GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 348
SENATE BILL 460

AN ACT CONCERNING STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE TOWN OF LAUREL PARK.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 622, Session Laws of 1947 is rewritten to read:
"Sec. 2.  In 1987, and quadrennially thereafter, a Mayor shall be elected for a four-year term.  In 1987, three commissioners shall be elected.  The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for commissioner shall be elected for a four-year term, and the two candidates receiving the next highest numbers of votes shall be elected for two-year terms.  In 1989 and quadrennially thereafter, one commissioner shall be elected for a four-year term.  In 1989 one commissioner shall be elected for a two-year term.  The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for commissioner in 1989 shall be elected for the four-year term, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for the two-year term.  In 1991 and quadrennially thereafter, two commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1987.