GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 575*

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 EXPAND THE NUMBER OF AT-LARGE MEMBERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 2(a) of Chapter 167 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"(a)	In 1995 three members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall be elected for four-year terms by all the qualified voters of Mecklenburg County. In 1999 and quadrennially thereafter, five members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall be elected for four-year terms by all the qualified voters of Mecklenburg County."
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
Addition of two at-large members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Board of Education."
If a majority of the votes cast are FOR the question, then Section 1 of this act becomes effective.  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.