| 16 | | - | SECTION 1.(a) Sections 3-3 and 3-4 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro, 5 |
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| 17 | | - | being S.L. 1997-446, as amended by S.L. 2011-83, read as rewritten: 6 |
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| 18 | | - | "Section 3-3. Term of Office of Council Members. Members of the Council are elected to 7 |
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| 19 | | - | four-year terms in 2011 and quadrennially thereafter.terms. 8 |
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| 20 | | - | "Section 3-4. Mayor; Term of Office. The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of 9 |
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| 21 | | - | the Town in 2011 and quadrennially thereafter for a four-year term." 10 |
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| 22 | | - | SECTION 1.(b) Section 4-1 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro, being S.L. 11 |
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| 23 | | - | 1997-446, reads as rewritten: 12 |
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| 24 | | - | "Section 4-1. Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general 13 |
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| 25 | | - | election in even-numbered years. Council members for the Town of Grantsboro shall be elected 14 |
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| 26 | | - | on a nonpartisan plurality basis and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. 15 |
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| 27 | | - | Except as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform 16 |
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| 28 | | - | municipal election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes." 17 |
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| 29 | | - | SECTION 1.(c) Section 4-2 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro, being S.L. 18 |
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| 30 | | - | 1997-446, is repealed. 19 |
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| 31 | | - | SECTION 1.(d) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of 20 |
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| 32 | | - | Grantsboro in 2027. The terms of office for the Council members and Mayor in the Town of 21 |
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| 33 | | - | Grantsboro serving on the effective date of this act shall be extended by one year. Regular 22 |
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| 34 | | - | municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Grantsboro every four years beginning in 23 |
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| 35 | | - | 2028. Beginning in 2028, five Council members and a Mayor shall be elected to serve four-year 24 |
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| 36 | | - | terms. 25 |
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| 37 | | - | SECTION 2.(a) Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Minnesott Beach, being 26 |
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| 38 | | - | Chapter 890 of the 1971 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 27 |
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| 39 | | - | "Sec. 3. The governing body of said Town shall consist of a mayor and four commissioners 28 |
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| 40 | | - | who shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in the General 29 |
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| 41 | | - | Statutes.commissioners. The mayor and four commissioners shall be elected to serve two-year 30 |
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| 42 | | - | terms. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general election in each 31 |
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| 43 | | - | even-numbered year. The mayor and commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan plurality 32 |
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| 44 | | - | basis, and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, 33 |
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| 45 | | - | the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 34 |
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| 46 | | - | 163 of the General Statutes." 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 |
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| 47 | | - | Page 2 House Bill 6-Second Edition |
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| 48 | | - | SECTION 2.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Minnesott 1 |
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| 49 | | - | Beach in 2025. The terms of office of the mayor and the four commissioners serving on the 2 |
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| 50 | | - | effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended by one year. 3 |
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| 51 | | - | Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Minnesott Beach in 4 |
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| 52 | | - | even-numbered years beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, the mayor and four commissioners 5 |
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| 53 | | - | shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 6 |
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| 54 | | - | SECTION 3.(a) Notwithstanding the Charter of the Town of Oriental, being Chapter 7 |
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| 55 | | - | 184 of the Private Laws of 1899, as amended by Chapter 878 of the 1991 Session Laws and 8 |
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| 56 | | - | Chapter 4 of the 1993 Session Laws, regular municipal elections for officers in the Town of 9 |
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| 57 | | - | Oriental shall be held at the time of the general election each even-numbered year. The election 10 |
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| 58 | | - | shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in accordance with 11 |
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| 59 | | - | G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with 12 |
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| 60 | | - | the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. 13 |
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| 61 | | - | SECTION 3.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Oriental 14 |
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| 62 | | - | in 2025. The terms of office for the mayor and five commissioners in the Town of Oriental 15 |
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| 63 | | - | serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended 16 |
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| 64 | | - | by one year. Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Oriental in 17 |
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| 65 | | - | even-numbered years beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, a mayor and five commissioners 18 |
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| 66 | | - | shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 19 |
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| 67 | | - | SECTION 4.(a) Notwithstanding the Charter of the Town of Vandemere, being 20 |
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| 68 | | - | Chapter 311 of the Private Laws of 1895, regular municipal elections for officers in the Town of 21 |
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| 69 | | - | Vandemere shall be held at the time of the general election each even-numbered year. The 22 |
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| 70 | | - | election shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in 23 |
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| 71 | | - | accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in 24 |
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| 72 | | - | accordance with the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. 25 |
