North Carolina § 143B-847 - Terms of appointment.

§ 143B-847. Terms of appointment.

Each member of a County Council shall serve for a term of two years, except for initial terms as provided in this section. Each member's term is a continuation of that member's term under G.S. 147-33.62. Members may be reappointed. The initial terms of appointment began January 1, 1999. In order to provide for staggered terms, persons appointed for the positions designated in subdivisions (9), (10), (12), (15), (17), and (18) of G.S. 143B-846(a) were appointed for an initial term ending on June 30, 2000. The initial term of the second member added to each County Council pursuant to G.S. 143B-846(a)(12) shall begin on July 1, 2001, and end on June 30, 2002. After the initial terms, persons appointed for the positions designated in subdivisions (9), (10), (12), (15), (17), and (18) of G.S. 143B-846(a) shall be appointed for two-year terms, beginning on July 1. All other persons appointed to the Council were appointed for an initial term ending on June 30, 2001, and, after those initial terms, persons shall be appointed for two-year terms beginning on July 1. History (1998-202, s. 1(b); 1999-423, s. 15; 2000-137, s. 1(b); 2001-199, s. 2; 2011-145, s. 19.1(t), (fff).) Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 143B-545 was recodified as G.S. 143B-272.34 by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(t), effective January 1, 2012. It was subsequently renumbered as this section at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. G.S. 147-33.62, referred to above, was repealed by Session Laws 2000-137, which enacted this article. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(t) recodified Article 12 of Chapter 143B as Part 3 of Article 5A of Chapter 143B . Article 5A was renumbered as Article 13 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(fff), effective January 1, 2012, substituted "G.S. 143B-846(a)" for "G.S. 143B-544(a)" in the fifth sentence and next-to-last sentence; and substituted "G.S. 143B-846(a)(12)" for "G.S. 143B-544(a)(12)" in the sixth sentence.