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| 1 | 1 | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA | |
| 2 | 2 | SESSION 2025 | |
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| 3 | + | H 1 | |
| 4 | 4 | HOUSE BILL 17 | |
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| 7 | 7 | Short Title: Extend Term of Mayor/Town of Madison. (Local) | |
| 8 | - | Sponsors: | |
| 9 | - | Referred to: | |
| 8 | + | Sponsors: Representative Pyrtle. | |
| 9 | + | For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. | |
| 10 | + | Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House | |
| 10 | 11 | January 30, 2025 | |
| 11 | - | *H17-v- | |
| 12 | + | *H17-v-1* | |
| 12 | 13 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 | |
| 13 | - | AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF | |
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| 14 | + | AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE MAYOR F OR THE TOWN OF MADIS ON 2 | |
| 15 | + | FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS. 3 | |
| 15 | 16 | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 | |
| 16 | 17 | SECTION 1. Section 3.3(a) of the Charter of the Town of Madison, being Chapter 5 | |
| 17 | 18 | 289 of the 1973 Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 2004-54, reads as rewritten: 6 | |
| 18 | - | "(a) The members of the Board of Aldermen shall serve for | |
| 19 | - | and the Mayor shall serve for a term of two years, beginning the day and hour of the 8 | |
| 19 | + | "(a) The members of the Board of Aldermen and the Mayor shall serve for terms of four 7 | |
| 20 | + | years, and the Mayor shall serve for a term of two years, years beginning the day and hour of the 8 | |
| 20 | 21 | organizational meeting following their election, as established by ordinance in accordance with 9 | |
| 21 | 22 | this Charter; provided, they shall serve until their successors are elected and qualify. In the 2005 10 | |
| 22 | 23 | municipal election, six members shall be elected. The three persons receiving the highest 11 | |
| 23 | 24 | numbers of votes shall receive four-year terms, and the three persons receiving the next highest 12 | |
| 24 | 25 | numbers of votes shall receive two-year terms. In 2007 and biennially thereafter, three members 13 | |
| 25 | - | shall be elected for four-year terms.four years." 14 | |
| 26 | - | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 15 | |
| 27 | - | on or after that date. 16 | |
| 26 | + | shall be elected for four-year terms. In the 2025 municipal election and quadrennially thereafter, 14 | |
| 27 | + | the Mayor shall be elected for a four-year term." 15 | |
| 28 | + | SECTION 2. Section 4.1 of the Charter of the Town of Madison, being Chapter 289 16 | |
| 29 | + | of the 1973 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 17 | |
| 30 | + | "Sec. 4.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held biennially 18 | |
| 31 | + | in odd-numbered years on the day set by general law for municipal elections. In each election, 19 | |
| 32 | + | the candidate for Mayor who receives the largest number of votes cast for Mayor shall be declared 20 | |
| 33 | + | elected for a term of two four years and the six candidates for Alderman who receive the largest 21 | |
| 34 | + | number of votes cast for Alderman shall be declared elected for terms of two four years." 22 | |
| 35 | + | SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 23 | |
| 36 | + | on or after that date. 24 |