NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 841

SENATE BILL 917

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PARTISAN ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Beginning with the regular municipal election for city officials to be held in the City of Charlotte after January 1, 1974, the Mayor and members of the City Council shall be nominated in a partisan primary and shall be elected in a partisan election.  The primary and election shall be held at the time specified in G. S. 163-279(a)(2), and the primary and election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, notwithstanding any provisions of Chapter II, Subchapter A of Chapter 713, Session Laws of 1965, to the contrary.

Sec. 2. All provisions of Chapter II, Subchapter A of Chapter 713, Session Laws of 1965, and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are repealed to the extent of such conflict.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of February, 1974.