GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 574*

Short Title:  Mecklenburg School Election Changes.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representative Gulley.

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Referred to:  Local Government I.

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March 24, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE MANNER OF ELECTION OF THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR NONPARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 167 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. (a)	The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan primary basis on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd-numbered years, with the results determined as provided by G.S. 163-294. Notwithstanding G.S. 163-279(a), if any municipality in the county conducts its election on a partisan basis:
(1)	The nonpartisan primary for the board of education shall be held on the sixth Tuesday before the election;
(2)	Any municipality in the county which conducts its election on a nonpartisan primary basis shall have the nonpartisan primary on the sixth Tuesday before the election;
(3)	Any municipality in the county which conducts its election on a nonpartisan election and runoff election basis shall have the election on the sixth Tuesday before the Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
(b)	Except as otherwise provided by this act, the election shall be administered in accordance with Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes."
Section 2. The Mecklenburg County Board of Elections shall conduct an election on November 2, 1999, on the question of approval of Section 1 of this act.  The question on the ballot shall be:
"[ ] FOR   [ ] AGAINST
Election of the members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education with nonpartisan primaries".
If a majority of the votes cast are FOR the question, then Section 1 of this act becomes effective beginning with the 2001 election.  If less than a majority of the votes cast are FOR the question, then Section 1 of this act does not become effective.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.