---
type: "Bill"
title: "Morven Mayoral and Council Terms."
description: "Morven Mayoral and Council Terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2005"
identifier: "SB 1351"
citation: "North Carolina SB 1351 (2005)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARDS", "CHARTERS", "CITY COUNCILS", "COUNTIES", "EDUCATION", "EDUCATION BOARDS", "ELEMENTARY EDUCATION", "KINDERGARTEN", "LOCAL", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MAYORS", "MEMBERSHIP", "MUNICIPALITIES", "RATIFIED", "SECONDARY EDUCATION", "SESSION LAWS", "TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS", "TITLE CHANGE", "SEN. PURCELL", "SCOTLAND COUNTY", "ANSON COUNTY", "CHAPTERED", "MORVEN"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2006-05-11"
last_action: "2006-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efb03d93-b75c-4993-9d08-fdfc2817bc38"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2005&BillID=S1351&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "bd0ca9361cc07ecd053eba5abe6365715d6c14f008fc02e9c81a8417f43b682c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 1351 (2005) — Morven Mayoral and Council Terms.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v3.pdf)
5. **SL2006-147** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1351v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Purcell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2006-07-21** Ch. SL 2006-147 `became-law`
- **2006-07-20** Ratified
- **2006-07-19** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2006-07-18** Placed On Cal For 7/19/2006
- **2006-07-18** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2006-07-17** Placed On Cal For 7/18/2006
- **2006-07-17** Withdrawn From Cal
- **2006-07-13** Placed On Cal For 7/17/2006
- **2006-07-13** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2006-07-13** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-07-11** Placed On Cal For 7/12/2006
- **2006-07-11** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2006-07-11** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-06-07** Ref To Com On Local Government I `referral-committee`
- **2006-06-07** Rec From Senate
- **2006-06-01** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2006-05-31** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2006-05-15** Ref To Com On State and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2006-05-11** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efb03d93-b75c-4993-9d08-fdfc2817bc38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).