A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE MEMBERS OF THE WAKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO RESIDE IN THE DISTRICTS THEY REPRESENT, BUT TO PROVIDE THAT THE VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY SHALL ELECT ALL MEMBERS, and to move those elections to the even‑numbered year, to be elected in november on a plurality basis.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 7 of Chapter 717, Session Laws of 1975, as amended by Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 321, Session Laws of 1977, and as rewritten by Section 3 of Chapter 742 of the 1981 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 7.(a) In 2008 and biennially thereafter, members of the Wake County Board of Education shall be elected by the nonpartisan plurality election method in accordance withG.S. 163‑279(a)(1),  163‑163‑292, and  163‑294.2, except that only persons who are registered to vote in the district shall be permitted to file a notice of candidacy for election in that district. Such election shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. 
(b)	Members shall reside in and represent the districts, but the qualified voters of the entire county shall elect all members of the board."
SECTION 2. Section 6 of Chapter 717, Session Laws of 1975, as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 321, Session Laws of 1977, and as rewritten by Section 3 of Chapter 742 of the 1981 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 6. All terms of office of members of the Wake County Board of Education shall begin on the first Monday in December following their election. Districts 1, 2, 7, and 9 shall elect a member in 2010 and quadrennially thereafter for a four‑year term. Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 shall elect a member in 2008 and quadrennially thereafter for a four‑year term."
SECTION 3.  The terms of office of members of the Wake County Board of Education elected in 2003 for terms to expire in 2007 are extended until the first Monday in December of 2008. The terms of office of members of the Wake County Board of Education elected in 2005 for terms to expire in 2009 are extended until the first Monday in December of 2010.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.