A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to expand the membership of the RUTHERFORD county board of education by adding an at‑large member and allow the chairman to vote on all issues before that board.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 359 of the 1973 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 1165, Session Laws of 1977 (Session Laws of 1978), and by Chapter 95 of the 1983 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. The Rutherford County Board of Education consists of  seven members, six of whom shall reside in and represent the districts set out in Section 3 of this act, but who shall be elected by the voters of Rutherford County voting  at large, and one at‑large member who may reside anywhere within Rutherford County. Members of the Board shall serve terms of four years beginning on the first Monday in December following their election and continuing until their successors are elected and qualified. The at‑large member who may reside anywhere in the county shall initially be elected in the 2008 election to serve a four‑year term. The three members of the Board who were elected in 1970 pursuant to Chapter 439 of the Session Laws of 1969 shall continue to hold office until the first Monday in December, 1974, and the three members elected in 1972 pursuant to this act shall continue to hold office until the first Monday in December, 1976."
SECTION 2.  The expansion of the Rutherford County Board of Education from six to seven members is effective at the organizational meeting after the 2008 election.
SECTION 3.  The chairman of the Rutherford County Board of Education may vote on all issues before that board.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.