NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 80

HOUSE BILL 285

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF THE GATES COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO CORRECT THE FAILURE TO HOLD AN ELECTION IN 1978 FOR THE GATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Whereas there was an oversight and failure to elect a candidate for the Gatesville School District seat on the Gates County Board of Education in 1978, the General Assembly does hereby appoint Pennie P. Battle to the Gates County Board of Education for the Gatesville School District seat and she shall serve until the regular election in 1980, and until her successor is elected and qualified.

At the election to be held in 1980, a successor shall be elected for the said seat for the Gatesville School District, and the person elected shall serve for a term of two years, and until a successor is elected and qualified.

At the regular election in 1982 and thereafter, the person elected for the Gatesville School District seat shall be elected for a term of four years.

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of February, 1979.