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| 73 | | - | SECTION 4.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of 26 |
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| 74 | | - | Vandemere in 2025. The terms of office for the mayor and five commissioners in the Town of 27 |
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| 75 | | - | Vandemere serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall 28 |
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| 76 | | - | be extended by one year. Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of 29 |
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| 77 | | - | Vandemere in even-numbered years beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, a mayor and five 30 |
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| 78 | | - | commissioners shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 31 |
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| 79 | | - | SECTION 5.(a) Section 8 of the Charter of the Town of Alliance, being Chapter 760 32 |
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| 80 | | - | of the 1965 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 33 |
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| 81 | | - | "Sec. 8. Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem. At its organizational meeting on the first Saturday in 34 |
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| 82 | | - | July, 1967, and biennially thereafter following a each regular municipal election, the board of 35 |
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| 83 | | - | commissioners shall elect the town commissioner with the largest vote at said election, as 36 |
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| 84 | | - | chairman, chair, who shall act as mayor, and another of its members its vice chairman, chair, who 37 |
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| 85 | | - | shall act as mayor pro tempore. The mayor shall preside at meetings of the governing board, and 38 |
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| 86 | | - | shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as are or may be conferred and 39 |
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| 87 | | - | imposed upon him by the general laws of North Carolina, by this Charter, and by the ordinances 40 |
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| 88 | | - | of the town. He The mayor shall be recognized as the head of the town government, for all 41 |
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| 89 | | - | ceremonial purposes, by the courts for the service of all legal process in civil matters, and by the 42 |
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| 90 | | - | Governor for the purposes of civil defense and military law. In time of public danger or 43 |
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| 91 | | - | emergency the mayor shall, if so authorized and directed by the town governing board, take and 44 |
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| 92 | | - | exercise command of the town police, maintain order, and enforce the law. In case of the absence 45 |
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| 93 | | - | or other disability of the mayor to act, the mayor pro tempore shall act as mayor during the 46 |
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| 94 | | - | continuance of the absence or other disability." 47 |
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| 95 | | - | SECTION 5.(b) Section 14 of the Charter of the Town of Alliance, being Chapter 48 |
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| 96 | | - | 760 of the 1965 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 49 |
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| 97 | | - | "Sec. 14. Municipal Elections. The regular election of members of the board of 50 |
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| 98 | | - | commissioners shall be held on the last Saturday in June in the odd-numbered years, beginning 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 |
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| 99 | | - | House Bill 6-Second Edition Page 3 |
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| 100 | | - | with the last Saturday in June, 1967, and biennially thereafter. The board of commissioners may, 1 |
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| 101 | | - | for any other lawful purpose, and by resolution, order a special election, fix the time for holding 2 |
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| 102 | | - | the same, and provide all other details and means for holding such special election.at the time of 3 |
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| 103 | | - | the general election in each even-numbered year. The board of commissioners shall be elected 4 |
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| 104 | | - | on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292." 5 |
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| 105 | | - | SECTION 5.(c) Section 15 of the Charter of the Town of Alliance, being Chapter 6 |
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| 106 | | - | 760 of the 1965 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 7 |
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| 107 | | - | "Sec. 15. Regulations of Elections. All elections shall be conducted in accordance with the 8 |
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| 108 | | - | general uniform municipal laws relating to municipal elections, in Chapter 163 of the General 9 |
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| 109 | | - | Statutes, except as otherwise provided herein." 10 |
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| 110 | | - | SECTION 5.(d) Sections 16, 17, 18, and 19 of the Charter of the Town of Alliance, 11 |
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| 111 | | - | being Chapter 760 of the 1965 Session Laws, are repealed. 12 |
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| 112 | | - | SECTION 5.(e) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Alliance 13 |
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| 113 | | - | in 2025. The terms of office of the five members of the board of commissioners serving on the 14 |
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| 114 | | - | effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended by one year. 15 |
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| 115 | | - | Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Alliance in even-numbered years 16 |
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| 116 | | - | beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, the five members of the board of commissioners shall be 17 |
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| 117 | | - | elected to serve two-year terms. 18 |
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| 118 | | - | SECTION 6.(a) Notwithstanding the Charter of the Town of Arapahoe, being the 19 |
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| 119 | | - | Charter approved by the Municipal Board of Control and filed with the Secretary of State on 20 |
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| 120 | | - | September 21, 1920, as reactivated by Chapter 200 of the 1969 Session Laws, regular municipal 21 |
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| 121 | | - | elections for officers in the Town of Arapahoe shall be held at the time of the general election 22 |
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| 122 | | - | each even-numbered year. The election shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and 23 |
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| 123 | | - | the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, the 24 |
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| 124 | | - | election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 25 |
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| 125 | | - | 163 of the General Statutes. 26 |
