North Carolina HB 1035: 2020-2021 Calendar Modifications.

Status: Passed 2nd Reading (as of 2020-06-17)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2019 · Bill: HB 1035

Subjects: APPROPRIATIONS, ARMED FORCES, AUTHORITIES, BOARDS, BUDGETING, CALENDAR, CHARTER SCHOOLS, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, CURRICULUM, DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES, DISEASES & HEALTH DISORDERS, EDUCATION, EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY, EDUCATION BOARDS, EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF, EDUCATIONAL TESTING, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, FOODS & BEVERAGES, FUNDING, FUNDS & ACCOUNTS, GOVERNOR, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGHER EDUCATION, INTERNET, KINDERGARTEN, LICENSING & CERTIFICATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, NUTRITION, OCCUPATIONS, PERSONNEL, PRINCIPALS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT., DISTANCE EDUCATION, REPORTING, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SESSION LAWS, STATE EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TELESERVICES, TESTING, TUITION, UNC, VETERANS, SCHOLARSHIPS & FINANCIAL AID, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, VOUCHERS, PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND, EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Sponsors: Fraley, Horn, Adcock, Alston, Arp, Autry, B. Turner, Baker, Ball, Barnes, Batch, Beasley, Belk, Bell, Blackwell, Brewer, Brockman, Butler, Carney, Carter, Clark, Clemmons, Cleveland, Corbin, Cunningham

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2026-18
HOUSE BILL 1035

*H1035-v-6*
AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO LOCAL ELECTION LAWS IN NORTH
CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. TOWN OF PINK HILL – EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR ELECTIONS
SECTION 1.(a) Section 3.1 of the Charter of the Town of Pink Hill, being Chapter
31 of the Private Laws of 1915, as amended by S.L. 2011-46, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.1. In 2011 and quadrennially thereafter, the The governing body of the Town of Pink
Hill shall consist of a Mayor shall be elected for a four-year term. In 2011, and three
commissioners shall be elected, with the top vote getter receiving a four-year term and the two
persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes receiving two-year terms. In 2013 and
quadrennially thereafter, two commissioners shall be elected for four-year terms. In 2015 and
quadrennially thereafter, one commissioner shall be elected for a four-year term.elected to serve
staggered four-year terms."
SECTION 1.(b) The Charter of the Town of Pink Hill, being Chapter 31 of the
Private Laws of 1915, as amended by Chapter 221 of the Private Laws of 1933 and by S.L.
2011-46, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Sec. 3.2. Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the general election in each
even-numbered year. The Mayor and commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan plurality
basis in accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided, elections shall be held and
conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of Chapter 163 of the General
Statutes."
SECTION 1.(c) Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Pink Hill, being Chapter 31
of the Private Laws of 1915, as amended by Chapter 221 of the Private Laws of 1933, is repealed.
SECTION 1.(d) Chapter 760 of the 1955 Session Laws is repealed.
SECTION 1.(e) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Pink Hill
in 2027. The terms of office for the Mayor and one commissioner in the Town of Pink Hill
serving on the effective date of this section whose terms are set to expire in 2027 shall be
extended by one year. The terms of office for the two commissioners in the Town of Pink Hill
serving on the effective date of this section whose terms are set to expire in 2029 shall be
extended by one year. Regular municipal elections in the Town of Pink Hill shall resume in
even-numbered years beginning in 2028 with the same staggering of terms as when elections
were conducted in the odd-numbered years.

PART II. TOWN OF BOLIVIA – EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR ELECTIONS AND
FOUR-YEAR TERMS
SECTION 2.(a) Section 2 of the Charter of the Town of Bolivia, as reactivated by
Chapter 366 of the 1961 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. On the first Monday in May 1963, and biennially thereafter, there shall be held in at
which time there shall be elected a Regular municipal elections shall be held at the time of the
general election in even-numbered years. The mayor and four aldermen who shall take office on

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the first Tuesday in May next succeeding their election and shall be elected on a nonpartisan
plurality basis in accordance with G.S. 163-292. The mayor and aldermen shall hold office for
two four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The said Except as otherwise
provided, elections shall be held and conducted under the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 160
in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes
of North Carolina."
SECTION 2.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Bolivia
in 2027. The terms of office for the mayor and four aldermen serving on the effective date of this
section whose terms are set to expire in 2027 shall be extended by one year. Regular municipal
elections in the Town of Bolivia shall resume in even-numbered years beginning in 2028.

PART III. TOWN OF BELVILLE – EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR ELECTIONS AND
FOUR-YEAR TERM FOR MAYOR
SECTION 3.(a) Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Belville, being Chapter 84
of the 1977 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4. The regular Regular municipal election elections shall be held in November 1977,
and biennially thereafter for the election of a mayor and the members of the board of
commissioners. at the time of the general election in each even-numbered year. The election
mayor and members of the board of commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan and decided
by simple plurality and held at the time specified in G.S. 163-279(a)(1). plurality basis in
accordance with G.S. 163-292.
The municipal elections shall be held and conducted by the county board of elections and the
town shall reimburse the county board of elections for the cost thereof except the first election
required to be held herein. thereof. The elections shall be conducted in accordance with the
applicable provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of uniform municipal

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