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  Sections 2 and 7 of Chapter 966 of the 1987 Session Laws are repealed.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