Bill Summaries: H523 CHANGE WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH ELECTION METHOD.

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  • Summary date: Jun 15 2011 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO CHANGE THE ELECTION YEAR FOR THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM AND THE ELECTION METHOD FOR THE WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 3/30/11, 5/12/11, and 5/17/11. Enacted June 15, 2011. Effective July 1, 2011.


  • Summary date: May 17 2011 - View Summary

    House amendment makes the following changes to 2nd edition. Amends Paragraph 1 of the Winston Salem Charter (Charter), as amended, by adding that the mayor must be elected by all the qualified voters of Winston-Salem. Clarifies that, except as provided in Section 12J, the mayor serves a term of four years commencing, as provided by GS 160A-68, at the organizational meeting of the city council following the election. Makes a conforming change to Paragraph 2, concerning city council member terms. Further amends the Charter by deleting language defining a qualified political party. Deletes provision concerning the filed notice of candidacy and pledge. Makes other conforming changes.


  • Summary date: May 12 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Repeals GS 163-279(b) (regarding primaries and elections in Winston-Salem). Amends the Charter of the City of Winston-Salem (Charter) by requiring the election of mayor be held as specified in proposed Section 12J of the Charter; that, except as provided in Section 12J, the mayor is to serve terms of four years, and; the mayor must be a resident of Winston-Salem. Provides that the election for city council members be held as specified in Section 12J of the Charter and that, except as provided in 12J, council members serve a term of four years. Replaces ‘alderman’ with ‘city council’ throughout. Directs the time for holding primaries is to be as provided in 12J of the Charter. Makes other clarifying and technical changes.
    Amends the Charter by adding new Section 12J providing that (1) in 2013, the primary and election for mayor and council members is held on the dates provided in GS 163-279(a)(2); (2) the terms of the mayor and council members of Winston-Salem elected in 2013 expire at the organizational meeting after the 2016 regular municipal election; and (3) notwithstanding GS 163-279, in 2016 and quadrennially thereafter, primaries and elections for mayor and city council are to be held at the same time as for county officers as provided in GS 163-1.


  • Summary date: Mar 30 2011 - View Summary

    Amends GS 163-279(b) to require that regular municipal primaries and elections in Winston-Salem be held at the time of the primary and election for county officers in 2012 and quadrennially thereafter, and that officers elected at that time serve terms that expire at the organizational meeting of the city council after the general election. Further provides that terms for mayor and council members elected in 2009 expire at the organizational meeting after the 2012 regular municipal election.
    Amends SL 1961-112, as amended, to require the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education to be elected on a partisan basis. Requires that candidates be nominated at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers and requires each candidate to certify the location of their residence. Further amends the session law to provide that the terms of the Board of Education members elected in 2010 for two year terms expire on the first Monday in December of 2014 and deletes provisions for the year 2014 concerning term lengths based on the number of votes received.
    Makes conforming changes.
    Effective July 1, 2011.