GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 628
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/19/95

Short Title:  Avery School Elections.	(Local)

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March 29, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TIME OF ELECTION OF THE AVERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NOVEMBER TO MAY, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THAT BOARD SHALL TAKE OFFICE IN JULY OF THE YEAR OF THEIR ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 146, Session Laws of 1973, as rewritten by Chapter 105 of the Session Laws of 1991, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  Beginning in 1996 and biennially thereafter, the election for members of the Avery County Board of Education shall be held at the same time as the regular primary for county officers, and shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, with the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292.  Candidates shall file notice of candidacy at the same time as candidates for county office under G.S. 163-106."
Sec. 2.  (a)	Notwithstanding Sections 4 and 5 of Chapter 146, Session Laws of 1973, beginning in 1996 terms of office of the members of the Avery County Board of Education commence on the first Monday in July of the year of their election, except if that date is the Fourth of July, then the terms commence on the second Monday in July.
(b)	Terms of office of members of the Avery County Board of Education elected in 1992 and 1994 shall expire on the date set by subsection (a) of this section for their successors to take office.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.