NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 501

HOUSE BILL 1072

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE CHATHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The Board of Education of Chatham County shall consist of five members who shall be qualified voters of the county, and who shall be elected as hereinafter provided for staggered terms of four years.

Sec. 2. For the purpose of electing members of the board of education, the county is hereby divided into four resident districts as follows:

District Number One shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Baldwin, Williams, New Hope and Cape Fear.

District Number Two shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Center, Hadley and Albright.

District Number Three shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Haw River, Oakland, Gulf and Hickory Mountain.

District Number Four shall consist of all the territory within the boundaries of the townships of Mathews and Bear Creek.

Sec. 3. The election shall be nonpartisan, and no primary election shall be held. The election shall be held at the same time as the regular primary for county officers, and except as provided in this act, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes regulating general elections.

Sec. 4. Beginning in 1976, and thereafter as the terms expire, one member shall be elected from Districts No. 1 and 2 for terms of four years.

In 1978, and thereafter as the terms expire, one member shall be elected from District No. 3, and two members from District No. 4.

Sec. 5. Candidates must reside in the district which they seek to represent, but shall be voted on by the voters of the entire county. The candidates in each district receiving the highest number of votes, equal to the number of positions to be filled in the district, shall be declared elected.

Sec. 6. The provisions of G.S. 115-24 shall be applicable to the members of the Chatham County Board of Education. The persons elected shall qualify by taking the oath of office 30 days after the election.

Sec. 7. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1975.