AN ACT to allow the presiding officer of the wake county board of education to vote in all cases.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 9 of Chapter 717 of the 1975 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 9. The Wake County Board of Education, acting jointly and by a majority vote of all members present, shall elect a chair to preside at meetings and a  vice‑chair to preside at meetings in the absence of the chair; and the chair and vice‑chair shall have a vote on all matters considered by the Wake County Board of  Education. All vacancies occurring in the membership of the Wake County Board of Education by reason of death, resignation, removal of residence from the district from which elected, or for any cause whatsoever, shall be filled by the remaining members of said board by appointing a member from the voting district creating the vacancy for the unexpired term. The Wake County Board of Education shall have all power and authority as a Board of Education as herein conferred and as are conferred by the General Statutes of North Carolina on boards of education in general."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2011.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 2011.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives