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H1221 • 2025

4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts.

4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts.

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Sponsor
Willingham
Last action
2026-05-06
Official status
Ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

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4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts.

4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts.

What This Bill Does

  • 4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-06 House

    Ref to the Com on Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2026-05-06 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2026-05-05 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 1221

Short Title: 4-Yr Terms/Town of Everetts. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Willingham.
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
May 6, 2026
*H1221-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REQUIRE TH AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF EV ERETTS 2
TAKE PLACE EVERY FOU R YEARS AND THAT MUN ICIPAL OFFICERS IN T HE 3
TOWN OF EVERETTS HAVE FOUR-YEAR TERMS. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. The Charter of the Town of Everetts, being Chapter 321 of the Private 6
Laws of 1893, as amended by Chapter 82 of the 1979 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new 7
section to read: 8
"Sec. 3.1. The officers of the Town of Everetts shall consist of one mayor and a board of 9
commissioners. The board of commissioners of the Town of Everetts shall consist of three 10
members. Elections in the Town of Everetts shall be conducted under the nonpartisan plurality 11
method and the results determined as provided in G.S. 163-292. The Town of Everetts shall elect, 12
for four-year terms, three members of the board of commissioners and a mayor every four years." 13
SECTION 2. Beginning in 2027, elections for the mayor and members of the board 14
of commissioners shall be for four-year terms and shall take place every four years. 15
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 16
on or after that date. 17