North Carolina SB 810: Water/Wastewater Public Enterprise Reform.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 810

Short Title: Even-Year Municipal Elections/Catawba Co. (Local)
Sponsors: Senator Hollo (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
April 22, 2026
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR ALL 2
MUNICIPALITIES IN CATAWBA COUNTY BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED 3
YEARS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
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TOWN OF BROOKFORD 7
SECTION 1.(a) Section 3 of the Charter of the Town of Brookford, being Chapter 8
230 of the Private Laws of 1907, as amended by Chapter 109 of the 1961 Session Laws and 9
Town Ordinance, reads as rewritten: 10
"Sec. 3. That the officers of the said corporation shall be a mayor, three commissioners and 11
such other officers and agents as may be appointed by the board of commissioners to enforce 12
their ordinances, keep their records, and otherwise aid in the conduct of the affairs of the town. 13
That until Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, T. J. 14
Leonard is appointed to the office of mayor of said town, and W. H. Shuford, J. W. Ballew and 15
C. E. Cole are appointed commissioners thereof; that the said mayor and commissioners shall 16
hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified, as hereafter provided.The 17
officers of the Town of Brookford shall be a mayor and four aldermen. The term of office for 18
mayor shall be four years. The terms of office for the aldermen shall be four-year staggered 19
terms." 20
SECTION 1.(b) Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Brookford, being Chapter 21
230 of the Private Laws of 1907, as amended by Chapter 109 of the 1961 Session Laws and 22
Town Ordinance, reads as rewritten: 23
"Sec. 4. That there shall be an election to the offices of mayor and commissioners of said 24
town on Tuesday after the first Monday in May, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and 25
biennially thereafter, under the same restrictions and regulations under which Shate and county 26
elections are held, and as provided by law for elections in cities and towns in North 27
Carolina.Regular municipal elections for officers in the Town of Brookford shall be held at the 28
time of the general election in each even-numbered year. The election shall be conducted on a 29
nonpartisan plurality basis and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. Except 30
as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal 31
election laws in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes." 32
SECTION 1.(c) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Brookford 33
in 2027. The terms of office for the two aldermen in the Town of Brookford serving on the 34
effective date of this section whose terms are set to expire in 2027 shall be extended by one year. 35
The terms of office for the mayor and two aldermen in the Town of Brookford serving on the 36

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effective date of this section whose terms are set to expire in 2029 shall be extended by one year. 1
Regular municipal elections in the Town of Brookford shall resume in even-numbered years 2
beginning in 2028 with the same staggering of terms as when elections were conducted in the 3
odd-numbered years. 4
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TOWN OF CATAWBA 6
SECTION 2.(a) Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Catawba, being Chapter 7
274 of the Private Laws of 1893, as amended by Chapter 333 of the 1951 Session Laws, Chapter 8
224 of the 1965 Session Laws, Town Ordinance No. 02-10 adopted on July 1, 2002, and Town 9
Ordinance No. 2006-15 adopted on November 6, 2006, and referred to as Section 5 in the current 10
amended Town Code, reads as rewritten: 11
"Sec. 5. Elections. 12
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(b) Elections shall be conducted on the first Tuesday of November in odd-numbered 14
even-numbered years as provided by the laws of North Carolina. 15
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(d) The mayor shall be elected every four years, for a term of four years, beginning with the 17
regular municipal election in 2007.years. 18
...." 19
SECTION 2.(b) No municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of Catawba 20
in 2027. The terms of office for the mayor and two council members in the Town of Catawba 21
serving on the effective date of this section whose terms are set to expire in 2027 shall be 22
extended by one year. The terms of office for the two council members in the Town of Catawba 23
serving on the effective date of this section whose terms are set to expire in 2029 shall be 24
extended by one year. Regular municipal elections in the Town of Catawba shall resume in 25
even-numbered years beginning in 2028 with the same staggering of terms as when elections 26
were conducted in the odd-numbered years. 27
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CITY OF CLAREMONT 29
SECTION 3.(a) Section 3 of the Charter of the City of Claremont, being Chapter 11 30
of the Private Laws of 1893, as amended by Chapter 76 of the 19