S.L. 1977-443

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 443

HOUSE BILL 846

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BRUNSWICK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Board of Education of Brunswick County shall consist of six members, one to be elected from each of the six townships of the county, for staggered terms as herein provided. The election shall be nonpartisan and no primary election shall be held. The election shall be held at the same time as the general election for county officers. Candidates shall be elected by the qualified voters of the county school administrative area. Except as provided in this act, the election shall be held in accordance with the general election laws of the State.

Sec. 2. Candidates shall be residents of the township for which they seek election. Candidates shall file notice of candidacy with the county board of elections on forms to be prescribed by the board of elections. Notice of candidacy shall be filed no later than 12:00 noon on the first Friday in August prior to the election, and candidates shall pay the filing fee required for county officers in G.S. 163-107. Members elected shall take office and qualify as provided in G.S. 115-22. Vacancies shall be filled as provided in G.S. 115-24.

Sec. 3. Beginning with the general election for county officers to be held in 1978, four members shall be elected. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for terms of four years, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years. Thereafter, as the term of each member of the board expires, his successor shall be elected for a term of four years.

Sec. 4. The board of education shall hold its organizational meeting on the first Monday in December after each election, and shall elect one of its members as chairman. The chairman shall not vote to create a tie vote.

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1977.