GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE DRH30702-TC-23  (01/31)

Short Title:        Duplin Comm. Elections Technical Correction.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representative Dixon.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to make technical and clarifying changes to the DUPLIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF DUPLIN COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Sections 2 and 7 of Chapter 966 of the 1987 Session Laws are repealed.

SECTION 2.  Section 3 of Chapter 966 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3. Following the 1988 election incumbent commissioners Vance Alphin and Willis Sholar, each of whose term does not expire until 1990, shall be designated as the members representing the districts in which they reside, which are Districts II and III, respectively.  If either of those members leaves office before the expiration of his term, the person appointed to replace him must reside in the same district.Effective the first Monday in December of 2014, the terms of office of the commissioners elected in 2010 to represent District II or III respectively, or any person appointed to replace those commissioners, shall expire. Effective the first Monday in December of 2014 until the expiration of the commissioner's term of office in 2016, the incumbent commissioner previously representing District IV shall be designated as the commissioner representing District III, the incumbent commissioner previously representing District V shall be designated as the commissioner representing District IV, and the incumbent commissioner previously representing District VI shall be designated as the commissioner representing District V. If any commissioner leaves office prior to the end of commissioner's term, the person appointed or elected to replace that commissioner must reside in the same district that commissioner was designated to represent."

SECTION 3.  Section 4 of Chapter 966 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 4. Following the 1988 election, incumbent commissioner Dovie L. Penney, whose term does not expire until 1990, shall be designated as an at‑large member, giving the Board of Commissioners a temporary, seventh member.  When Ms. Penney leaves office, through the expiration of her term, resignation or otherwise, no replacement will be selected and the board will then consist of six members only.Effective the first Monday in December of 2014, the terms of office of the Board of Education members elected in 2010 to represent District II, III, or IV, respectively, or any person appointed to replace those members, shall expire. Effective the first Monday in December of 2014 until the expiration of the Board of Education member's term of office in 2016, the incumbent Board of Education member previously representing District V shall be designated as the member representing District IV, and the incumbent Board of Education member previously representing District VI shall be designated as the member representing District V. If any Board of Education member leaves office prior to the end of member's term, the person appointed or elected to replace that member must reside in the same district that Board of Education member was designated to represent."

SECTION 4.  Section 6 of Chapter 966 of the 1987 Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 2013-320, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 6. In 2014, and every four years thereafter, one member of the Board of Education each shall be elected from Districts II and III. In 2016, and every four years thereafter, one member of the Board of Education each shall be elected from Districts I, IV, and V."

SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.