GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 155
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The second through sixth sentences of the second paragraph of Section 5 of Chapter 876, Session Laws of 1973, are rewritten to read:
"Persons to be elected from districts shall reside in the district they represent, but the qualified voters of the entire county shall elect all members of the board. Each candidate for election to the Lincoln County Board of Education shall file a notice of candidacy with the Lincoln County Board of Elections, and if the candidacy is for a district seat, the notice shall show in which township (or part of township for Lincolnton Township) the person resides. All candidates for election shall file the notice of candidacy during the period prescribed by G.S. 163-106(c), and shall pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00). The election of the Lincoln County Board of Education shall be conducted by the nonpartisan plurality method, and the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. The date for the election shall be the date of the general election as determined by G.S. 163-1. Except as provided by this act, the election shall be conducted by the Lincoln County Board of Elections in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes."
Sec. 2. The second sentence of the third paragraph of Section 5 of Chapter 876, Session Laws of 1973, is rewritten to read: "Biennially thereafter, at each general election for State and county officers the vacancies occurring in the membership of the Lincoln County Board of Education shall be filled by election as the terms of the members expire, and the members shall be elected for four-year terms."
Sec. 3. The last paragraph of Section 5 of Chapter 876, Session Laws of 1973, is amended by deleting "Chapter 115" and substituting "Chapter 115C".
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of May, 1985.