GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE DRH70486-LB-297  (12/10)

Short Title:        Davie School Board.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representative Howard.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to change the number of members of the davie county board of education from six to seven and change the terms of office from six years to four years.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 1 of Chapter 1242 of the 1967 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Section 1. The Board of Education of Davie County shall, on and after the first Monday in April, 1969, July, 2012, consist of six  seven members who shall be elected in the manner hereinafter provided."

SECTION 2.  Section 2 of Chapter 1242 of the 1967 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 2. (a) At the same time the primary election for county officers is held in Davie County in 1968, and biennially thereafter, there shall be held a nonpartisan election to elect two members of the Board of Education of Davie County, to serve for six-year terms.County.

(b) In 2012, three members of the Davie County Board of Education shall be elected. The person receiving the highest number of votes is elected to a six-year term. The two persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes are elected to four-year terms.

(c) In 2014, two members of the Davie County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms.

(d) In 2016 and quadrennially thereafter, four members of the Davie County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms.

(e) In 2018 and quadrennially thereafter, three members of the Davie County Board of Education are elected to four-year terms."

SECTION 3.  Section 3 of Chapter 1242 of the 1967 Session Laws reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 3. Each candidate shall file his candidacy, without reference to any political party affiliation, with the Chairman of the County Board of Elections within the time now provided for the filing of candidates for any other county office. A filing fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid by each candidate. There shall be a separate ballot provided by the County Board of Elections with the names of the candidates printed thereon with appropriate instructions for use in the election of members of the Board of Education, and no political party affiliation shall be shown on said ballot. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in the election of 1968, and biennially thereafter, shall be certified as the duly elected members of the Board of Education."

SECTION 4.  Section 4 of Chapter 1242 of the 1967 Session Laws, as amended by Chapter 5 of the 1979 Session Laws and Chapter 307 of the 1995 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 4. The two members of the Board of Education of Davie County elected in 1968 and biennially thereafter shall be inducted into and take the oath of office on the first Monday in July following their election, and shall serve for terms of six years and until their successors are elected and qualified. All members of the Board of Education of Davie County who are in office and acting as such members prior to the first Monday in April, 1969, shall complete their respective terms of office. The said Board of Education shall consist of six members serving six-year terms with two vacancies occurring every two years."

SECTION 5.  This act is effective upon ratification. It does not affect the terms of office of persons elected in 2006, 2008, or 2010.