NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 551

HOUSE BILL 504

 

AN ACT TO EXPAND THE PAMLICO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE THAT FIVE MEMBERS BE ELECTED BY THE NONPARTISAN ELECTION AND RUNOFF METHOD AND TWO BY THE NONPARTISAN PLURALITY METHOD.  

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115-19, the Pamlico County Board of Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the time of the primary election in 1982 and biennially thereafter.  The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot without reference to any party affiliation and any qualified voter residing in the county shall be entitled to vote such ballots.  For the five seats provided for in Section 3 of this act, the nonpartisan election and runoff election method shall be used with the results determined as provided in G.S. 163-293, except that the runoff shall be held on the date provided by G.S. 163-111(e).  For the two seats provided in Section 4 of this act, the nonpartisan plurality method shall be used with the results determined as provided in G.S. 163-292.

Sec. 2. Present members of the Pamlico County Board of Education shall serve out their current terms.

Sec. 3. Beginning with the persons elected in 1982, five members of the Pamlico County Board of Education shall reside in and represent the districts in which they reside, but the qualified voters of the entire county shall select all members of the board. The districts are as follows:

(1)       Township #1;

(2)       Township #2;

(3)       Township #3;

(4)       Township #4;

(5)       Township #5.

Sec. 4. Beginning with the persons elected in 1982, two members of the Pamlico County Board of Education shall be elected at large.

Sec. 5. (a)  In the 1982 election and quadrennially thereafter, one member shall be elected from Township #1, one member shall be elected from Township #2, and one member shall be elected from Township #5, all to serve four-year terms. In the 1984 election and quadrennially thereafter, one member shall be elected from Township #3 and one member shall be elected from Township #4, all to serve for four-year terms.

(b)       In the 1982 election, two members shall be elected at large. The person receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a four-year term. The person receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a two-year term. In 1984 and quadrennially thereafter, one person shall be elected for a four-year term at large. In 1986 and quadrennially thereafter, one person shall be elected at large for a four-year term.

Sec. 6. Effective on the first Monday in December of 1982, the Pamlico County Board of Education shall consist of seven members.

Sec. 7. Except as otherwise provided in this act, elections for, organization of, and filling of vacancies on the Pamlico County Board of Education shall be governed by Article 5 of Chapter 115 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 8. This act shall become effective January 1, 1982.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1981.