GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL DRH40011-LUe-16
Short Title: Extend Term of Mayor/Town of Madison. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Pyrtle.
Referred to:
*DRH40011 -LUe-16*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE MAYOR FOR THE TOWN OF MADISON 2
FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Section 3.3(a) of the Charter of the Town of Madison, being Chapter 5
289 of the 1973 Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 2004-54, reads as rewritten: 6
"(a) The members of the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor shall serve for terms of four 7
years, and the Mayor shall serve for a term of two years, years beginning the day and hour of the 8
organizational meeting following their election, as established by ordinance in accordance with 9
this Charter; provided, they shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify. In the 2005 10
municipal election, six members shall be elected. The three persons receiving the highest 11
numbers of votes shall receive four-year terms, and the three persons receiving the next highest 12
numbers of votes shall receive two-year terms. In 2007 and biennially thereafter, three members 13
shall be elected for four-year terms. In the 2025 municipal election and quadrennially thereafter, 14
the Mayor shall be elected for a four-year term." 15
SECTION 2. Section 4.1 of the Charter of the Town of Madison, being Chapter 289 16
of the 1973 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 17
"Sec. 4.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held biennially 18
in odd-numbered years on the day set by general law for municipal elections. In each election, 19
the candidate for Mayor who receives the largest number of votes cast for Mayor shall be declared 20
elected for a term of two four years and the six candidates for Alderman who receive the largest 21
number of votes cast for Alderman shall be declared elected for terms of two four years." 22
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 23
on or after that date. 24
H.B. 17
Jan 29, 2025
HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK