GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 2000-28
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF VALDESE TO INCREASE THE MAYOR'S TERM OF OFFICE FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 2.3 of the Charter of the Town of Valdese, being Chapter 847 of the 1977 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.3. Mayor; term of office; duties. The
mayor shall be elected in the manner provided by Article III of this charter to
serve for a term of two four years, or until his successor is
elected and qualified. The mayor shall be the official head of the town
government and shall preside at all meetings of the council. He shall
have the right to vote only when there is an equal number of votes in the
affirmative and the negative on any motion before the council. The mayor
shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as presently are or
hereafter may be conferred upon him by the General Statutes of North Carolina,
by this charter, and by the ordinances of the town."
Section 2. Section 3.4 of the Charter of the Town of Valdese, being Chapter 847 of the 1977 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.4. Election of the mayor. At the regular
municipal election in 1977, 2001, and biennially quadrennially
thereafter, there shall be elected a mayor to serve a term of two four
years. The mayor shall be elected by the voters of the town voting at
large."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of June, 2000.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives