GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE DRS35163-LB-79A  (03/01)

Short Title:        Guilford School Election System.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Senator Wade (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide for partisan elections for the guilford county board of education and Limited voting for the at-large seats.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 78 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 2. (a) The Board of Education of the Guilford County School Administrative Unit shall be composed of eleven members elected on  a nonpartisan primary basis at the time of the regular county primary and general elections except that in 1992 the dates of the primary and general election shall be in accordance with subsections (a1) and (b) of this section.partisan basis in 2014 and biennially thereafter. One shall be elected from each of nine single-member districts established under subsection (g) of this section, and two shall be elected at large from within the entirety of Guilford County. County in accordance with subsection (e) of this section. The results shall be determined in accordance with G.S. 163-294. G.S. 163-291.

The terms of office of members are staggered to allow for continuity on the Board, and all terms, following the initial terms, shall be for four years.

(a1) The initial primary election for the Guilford County Board of Education shall be held on Tuesday, March 10, 1992, and the initial general election shall be held on Tuesday, May 5, 1992.

(b)        On Tuesday, May 5, 1992,In the 2016 general election and biennially thereafter, members for Districts 2, 4, 6 and 8 all districts shall be elected for two-year terms and two at-large members shall be elected for two-year terms. members for Districts 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 shall be elected for four-year terms. Also, on Tuesday, May 5, 1992, one of the two at-large members shall be elected for a two-year term; and the other at-large member shall be elected for a four-year term. In 1992, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes is elected to a four-year term, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes is elected to a two-year term. Thereafter, all  members shall be elected for four-year terms Members shall be elected at the same time as the regular primary and general election dates for county officers. Members elected in 2014 either for the District 2, 4, 6, or 8 seats or for the at-large seat previously scheduled for election that year are elected to two-year terms. The districts to be used in 2014 for the two-year terms are those established in 2011 by the Guilford County Board of Education under G.S. 115C-37(i).

(c) The members elected in 1992 shall take the oath of office on Monday, June 1, 1992. At that time, this elected Board shall have and assume the powers and duties set forth in Section 4 of this act. On July 1, 1993, this Board shall have and assume all duties granted by law and shall supersede the previous board or boards that had previously administered and governed the schools in Guilford County.

(d)        The districts set out in subsection (g) of this section for use in 2016 and thereafter are devised and constituted to meet the requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, and other applicable constitutional provisions. These districts shall remain the same until changed as provided by G.S. 115C-37(i) and constitutional mandate.

(e)        The qualified voters of Guilford County shall elect the at-large members of the board of education. Beginning in 2016, the qualified voters of Guilford County shall elect the two at-large members of the board of education, but each political party may nominate only one candidate. In both the primary and general elections, each voter may vote for not more than one at-large candidate.

(f)         The qualified voters of each district shall elect the member of the board of education for that district. Candidates must reside in the district for which they seek to be elected.

(g)        The districts for use in 2016 and thereafter are as follows:

(1) District 1 consists of High Point precincts 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17, 18, 21, and 22.

(2) District 2 consists of High Point precincts 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19, 20, 23 and 24, and Deep River.

(3) District 3 consists of Greensboro precincts 20, 27B, 27C, 34A, 34B, 37B, 38 and 39, and Bruce, North Center Grove, Friendship 1, Oak Ridge and Stokesdale.

(4) District 4 consists of Greensboro precincts 19, 35B, 35C, 40B and 45, and Gibsonville, GIB-G, North Jefferson, South Jefferson, North Madison, South Madison, North Monroe, South Monroe, North Washington and South Washington.

(5) District 5 consists of Greensboro precincts 24C and 43, and Clay, Fentress 1, Greene, Friendship 2, Jamestown 1, Jamestown 2, Jamestown 3, South Sumner and Whitsett.

(6) District 6 consists of Greensboro precincts 14, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24A, 26B and 36, and Fentress 2 and North Sumner.

