NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 203

SENATE BILL 606

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE YANCEY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE ELECTED IN A NONPARTISAN ELECTION FOR STAGGERED TERMS OF FOUR YEARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Yancey County Board of Education shall consist of five members who shall be elected by the voters of Yancey County, for staggered terms of four years, in a nonpartisan election as herein provided.

Beginning with the primary election for county offices to be held in 1974, there shall be a nonpartisan election to elect successors to the present members of the school board whose terms expire in 1974, and every two years thereafter, as the terms of the members expire.

The candidates, equal to the number of positions to be filled at each election, who receive the highest number of votes shall be elected, and shall qualify and take office as provided in G.S. 115-22.

Vacancies in the membership of the County Board of Education for any reason shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the Board, and the person appointed shall serve for the unexpired term.

Sec. 2. Chapter 979 of the 1971 Session Laws and all other local and private acts in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of April, 1973.