GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 45
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE DATE WHEN THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF OF CLEVELAND COUNTY BEGINS, IN ORDER TO CONFORM TO GENERAL LAW.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The term of office of the sheriff of Cleveland County elected at the general election of county officers in 1986 shall begin on the first Monday of April in 1987 and shall expire on the first Monday of December in 1990.
Sec. 2. The term of office of the sheriff of Cleveland County elected at the general election of county officers in 1990 shall begin on the first Monday of December in 1990 and shall expire four years thereafter. Thereafter, the election and term of office of the sheriff of Cleveland County shall be in accordance with the general laws for election of sheriff contained in G.S. Chapter 162 and G.S. Chapter 163.
Sec. 3. Chapter 205 of the 1915 Public-Local Laws is hereby repealed; provided, the repeal of Chapter 205 shall not operate to shorten the term of office of the sheriff of Cleveland County currently holding office. Any vacancy in the current term of the office shall be filled, pursuant to G.S. 162-5.1, for the remainder of the unexpired term.
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of March, 1983.