AN ACT to extend the term of the mayor for the town of siler city from A two‑year TERM to A four‑YEAR TERM.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 4 of the Charter of the Town of Siler City, being Chapter 88 of the Private Laws of 1887, as amended by Chapter 16 of the 1989 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

Sec. 4. (a) The mayor shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the town every two years. for a four‑year term. The mayor pro tem tempore shall be chosen elected in the manner provided by State law.accordance with G.S. 160A‑70.

(b)        One commissioner shall be elected from each of five districts described in subsection (e) of this section. Only voters residing in a district shall vote districts. For the district seats, only qualified voters of the district shall be eligible to vote for the commissioner from that district. The other two commissioners shall be elected by all the qualified voters of the town.

(c)        Elections shall be according to the held on a nonpartisan plurality method basis as provided in G.S. 163‑292 and shall be held at the time provided by State law.conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina.

(d)       Except as provided in Section 5 of this act, commissioners Commissioners shall be elected for staggered four‑year terms.

(e)        The five election Districts are:

District 1 - The northeastern portion of the town included within the following line running counterclockwise from its beginning at the intersection of Siler Mill Road with the northern boundary of the town limits to its ending at the intersection of U.S. Route 64A with the eastern town limits: Southwest and south on Siler Mill Road to Fifth Street, west on Fifth Street to Fourth Avenue, south on Fourth Avenue two blocks to Third Street, east on Third Street two blocks to Sixth Avenue, south on Sixth Avenue to Raleigh Street, east on Raleigh Street to U.S. Route 64A, east on 64A to the town limits on the eastern side of the town.

District 2 - The north central portion of the town included within the following line running counterclockwise from its beginning at the intersection of North Chatham Avenue with the northern town limits to its ending at the intersection of Siler Mill Road with the northern town limits: Southeast on North Chatham Avenue to Sixth Street, west on Sixth Street two blocks to Dogwood Avenue, south on Dogwood Avenue one block to Fifth Street, east on Fifth Street three blocks to Second Avenue, south on Second Avenue one block to Fourth Street, east on Fourth Street three blocks to Fourth Avenue, north on Fourth Avenue one block to Fifth Street, east on Fifth Street to Siler Mill Road, north on Siler Mill Road to the northern town limits.

District 3 - The northwestern portion of the town included within the following line running counterclockwise from its beginning at the intersection of Second Street (U.S. Route 64) with the western town limits to its ending at the intersection of North Chatham Avenue with the northern town limits: East on Second Street to Second Avenue, north on Second Avenue three blocks to Fifth Street, west on Fifth Street three blocks to Dogwood Avenue, north on Dogwood Avenue one block to Sixth Street, east on Sixth Street two blocks to North Chatham Avenue, north on North Chatham Avenue to the northern town limits.

District 4 - The southwestern and south central portion of the town included within the following line running counterclockwise from its beginning at the intersection of Second Avenue with the southern town limits to its ending at the intersection of Second Street (U.S. Route 64) with the western town limits: Northwest on Second Avenue to Second Street, west on Second Street to the western town limits.

District 5 - The southeastern portion of the town included within the following line running counterclockwise from the intersection of U.S. Route 64A with the eastern town limits to the intersection of Second Avenue with the southern town limits:  West on U.S. Route 64A to Raleigh Street, southwest on Raleigh Street to Sixth Avenue, north on Sixth Avenue to Third Street, west on Third Street two blocks to Fourth Avenue, north on Fourth Avenue one block to Fourth Street, west on Fourth Street three blocks to Second Avenue, southeast on Second Avenue to the southern town limits.

SECTION 2.  Section 5 of the Charter of the Town of Siler City, being Chapter 88 of the Private Laws of 1887, as amended by Chapter 16 of the 1989 Session Laws, is repealed.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to municipal elections held in 2023 and thereafter.