Even-Yr Elections/4-Yr Mayor Term/Belville.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1037

Short Title: Even-Yr Elections/4-Yr Mayor Term/Belville. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Iler.
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 23, 2026
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REQUIRE TH AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIO NS IN THE TOWN OF BE LVILLE 2
BE CONDUCTED IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO INCREASE THE MAYOR'S 3
TERM FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Belville, being Chapter 84 of 6
the 1977 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 7
"Sec. 4. The regular Regular municipal election elections shall be held in November 1977, 8
and biennially thereafter for the election of a may or and the members of the board of 9
commissioners. in even-numbered years. The election shall be nonpartisan and decided by simple 10
plurality and held at the time specified in G.S. 163-279(a)(1). 11
The municipal elections shall be held and conducted by the county board of elections and the 12
town shall reimburse the county board of elections for the cost thereof except the first election 13
required to be held herein. thereof. The elections shall be conducted in accordance with the 14
applicable provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North 15
Carolina, except as otherwise provided herein." 16
SECTION 2. Section 5 of the Charter of the Town of Belville, being Chapter 84 of 17
the 1977 Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 18
"Sec. 5. In the 1977 municipal election and biennially thereafter, the The mayor shall be 19
elected for a term of two four years. In the 1977 municipal election the two candidates for 20
commissioner receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of four years, and 21
the two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two 22
years. Thereafter as the term of each member of the board of commissioners expires, his 23
successor shall be elected for a term of four years.Members of the board of commissioners shall 24
be elected for terms of four years on a staggered basis." 25
SECTION 3. No regular municipal elections shall be conducted in the Town of 26
Belville in 2027. The terms of office of the mayor and memb ers of the board of commissioners 27
set to expire in 2027 shall be extended by one year. The terms of office of the members of the 28
board of commissioners set to expire in 2029 shall be extended by one year. Beginning in 2028, 29
municipal elections shall take place biennially in even-numbered years, pursuant to Section 1 of 30
this act. Beginning in 2028, the mayor shall serve four -year terms, pursuant to Section 2 of this 31
act. 32
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 33
on or after that date. 34