(7) District 7 consists of Greensboro precincts 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 21, 27A, 28, 31, 32, 35A, 37A, 40A, 41A and 41B, and South Center Grove.

(8) District 8 consists of Greensboro precincts 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 15, 24B, 25, 26A and 30.

(9) District 9 consists of Greensboro precincts 1, 3, 6, 8, 29, 33, 42 and 44.

District 1: Guilford County: VTD: G54, VTD: G57, VTD: G58, VTD: G59, VTD: H03, VTD: H05, VTD: H06, VTD: H07, VTD: H08, VTD: H09, VTD: H10, VTD: H11, VTD: H12, VTD: H18, VTD: H19A, VTD: JAM4, VTD: SUM1.

District 2: Guilford County: VTD: FR1, VTD: FR2, VTD: G65, VTD: H21, VTD: H22, VTD: H23, VTD: H24, VTD: H25, VTD: H26, VTD: H27, VTD: HP, VTD: JAM3, VTD: NDRI, VTD: SDRI.

District 3: Guilford County: VTD: FR3, VTD: FR4, VTD: FR5, VTD: G16, VTD: G17, VTD: G32, VTD: G33, VTD: G34, VTD: G35, VTD: G36, VTD: G39, VTD: G40A1, VTD: G40A2, VTD: G41, VTD: G42, VTD: OR1, VTD: OR2, VTD: SF4, VTD: STOK.

District 4: Guilford County: VTD: GIB, VTD: GR, VTD: JEF1, VTD: JEF2, VTD: JEF3, VTD: JEF4, VTD: MON1, VTD: MON3, VTD: NCLAY1, VTD: NCLAY2, VTD: NMAD, VTD: NWASH, VTD: RC1, VTD: RC2, VTD: SCLAY, VTD: SMAD, VTD: SWASH.

District 5: Guilford County: VTD: FEN1, VTD: FEN2, VTD: G66, VTD: H01, VTD: H02, VTD: H04, VTD: H13, VTD: H14, VTD: H15, VTD: H16, VTD: H17, VTD: H19B, VTD: H20A, VTD: H20B, VTD: JAM1, VTD: JAM2, VTD: JAM5, VTD: PG1, VTD: PG2, VTD: SUM3, VTD: SUM4.

District 6: Guilford County: VTD: G11, VTD: G12, VTD: G13, VTD: G14, VTD: G15, VTD: G37, VTD: G38, VTD: G43, VTD: G45, VTD: G48, VTD: G49, VTD: G50, VTD: G60, VTD: G61, VTD: G62, VTD: G63, VTD: G64.

District 7: Guilford County: VTD: CG1, VTD: CG2, VTD: CG3A, VTD: CG3B, VTD: G18, VTD: G20, VTD: G21, VTD: G22, VTD: G23, VTD: G25, VTD: G27, VTD: G28, VTD: G30, VTD: G31, VTD: G40B, VTD: NCGR1, VTD: NCGR2, VTD: SF1, VTD: SF2, VTD: SF3.

District 8: Guilford County: VTD: G03, VTD: G05, VTD: G06, VTD: G08, VTD: G09, VTD: G10, VTD: G24, VTD: G26, VTD: G29, VTD: G69, VTD: G70, VTD: G71, VTD: G72, VTD: G74, VTD: MON2.

District 9: Guilford County: VTD: G01, VTD: G02, VTD: G04, VTD: G07, VTD: G19, VTD: G44, VTD: G46, VTD: G47, VTD: G51, VTD: G52, VTD: G53, VTD: G55, VTD: G56, VTD: G67, VTD: G68, VTD: G73, VTD: G75, VTD: SUM2.

(h) The names and boundaries of voting tabulation districts specified in this section are as shown on the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles. If any voting tabulation district boundary is changed, that change shall not change the boundary of a district, which shall remain the same as it is depicted by the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 115C-37.1(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d)      This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alleghany, Brunswick, Graham, Guilford, New Hanover, Vance, and Washington."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.