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| 126 | | - | SECTION 6.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Arapahoe 27 |
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| 127 | | - | in 2025. The terms of office for the mayor and five commissioners in the Town of Arapahoe 28 |
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| 128 | | - | serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended 29 |
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| 129 | | - | by one year. Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Arapahoe in 30 |
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| 130 | | - | even-numbered years beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, a mayor and five commissioners 31 |
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| 131 | | - | shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 32 |
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| 132 | | - | SECTION 7.(a) Section 2 of the Charter of the Town of Bayboro, being Chapter 33 |
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| 133 | | - | 110 of the Private Laws of 1903, reads as rewritten: 34 |
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| 134 | | - | "SEC. 2. That there shall be held on the first Tuesday in May,1903, an election for mayor 35 |
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| 135 | | - | The governing body for the Town of Bayboro shall consist of a Mayor and three five Town 36 |
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| 136 | | - | Commissioners, and biennially thereafter on the first Tuesday in May an election shall be held 37 |
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| 137 | | - | for the purpose of electing a Mayor and three Commissioners for said town. That the elected for 38 |
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| 138 | | - | staggered four-year terms. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general 39 |
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| 139 | | - | election in each even-numbered year. The Mayor and Town Commissioners of said town shall 40 |
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| 140 | | - | hold a meeting on the first Wednesday in each month for the purpose of transacting the business 41 |
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| 141 | | - | of said town. That all be elected on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in 42 |
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| 142 | | - | accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, municipal elections shall be held 43 |
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| 143 | | - | under the provisions of the general election law, except as herein amended, except that the Board 44 |
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| 144 | | - | of Town Commissioners shall appoint all registrar of elections for said town elections and all 45 |
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| 145 | | - | poll holders, and shall canvass all the votes cast at each election and issue certificates of election 46 |
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| 146 | | - | to the successful candidates, and in case of a tie in the vote of any two or more candidates they 47 |
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| 147 | | - | may decide by a majority vote of said board in favor of either and declare the results of all 48 |
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| 148 | | - | elections; and for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section the Board of Town 49 |
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| 149 | | - | Commissioners shall on the first Wednesday in April, 1903, and biennially thereafter on the 50 |
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| 150 | | - | first Wednesday in April, and appoint a registrar and two poll holders to hold said election, and 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 |
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| 151 | | - | Page 4 House Bill 6-Second Edition |
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| 152 | | - | the registrar shall be required to keep open the registration book for registration of voters for ten 1 |
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| 153 | | - | days only, being the ten days next preceding the day of election, Sundays excluded.conducted in 2 |
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| 154 | | - | accordance with the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes." 3 |
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| 155 | | - | SECTION 7.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Bayboro 4 |
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| 156 | | - | in 2025. The terms of office for the Mayor and two Commissioners in the Town of Bayboro 5 |
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| 157 | | - | serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended 6 |
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| 158 | | - | by one year. The terms of office for the three Commissioners in the Town of Bayboro serving on 7 |
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| 159 | | - | the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2027 shall be extended by one year. 8 |
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| 160 | | - | Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Bayboro in even-numbered years 9 |
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| 161 | | - | beginning in 2026. 10 |
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| 162 | | - | SECTION 8.(a) Section 3.4 of the Charter of the Town of Mesic, being Chapter 626 11 |
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| 163 | | - | of the 1971 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 12 |
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| 164 | | - | "Section 3.4. Terms; Qualifications; Vacancies. 13 |
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| 165 | | - | (a) Except for the terms of office as specified in Section 3.1. and Section 4.1. herein, the 14 |
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| 166 | | - | Mayor and the members of the Town Board shall serve for terms of two (2) years, beginning the 15 |
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| 167 | | - | day and hour of the organizational meeting following their election, as established by ordinance 16 |
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| 168 | | - | in accordance with this Charter; provided, they shall serve until their successors are elected and 17 |
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| 169 | | - | qualify. 18 |
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| 170 | | - | (b) No person shall be eligible to be a candidate or be elected as a member of the Town 19 |
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| 171 | | - | Board, or to serve in such capacity, unless he or she is a resident and a qualified voter of the 20 |
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| 172 | | - | Town. 21 |
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| 173 | | - | (c) If any elected Commissioner shall refuse to qualify, or if there shall be any vacancy 22 |
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| 174 | | - | in the office of Commissioner after election and qualification, the remaining members of the 23 |
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| 175 | | - | Board shall by majority vote appoint some qualified person to serve for the unexpired term. Any 24 |
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| 176 | | - | Commissioner so appointed shall have the same authority and powers as if regularly elected." 25 |
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| 177 | | - | SECTION 8.(b) Section 4.1 of the Charter of the Town of Mesic, being Chapter 626 26 |
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| 178 | | - | of the 1971 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 27 |
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| 179 | | - | "Section 4.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held on the 28 |
