North Carolina HB 6: Pamlico County Municipal Even-Year Elections.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 6
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/4/25

Short Title: Pamlico Co. Muni. Even-Yr. Elect. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
January 30, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN ALL OF THE 2
TOWNS IN PAMLICO COUNTY SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1.(a) Sections 3-3 and 3-4 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro, 5
being S.L. 1997-446, as amended by S.L. 2011-83, read as rewritten: 6
"Section 3-3. Term of Office of Council Members. Members of the Council are elected to 7
four-year terms in 2011 and quadrennially thereafter.terms. 8
"Section 3-4. Mayor; Term of Office. The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of 9
the Town in 2011 and quadrennially thereafter for a four-year term." 10
SECTION 1.(b) Section 4-1 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro, being S.L. 11
1997-446, reads as rewritten: 12
"Section 4-1. Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general 13
election in even-numbered years. Council members for the Town of Grantsboro shall be elected 14
on a nonpartisan plurality basis and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. 15
Except as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform 16
municipal election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes." 17
SECTION 1.(c) Section 4-2 of the Charter of the Town of Grantsboro, being S.L. 18
1997-446, is repealed. 19
SECTION 1.(d) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of 20
Grantsboro in 2027. The terms of office for the Council members and Mayor in the Town of 21
Grantsboro serving on the effective date of this act shall be extended by one year. Regular 22
municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Grantsboro every four years beginning in 23
2028. Beginning in 2028, five Council members and a Mayor shall be elected to serve four-year 24
terms. 25
SECTION 2.(a) Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Minnesott Beach, being 26
Chapter 890 of the 1971 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 27
"Sec. 3. The governing body of said Town shall consist of a mayor and four commissioners 28
who shall be elected at the time and in the manner provided in the General 29
Statutes.commissioners. The mayor and four commissioners shall be elected to serve two-year 30
terms. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general election in each 31
even-numbered year. The mayor and commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan plurality 32
basis, and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, 33
the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 34
163 of the General Statutes." 35

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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SECTION 2.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Minnesott 1
Beach in 2025. The terms of office of the mayor and the four commissioners serving on the 2
effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended by one year. 3
Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Minnesott Beach in 4
even-numbered years beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, the mayor and four commissioners 5
shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 6
SECTION 3.(a) Notwithstanding the Charter of the Town of Oriental, being Chapter 7
184 of the Private Laws of 1899, as amended by Chapter 878 of the 1991 Session Laws and 8
Chapter 4 of the 1993 Session Laws, regular municipal elections for officers in the Town of 9
Oriental shall be held at the time of the general election each even-numbered year. The election 10
shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in accordance with 11
G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with 12
the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. 13
SECTION 3.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Oriental 14
in 2025. The terms of office for the mayor and five commissioners in the Town of Oriental 15
serving on the effective date of this act whose terms are set to expire in 2025 shall be extended 16
by one year. Regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Oriental in 17
even-numbered years beginning in 2026. Beginning in 2026, a mayor and five commissioners 18
shall be elected to serve two-year terms. 19
SECTION 4.(a) Notwithstanding the Charter of the Town of Vandemere, being 20
Chapter 311 of the Private Laws of 1895, regular municipal elections for officers in the Town of 21
Vandemere shall be held at the time of the general election each even-numbered year. The 22
election shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, and the results determined in 23
accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided,