AN ACT to provide for four‑year TERMS rather than six‑year terms for the members of the edenton‑chowan board of education and change the election schedule for one district seat.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 974, Session Laws of 1973, as amended by Chapter 103 of the 1989 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. The Edenton‑Chowan Board of Education shall consist of seven members who shall serve for terms of four years each. In the general election to be held for county officers in 2014 and biennially thereafter, there shall be elected members of the Edenton‑Chowan Board of Education to take the place of the members whose terms next expire. They shall be elected in accordance with this act and Chapter 30, Session Laws of 1967, to the extent that that act does not conflict with this act, and said election shall be non‑partisan."
SECTION 2.  Section 1.5 of Chapter 974, Session Laws of 1973, as amended by Chapter 103 of the 1989 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 1.5. In 2014 and each four years thereafter, one member shall be elected from seat 1 of District 3 for a four‑year term. In 2016 and each four years thereafter, one member shall be elected from seat 1 of District 1, one member from seat 1 of District 2, and one member from seat 2 of District 3, for four‑year terms. In 2018 and each four years thereafter, one member shall be elected from seat 2 of District 1, one member from seat 2 of District 2, and one member at‑large, for four‑year terms."
SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in the 2014 election, one member shall be elected to fill seat 1 of District 2 on the Edenton‑Chowan Board of Education to serve a term of two years. In 2016 and each four years thereafter, one member shall be elected to fill seat 1 of District 2 for a four‑year term in accordance with Section 1.5 of Chapter 974, Session Laws of 1973, as amended by Chapter 103 of the 1989 Session Laws and as amended by this act.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives