GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 819

Short Title:  Transylvania School Elections.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representative Ives.
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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government II.
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April 8, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF THE TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 157, Session Laws of 1975, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  The Board of Education of Transylvania County shall consist of five members who shall be nominated and elected in a nonpartisan election as herein provided.  The election shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general laws governing elections for county officers, except as otherwise provided herein.  The election shall be held on the date of the county general election, with the results determined on a plurality basis in accordance with G.S. 163-292.  Notices of candidacy shall be filed not earlier than 12:00 noon on the first Monday in June, and not later than 12:00 noon on the last Friday in June.
   As the terms of the present members expire, beginning with the primary and election to be held in 1976, and every two years thereafter, members of the Board of Education shall be elected for terms of four years."
Sec. 2.  Section 3 of Chapter 157, Session Laws of 1975, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  Vacancies in the membership of the Board of Education occurring for any reason shall be filled immediately by the Transylvania County Board of Education.  The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve until the next election for members of the Board of Education at which time a person shall be elected to fill the unexpired term.  However, if a vacancy occurs after the opening of the filing period for the general election in the middle of the four-year term, the appointment shall be for the unexpired term.  "
Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act applies beginning with the 1994 election.  Section 2 of this act applies as to vacancies occurring on or after ratification.
Sec. 4.  This act applies to Transylvania County only.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.