A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for partisan elections for the guilford county board of education and to provide for districts for election of the board.
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 partisan basis in 2014 and biennially thereafter. Beginning in 2016 one shall be elected from each of nine numbered single‑member districts established under subsection (g) of this section, and one shall be elected from each of two lettered single‑member districts in accordance with subsection (h) of this section. The results shall be determined in accordance with G.S. 163‑291.
	(b)	In the 2016 general election and biennially thereafter, members for all districts shall be elected for two‑year terms. Members shall be elected at the same time as the regular primary and general election dates for county officers.
(b1)	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).
	(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)	As provided in subsection (b1) of this section, in 2014 the qualified voters of Guilford County shall elect an at‑large member of the board of education.
(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 numbered districts for use in 2016 and thereafter are as follows:
									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 lettered districts for use in 2016 and thereafter are as follows:
District A: Guilford County: VTD: CG1, VTD: FEN1, VTD: FR1, VTD: G01, VTD: G02, VTD: G03, VTD: G04, VTD: G05, VTD: G06, VTD: G07, VTD: G08, VTD: G09, VTD: G10, VTD: G11, VTD: G12, VTD: G13, VTD: G14, VTD: G15, VTD: G16, VTD: G17, VTD: G18, VTD: G19, VTD: G20, VTD: G21, VTD: G22, VTD: G23, VTD: G24, VTD: G25, VTD: G26, VTD: G27, VTD: G28, VTD: G29, VTD: G30, VTD: G31, VTD: G32, VTD: G33, VTD: G34, VTD: G35, VTD: G36, VTD: G37, VTD: G38, VTD: G39, VTD: G40A1, VTD: G40A2, VTD: G40B, VTD: G41, VTD: G42, VTD: G43, VTD: G44, VTD: G45, VTD: G46, VTD: G47, VTD: G48, VTD: G49, VTD: G50, VTD: G51, VTD: G52, VTD: G53, VTD: G54, VTD: G55, VTD: G56, VTD: G57, VTD: G58, VTD: G59, VTD: G60, VTD: G61, VTD: G62, VTD: G63, VTD: G64, VTD: G65, VTD: G66, VTD: G67, VTD: G68, VTD: G69, VTD: G70, VTD: G71, VTD: G72, VTD: G73, VTD: G74, VTD: G75, VTD: JEF3, VTD: MON1, VTD: MON2.
District B: Guilford County: VTD: CG2, VTD: CG3A, VTD: CG3B, VTD: FEN2, VTD: FR2, VTD: FR3, VTD: FR4, VTD: FR5, VTD: GIB, VTD: GR, VTD: H01, VTD: H02, VTD: H03, VTD: H04, VTD: H05, VTD: H06, VTD: H07, VTD: H08, VTD: H09, VTD: H10, VTD: H11, VTD: H12, VTD: H13, VTD: H14, VTD: H15, VTD: H16, VTD: H17, VTD: H18, VTD: H19A, VTD: H19B, VTD: H20A, VTD: H20B, VTD: H21, VTD: H22, VTD: H23, VTD: H24, VTD: H25, VTD: H26, VTD: H27, VTD: HP, VTD: JAM1, VTD: JAM2, VTD: JAM3, VTD: JAM4, VTD: JAM5, VTD: JEF1, VTD: JEF2, VTD: JEF4, VTD: MON3, VTD: NCGR1, VTD: NCGR2, VTD: NCLAY1, VTD: NCLAY2, VTD: NDRI, VTD: NMAD, VTD: NWASH, VTD: OR1, VTD: OR2, VTD: PG1, VTD: PG2, VTD: RC1, VTD: RC2, VTD: SCLAY, VTD: SDRI, VTD: SF1, VTD: SF2, VTD: SF3, VTD: SF4, VTD: SMAD, VTD: STOK, VTD: SUM1, VTD: SUM2, VTD: SUM3, VTD: SUM4, VTD: SWASH.
(i)	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.  Section 6 of Chapter 78 of the 1991 Session Laws is repealed.
SECTION 3.  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 4.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective December 1, 2016. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law. This act does not affect the terms of office of members elected in 2010 or 2012.