A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to change the candidate filing period for the rutherford county board of education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 359, Session Laws of 1973, 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. 4. Each person desiring to be a candidate for the Board of Education shall file a notice of candidacy stating his or her name, age, and the district seat for which he or she is filing. The filing period is the same as for the district board of supervisors of a soil and water conservation district under G.S. 139‑6, and the filing fee is five dollars ($5.00). The election shall be nonpartisan, separate ballots shall be used, no party affiliation shall be indicated on the ballot for any candidate, and the election shall be decided by plurality without runoff. In all other respects, the election shall be conducted as provided in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes and rules and regulations of the State Board of Elections concerning the conduct of nonpartisan elections simultaneously with a general election."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective beginning with the 2008 election.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.