GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 102
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TIME OF THE ELECTION AND THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR MEMBERS OF THE CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Beginning in the year 1990, the Cabarrus County Board of Education ("the Board") shall be elected at the time of the general election (the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November) in each even-numbered year. The Board shall continue to consist of seven members (identified as Seats 1-7), elected on a nonpartisan basis.
Sec. 2. Unless otherwise identified in the implementation schedule hereinafter set forth, the term of office of each member of the Board hereafter elected shall be four years, beginning on the December 1 next following the election of such member. The terms shall be staggered so that three members are elected at one election and four members are elected at the next election, implemented as follows:
(a) The two persons elected to fill the seats for the terms expiring December 1, 1990, (Seat numbers 1 and 2) shall be elected for six-year terms expiring December 1, 1996;
(b) The two persons elected to fill the seats for the terms expiring December 1, 1992, (Seat numbers 3 and 4) shall be elected for four-year terms expiring December 1, 1996;
(c) The three persons elected to fill the seats for the terms expiring December 1, 1994, and each four years thereafter (Seat numbers 5, 6 and 7) shall be elected for four-year terms expiring December 1, 1998, and each four years thereafter, respectively;
(d) The four persons elected to fill the seats for the term beginning December 1, 1996, and each four years thereafter (Seat numbers 1-4) shall be elected for four-year terms, expiring December 1, 2000, and each four years thereafter, respectively.
Sec. 3. The filing period for the election of a member shall begin at 12:00 Noon on the first Friday in July next preceding the general election in even-numbered years and shall expire at 12:00 Noon on the first Friday in August next preceding the general election in even-numbered years.
Sec. 4. Section 1 of Chapter 52, Session Laws of 1985, is repealed; however, except as expressly modified herein, the Plan of Merger of the Cabarrus County Board of Education and the Concord City Board of Education filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina on June 14, 1983, at 3:50 p.m. remains in full force and effect.
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of May, 1989.