NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 372

HOUSE BILL 690

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF THE CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The Board of Education of Cabarrus County shall consist of five members who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Cabarrus County School District.  The election shall be nonpartisan and shall be held at the same time as the general election is held for county officers.  The election shall be held and conducted, insofar as is practicable, by the county board of elections in accordance with the general election laws of the State, except as otherwise provided herein.

Sec. 2. All candidates shall file for office no later than noon on the eleventh Friday before the election. No filing fee shall be required. The names of all persons filing for membership on the Cabarrus County Board of Education shall be placed on a ballot without party designation.

Sec. 3. In the election held in 1980, the two persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of six years. In the election held in 1982, the two persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of six years. In the election held in 1984, the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for six years. Biennially thereafter, the number of candidates equal to the number of members to be elected, who receive the highest number of votes, shall be declared elected for a term of six years. The persons elected to the board of education shall take office on the first Monday in December in the year elected, and shall serve until their successors shall be elected and qualified.

Sec. 4. The terms of the two members of the present school board which expire on July 1, 1980, shall expire the first Monday in December, 1980, the terms of the two members of the present school board which expire July 1, 1982, shall expire the first Monday in December, 1982; and the term of the member of the present school board which expires July 1, 1984, shall expire the first Monday in December, 1984.

Sec. 5. Any vacancy occurring on the county board of education by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the remaining members of the board of education, and the person chosen shall serve for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified.

Sec. 6. Chapter 153, Session Laws of 1967, is repealed.

Sec. 7. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of April, 1979.