GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 622
HOUSE BILL 1385

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM IN BRUNSWICK COUNTY ON THE QUESTIONS OF CHANGING THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS AND THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2.1 of Chapter 444, Session Laws of 1977, as added by Section 1 of Chapter 373, Session Laws of 1991, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.1.  In 1992, the members of the board of commissioners up for election shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 1994 all members of the board of commissioners shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 1996, the three members of the board of commissioners who are elected and who receive the highest numbers of votes shall be elected to four-year terms, and the remaining two members of the board of commissioners shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 1998 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the board of commissioners shall be elected to four-year terms.  In 2000 and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the board of commissioners shall be elected to four-year terms."
Sec. 2.  Section 2.1 of Chapter 443, Session Laws of 1977, as added by Section 2 of Chapter 373, Session Laws of 1991, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.1.  In 1992, the members of the board of education up for election shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 1994 all members of the board of education shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 1996, the three members of the board of education who are elected and who receive the highest numbers of votes shall be elected to four-year terms, and the remaining two members of the board of education shall be elected to two-year terms.  In 1998 and quadrennially thereafter, two members of the board of education shall be elected to four-year terms.  In 2000 and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the board of education shall be elected to four-year terms."
Sec. 3.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall only become effective if approved by the qualified voters of Brunswick County.  The Brunswick County Board of Elections shall hold a referendum on the question on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of 1996.  The question on the ballot shall be:
"[ ] FOR     [ ] AGAINST
election of the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners
and the Brunswick County Board of Education
for four-year terms."
The election shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1996.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives