NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 42

HOUSE BILL 64

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AN AT-LARGE MEMBER ON THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Chapter 380 of the Session Laws of 1971 is hereby amended to add the following new section:

"Sec. 5.1. In addition to the membership by District herein before provided, on March 1, 1975, or as soon thereafter as is practical and authorized by the Legislature, the total membership of the Martin County Board of Education shall be expanded by one at-large member so that the total membership of the Board shall be seven. A majority of the membership as it exists on the day of the meeting to appoint this at-large member shall designate the member who shall be sworn as soon as practical and shall have all prerogatives, liabilities and duties of elected membership. The designee shall be a resident of Martin County but need not reside in any particular district. The designated member shall serve until that date in 1978 when elected Board members begin service of new terms. In the 1978 primary election, this at-large seat shall be filled by election as in the case of District members set out in Section 5 except that reference to District shall not be made on the candidate application and the ballot; and the candidate who receives the most votes in the county without reference to district shall be declared elected. Should a vacancy occur in this seat, it may be filled by any Martin County resident as otherwise provided except that residence in the previous member's District shall not be required."

Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of March, 1975.