NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 34

HOUSE BILL 172

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 92, PRIVATE LAWS OF 1919, RELATING TO THE TERM AND APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE KINSTON GRADE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 92, Private Laws of 1919, is hereby amended by rewriting the first paragraph of Section 3 thereof to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. There is hereby created the Board of Trustees of the Kinston Grade School District, composed of seven members who shall be appointed by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Kinston from any part of the district. The term of office shall be four years, staggered, as hereinafter provided. The term of each member shall begin on January 1 next after his appointment. The board of aldermen shall appoint successors to the present members of the board of trustees at any regular meeting of the aldermen held before November of the year in which a successor is to be appointed. Upon the expiration of the term of the present member of the board of trustees whose term expires December 31, 1977, his successor shall be appointed for a term of four years. Hereafter, as the term of a member expires, his successor shall serve for a term of four years. No person appointed under this act shall serve more than two consecutive terms whether his appointment was for a regular or interim term. Any vacancy occurring in the board of trustees for any reason shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Kinston. A vacancy shall be filled within 60 days after its occurrence."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of February, 1977.