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| 180 | | - | Tuesday after the first Monday in May of each odd-numbered year, beginning in 1973. In the 29 |
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| 181 | | - | regular election in 1973 and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected five (5) Commissioners. 30 |
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| 182 | | - | In the regular election in 1973 and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected a Mayor for a term 31 |
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| 183 | | - | of two (2) years.at the time of the general election in even-numbered years. The Mayor and the 32 |
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| 184 | | - | Commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in 33 |
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| 185 | | - | accordance with G.S. 163-292." 34 |
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| 186 | | - | SECTION 8.(c) Section 4.2 of the Charter of the Town of Mesic, being Chapter 626 35 |
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| 187 | | - | of the 1971 Session Laws, is repealed. 36 |
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| 188 | | - | SECTION 8.(d) Section 4.3 of the Charter of the Town of Mesic, being Chapter 626 37 |
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| 189 | | - | of the 1971 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 38 |
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| 190 | | - | "Section 4.3. Regulation of Elections. All municipal elections shall be conducted in 39 |
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| 191 | | - | accordance with the general uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina relating to 40 |
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| 192 | | - | municipal elections, in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, except as otherwise provided herein." 41 |
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| 193 | | - | SECTION 8.(e) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Mesic in 42 |
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| 194 | | - | 2025. The terms of office of the Mayor and the five Commissioners serving on the effective date 43 |
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| 195 | | - | of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended by one year. Regular municipal 44 |
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| 196 | | - | elections shall be conducted in the Town of Mesic in even-numbered years beginning in 2026. 45 |
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| 197 | | - | Beginning in 2026, the Mayor and five Commissioners shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 46 |
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| 198 | | - | SECTION 9.(a) Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Stonewall, being Chapter 47 |
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| 199 | | - | 385 of the 1969 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 48 |
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| 200 | | - | "Sec. 4. The governing body of said Town shall consist of a mayor and three commissioners 49 |
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| 201 | | - | who shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in Chapter 160 commissioners, each 50 |
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| 202 | | - | elected to serve two-year terms. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the 51 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 |
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| 203 | | - | House Bill 6-Second Edition Page 5 |
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| 204 | | - | general election in each even-numbered year. The mayor and commissioners shall be elected on 1 |
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| 205 | | - | a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except 2 |
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| 206 | | - | as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal 3 |
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| 207 | | - | election laws of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes." 4 |
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| 208 | | - | SECTION 9.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Stonewall 5 |
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| 209 | | - | in 2025. The terms of office for the mayor and three commissioners in the Town of Stonewall 6 |
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| 210 | | - | serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended 7 |
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| 211 | | - | by one year. Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Stonewall in 8 |
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| 212 | | - | even-numbered years beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, a mayor and three commissioners 9 |
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| 213 | | - | shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 10 |
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| 214 | | - | SECTION 10. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections 11 |
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| 215 | | - | held on or after that date. 12 |
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| 17 | + | SECTION 1.(a) Section 5 of the Charter of the Town of Oriental, being Chapter 184 5 |
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| 18 | + | of the Private Laws of 1899, reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 19 | + | "Section 5. That there shall be held on the First Monday in May, eighteen hundred and ninety-7 |
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| 20 | + | nine, and on the first May every year thereafter, an election for mayor and commissioners for 8 |
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| 21 | + | said town at some convenient place therein, to be selected by the commissioners, which election 9 |
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| 22 | + | shall be held by a registrar and two poll holders under regulations in other respects prescribed by 10 |
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| 23 | + | the state election law, which from time to tome may be enacted – at which election, all duly 11 |
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| 24 | + | qualified voters of the State of North Carolina under the state election laws existing at the time 12 |
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| 25 | + | of such election, residing in the corporate limits of said town, shall be permitted to 13 |
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| 26 | + | vote.Beginning in 2026, regular municipal elections shall be held on the Tuesday after the first 14 |
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| 27 | + | Monday in November of each even-numbered year in accordance with the uniform municipal 15 |
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| 28 | + | election laws of North Carolina. In 2026 and biennially thereafter, a mayor and five town 16 |
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| 29 | + | commissioners shall be selected by the qualified voters of the town to each serve two-year terms." 17 |
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| 30 | + | SECTION 1.(b) In the 2025 municipal election, the mayor and five town 18 |
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| 31 | + | commissioners shall be elected for a one-year term. Beginning in 2026, municipal elections shall 19 |
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| 32 | + | be conducted in the Town of Oriental in even-numbered years and biennially thereafter. 20 |
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| 33 | + | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 21 |
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| 34 | + | on or after that date. 22 |
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