calendar year 1976 are hereby reduced to expire at such time during the calendar year 1975 as their successors in office are elected and qualified pursuant to Article 23 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 2. The provisions of this act shall not apply to the City of Winston-Salem.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1973.