GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION

CHAPTER 102
HOUSE BILL 819

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 elected in accordance with G.S. 115C-37.
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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of June, 1993.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives