CITY OF LINCOLNTON/EVEN-YR ELECT'N/MAYOR TERM.

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2017-2018 Session
House Bill 504 (Local) Filed Tuesday, March 28, 2017
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LINCOLNTON SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO EXTEND THE MAYOR'S TERM FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS.
Intro. by Saine.
Status: Ch. SL 2017-62 (House Action) (Jun 28 2017)

Bill History:

H 504/S.L. 2017-62

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 504 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 28 2017 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LINCOLNTON SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO EXTEND THE MAYOR'S TERM FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

    Government, Elections
    Lincoln
  • Bill H 504 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 26 2017 - View Summary

    Senate amendment #1 further amends Article III of SL 1979-341, as amended, providing that the mayor and the city council of the City of Lexington must be elected on a partisan basis (previously, elected according to the partisan primary and election method). Specifies that the primary and election are to be held and conducted in accordance with the general laws governing primaries and elections for county officers. 

    Government, Elections
    Lincoln
  • Bill H 504 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Jun 21 2017 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following change to the 2nd edition.

    Amends SL 1979-341, Article III, regarding elections for Mayor of Lincolnton. Provides that the Mayor shall be elected by and from the qualified voters of the City voting at large (was, elected from the qualified voters of the City voting at large).

    Government, Elections
    Lincoln
  • Bill H 504 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Apr 5 2017 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

    Further amends Article III of SL 1979-341 by adding the requirement that any candidate seeking nomination by petition for municipal office comply with Article 11 (nomination by petition) of GS Chapter 163, provided the Lincoln County Board of Election may set the date and time completed petitions must be submitted for verification.

    Government, Elections
    Lincoln
  • Bill H 504 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Mar 28 2017 - View Summary

    Amends Article III of SL 1979-341, as amended, establishing that, beginning in 2018, regular municipal elections for the City of Lincolnton are to be held every two years in even-numbered years (currently, in odd-numbered years). 

    Provides that the mayor whose term expires in 2017 is to continue to serve until 2018. Establishes that in 2018 and quadrennially thereafter, the mayor is to be elected for a term of four years (currently, term of two years).

    Amends the provisions concerning the election of city council members, providing that the two council members whose terms expire in 2017 are to continue to serve until 2018, and that at the regular municipal election in 2018 and quadrennially thereafter, two members are to be elected, one from Ward One and one from Ward Three, for four-year terms. Provides that the two city council members whose terms expire in 2019 are to continue to serve until 2020, and that at the regular municipal election in 2020 and quadrennially thereafter, two members are to be elected, one from Ward Two and one from Ward Four, for four-year terms.

    Provides that no elections are to occur in the City of Lincolnton in 2017, and that the next municipal elections are to occur in the City of Lincolnton in 2018.

    Applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law.

    Government, Elections
    Lincoln
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