A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to district the stanly county board of commissioners and the stanly county board of education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of County Commissioners of Stanly County shall consist of seven members to be elected as follows:
(1)	Five members shall be elected from single‑member districts, with the qualified voters of the county electing the member from that district, who shall serve four‑year terms.
(2)	Two members shall be elected at large, who shall serve four‑year terms.
SECTION 1.(b)  Each candidate for a district seat must reside in the district for which the election is sought.
SECTION 2.(a)  In 2014 and quadrennially thereafter, under the districts set out in or as modified in accordance with this act, there shall be elected to serve on the Board of County Commissioners of Stanly County one member each from District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, and one member at large to serve a four‑year term. In 2016 and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected one member from District 5 and one member at large to serve a four‑year term. All of the elections shall be held at the time of the general election.
SECTION 2.(b)  Nothing in this section shall alter or change the term of office of any member of the Stanly County Board of Commissioners that expires in 2016.
SECTION 2.(c)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2014.
SECTION 3.(a)  Notwithstanding the Plan for the Merger of the Stanly County and Albemarle City Schools or any other provision of law, the Board of Education of Stanly County shall consist of seven members to be elected as follows:
(1)	Five members shall be elected from single‑member districts, with the qualified voters of the county electing the member from that district, who shall serve four‑year terms.
(2)	Two members shall be elected at large who shall serve four‑year terms.
SECTION 3.(b)  Each candidate for a district seat must reside in the district for which the election is sought.
SECTION 3.(c)  In 2014 and quadrennially thereafter, under the districts set out in or as modified in accordance with this act, there shall be elected to serve on the Board of Education of Stanly County one member from District 1 and one member at large to serve a four‑year term. In 2016 and quadrennially thereafter, there shall be elected one member each from District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, and one member at large to serve a four‑year term. All of the elections shall be held at the time of the general election.
SECTION 3.(d)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2014.
SECTION 4.  Until modified in accordance with this act, the elections for the Stanly County Board of Commissioners and Stanly County Board of Education shall be conducted in the following districts:
District 1: Stanly County: VTD: 0022, VTD: 0023, VTD: 0024, VTD: 0025.
District 2: Stanly County: VTD: 0013: Block(s) 1679310001009, 1679310001010, 1679310001011, 1679310001013, 1679310001014, 1679310001015, 1679310001016, 1679310001017, 1679310001018, 1679310001019, 1679310001020, 1679310001021, 1679310001022, 1679310004009, 1679310004010, 1679310004011, 1679310004012, 1679310004013, 1679310004014, 1679310004015, 1679310004016, 1679310004017, 1679310004018, 1679310004019, 1679310004020, 1679310004021, 1679310004022, 1679310004023, 1679310004024, 1679310004025, 1679310004026, 1679310004027, 1679310004028, 1679310004029, 1679310004030, 1679310004031, 1679310004032, 1679310005000, 1679310005003, 1679310005005, 1679310005006, 1679310005007, 1679310005009, 1679310005022, 1679310005023, 1679310005024, 1679310005029, 1679310005030, 1679310005034, 1679310005038, 1679311001015, 1679312021016, 1679312021019, 1679312021024, 1679312021025, 1679312021030, 1679312021031, 1679312021032, 1679312021033, 1679312021034, 1679312021035, 1679312021036, 1679312021041, 1679312021042, 1679312021043, 1679312023039, 1679312023041, 1679312023042; VTD: 0014, VTD: 0026, VTD: 0027, VTD: 0028.
District 3: Stanly County: VTD: 0012, VTD: 0013: Block(s) 1679312021000, 1679312021001, 1679312021002, 1679312021004, 1679312021005, 1679312021006, 1679312021007, 1679312021008, 1679312021009, 1679312021010, 1679312021011, 1679312021012, 1679312021013, 1679312021014, 1679312021015, 1679312021044, 1679312021046, 1679312021047, 1679312021048, 1679312022031, 1679312022033, 1679312022045; VTD: 0019, VTD: 0020, VTD: 0021.
District 4: Stanly County: VTD: 0015, VTD: 0016, VTD: 0017, VTD: 0018.
District 5: Stanly County: VTD: 0002, VTD: 0003, VTD: 0007, VTD: 0008, VTD: 0010, VTD: 0011.
SECTION 5.  Following the return of the 2020 Census and each Census thereafter, the Stanly County Board of Commissioners may revise the election districts for the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Education. District boundary lines for the two boards shall remain identical. G.S. 153A‑22 applies to the Stanly County Board of Commissioners.
SECTION 6.  This act applies to Stanly County only.
SECTION 7.  This act is effective when it becomes law.