NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 161

HOUSE BILL 521

 

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE TIME OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE CHAPEL HILL-CARRBORO CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND FIXING THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Section 2 of Chapter 254 of the 1955 Session Laws as amended by Section 1 of Chapter 100 of the 1959 Session Laws is hereby rewritten as follows:

"Section 2. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Board of Education consists of seven (7) members elected for six-year terms. The election shall be held at the same time as provided by general law for the municipal elections for the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. At the election on November 6, 1973, and the election on November 4, 1975, and every third biennial election thereafter, two members shall be elected for six-year terms. At the election on November 8, 1977, and every third biennial election thereafter, three members shall be elected for six-year terms. Members shall take office on the first Monday in December following their election. The terms of all present members are extended until the first Monday in December following the election of their successors, or until their successors are elected and qualified. The elections shall be held and conducted by the Orange County Board of Elections under the same provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes which are applicable to the election of municipal officers in Chapel Hill and Carrboro."

Sec. 2. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of April, 1973.