GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 508

Short Title:  Transylvania School Elections.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representative Ives.

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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.

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March 20, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF THE TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM THE DATE OF THE PRIMARY TO THE DATE OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 157, Session Laws of 1975, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 102, Session Laws of 1993, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  The Board of Education of Transylvania County shall consist of five members who shall be elected in a nonpartisan election.  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.  This act applies beginning with the 1996 election.  
Sec. 3.  This act applies to Transylvania County only.
Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.