NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 284

SENATE BILL 563

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 455 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1947 TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE ELKIN CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT BOARD OF EDUCATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Sections 1, 2, and 3 of Chapter 455 of the Session Laws of 1947 are hereby amended by striking the words "Board of Trustees" wherever they appear and inserting in their place the words " Board of Education".

Sec. 2. Section 3 of Chapter 455 of the Session Laws of 1947 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "Three members shall be residents of the City of Elkin and shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the Elkin School District. One member shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Elkin School District from the area within the Elkin School District to the east of Interstate Highway 77 and outside the corporate limits of the City of Elkin. One member shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Elkin School District from the area within the Elkin School District to the west of Interstate Highway 77 and outside the corporate limits of the City of Elkin.

Sec. 3. Section 4 of the Session Laws of 1947 is hereby rewritten to read as follows: "The members of the Board of Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan plurality basis in even-numbered years on the same day that regular county elections are held. Except as hereinafter provided, the terms of the members shall be four years. In the 1974 election and quadrennially thereafter, three members who are residents of the City of Elkin shall be elected for terms of four years. In the 1974 election, two members from outside the corporate limits of the City of Elkin as hereinbefore provided for shall be elected for terms of two years each. In the 1976 election and quadrennially thereafter, two members from outside the corporate limits of the City of Elkin as hereinbefore provided for shall be elected for terms of four years each. At the first meeting of the Board of Education following the election of Board members, a chairman shall be chosen by and from the membership of the Board. In case of absence or disability of the chairman, an acting chairman shall be chosen by and from the membership of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of said Board of Education for any reason shall be filled by majority vote of the remaining members of the Board within 30 days after such vacancy occurs."

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This act shall be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of April, 1973.