GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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SENATE BILL 1097

Short Title:  Northampton School Elections.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senator Ballance.
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Referred to:  Constitution and Election Laws.
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May 10, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE NORTHAMPTON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL TAKE OFFICE IN JULY OF THE YEAR OF ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective with respect to members elected in 1994 and thereafter, G.S. 115C-37(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Members to Qualify. – Each county board of education shall hold a meeting in July following the election. At that meeting, newly elected members of the board of education shall qualify by taking the oath of office prescribed in Article VI, Sec. 7 of the Constitution.
This subsection shall not have the effect of repealing any local or special acts relating to boards of education of any particular counties whose membership to said boards is chosen by a vote of the people."
Sec. 2.  Members elected in 1994 shall take office on the first Monday in December of 1994, but their terms shall expire at the board meeting where oaths of office are taken in July of 1998 under G.S. 115-37(d) as applicable to Northampton County.  Members elected in 1996 shall take office on the first Monday in December of 1996, but their terms shall expire at the board meeting where oaths of office are taken in July of 2000 under G.S. 115C-37(d) as applicable to Northampton County.  Subsequent terms begin on the first day of July in the year of the election, and are for four years.
Sec. 3.  This act does not affect the terms of office of current members of the Northampton County Board of Education.
Sec. 4.  This act applies to Northampton County only.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.