GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 166

Short Title:  Yadkin School Board Terms.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Holmes and J. Brown.
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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government II.
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February 16, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE YADKIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED TO STAGGERED FOUR-YEAR TERMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 490, Session Laws of 1979, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  Beginning with the primary to be held in Yadkin County in 1970, and biennially thereafter, forthcoming vacancies on the Board of Education due to expiration of terms shall be filled in a non-partisan election to be held at the same time as the regular primary election.  Any registered voter residing in Yadkin County shall be eligible, upon payment of a filing fee of five dollars ($5.00), to file with the County Board of Elections, within the time required by law for county officers to file in primaries, as a candidate for membership on the Board without declaring his political affiliation.  A separate ballot entitled 'School Board' shall be used in the election and all qualified voters residing in Yadkin County shall be eligible to vote in said election.  Those candidates receiving the highest number of votes cast shall be declared elected for six (6) year terms and there shall be no second primary, except that in 1994, the two persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for two-year terms, in 1996 and quadrennially thereafter, the four persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for four-year terms, and in 1998 and quadrennially thereafter, the three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for four-year terms.  Persons so elected in the primary shall qualify for membership on the Board of Education by taking the oath of office on or about the first Saturday in April next succeeding their election, except that beginning with the 1986 primary, persons so elected in the primary shall qualify for membership on the Board of Education by taking the oath of office on the first Monday in December next succeeding their election."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.