GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 132
SENATE BILL 542

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF THE CATAWBA COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION BY PLURALITY VOTE AT THE TIME OF THE COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 874 of the 1969 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 170 of the Session Laws of 1985, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  In the general election in 1986, there shall be elected four members of the Board of Education of Catawba County.  In the general election in 1988, there shall be elected three members of the Board of Education of Catawba County.  All members so elected shall hold their offices for four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified.  Beginning in 1996, as vacancies occur in the membership of the Board of Education of Catawba County by reason of expiration of terms of office, they shall be filled by election in the general elections according to the number of vacancies to be filled and according to the procedure set forth in this Act."
Sec. 2.  Section 3 of Chapter 874 of the 1969 Session Laws, as amended by Section 3 of Chapter 382 of the Session Laws of 1979, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  All persons desiring to be candidates for membership on said Board of Education shall file notice of candidacy with the Board of Elections of Catawba County not earlier than noon on the first Monday in June and not later than noon on the first Friday in July in the year of the election, which notice shall state the name of each candidate, his age and place of residence, and which shall be accompanied by a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00).  "
Sec. 3.  Section 4 of Chapter 874 of the 1969 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C-37, the Catawba County Board of Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the time set by G.S. 163-1 for the general election in each even-numbered year as terms expire.  The election shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, with the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292.  The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot without reference to any party affiliations.  Except as provided by this act, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapters 115C and 163 of the General Statutes.  Members of the Board of Education of Catawba County shall take office and qualify on the First Monday in December following their election."
Sec. 4.  Section 5 of Chapter 874 of the Session Laws of 1969 reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5.  All candidates in any general election held under this Act shall be qualified electors of Catawba County who reside outside the boundaries of the Hickory Administrative School Unit and the Newton-Conover Administrative School Unit, and shall be voted upon at large by the electors in Catawba County who reside outside the boundaries of the Hickory Administrative School Unit and the Newton-Conover Administrative School Unit."
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of May, 1995.