GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 234

HOUSE BILL 562

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR FILING AND NOTICE OF ELECTION TO THE COLUMBUS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE WHITEVILLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 5 of Chapter 172, Session Laws of 1977, is amended by deleting the last sentence and inserting the following in lieu thereof:

"Candidates for elective positions on the Whiteville City Board of Education shall file notice of candidacy not earlier than noon on the twentieth Friday preceding the election and not later than noon on the fourteenth Monday preceding the election.

The Columbus County Board of Elections shall, at least 10 days but not more than 30 days prior to the opening of filing, publish notice of the filing period and how many seats on the Whiteville City Board of Education are to be elected at the upcoming election."

Sec. 2.  Chapter 192, Session Laws of 1981, is amended by adding a new section to read:

"Sec. 3.1. (a) Candidates for the Columbus County Board of Education shall file notice of candidacy not earlier than noon on the twentieth Friday preceding the election and not later than noon on the fourteenth Monday preceding the election.

(b)       The Columbus County Board of Elections shall, at least 10 days but not more than 30 days prior to the opening of filing, publish notice of the filing period and how many seats on the Columbus County Board of Education are to be elected at the upcoming election."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1983.