AN ACT TO CHANGE THE MANNER OF ELECTION OF THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM PARTISAN TO NONPARTISAN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 6(b) of Chapter 341 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The members of the Permanent Board shall be elected for a term of four years in  nonpartisan elections held at the time of the regular primary for county offices, with the results determined under the election and runoff election method as provided under G.S. 163‑293. The runoff election, if needed, shall be at the same time as the second primary is scheduled. The filing period shall be the same as for county officers elected on a partisan basis. Duly elected members of the Permanent Board shall take office the first Monday of December immediately following their election and shall take the oath of office prescribed in Article VI, Section 7 of the Constitution. Upon the members of the Permanent Board being installed, the Permanent Board shall replace the Merged Board and shall assume all of the duties, powers, assets, and liabilities of the Merged Board as provided for in Section 5(d) of this act and the Merged Board shall cease to exist and the terms of office of the members of the Merged Board shall end."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of June, 2005.

	s/	 Charlie S. Dannelly
		 Deputy President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives