AN ACT to clarify residence requirements for the city of lincolnton seat on the lincoln county board of education.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 876 of the 1973 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. The newly constituted and established Lincoln County Board of Education shall consist of seven members, and each of said members shall be residents and qualified voters of the districts according to the membership allocations hereinafter made as follows:
(1)	North Brook Township, 
(2)	The area of Howard's Creek Township outside the city limits of Lincolnton, 
(3)	The area of Lincolnton Township outside the city limits of Lincolnton, 
(4)	The area inside the city limits of Lincolnton, 
(5)	The area of Ironton Township outside the city limits of Lincolnton, and 
(6)	Catawba Springs Township.
Each district shall each be entitled to one member on the Lincoln County Board of Education. For the purpose of this section, the city limits of the City of Lincolnton are as of the opening of candidate filing.
One member shall be elected from the county at large, without regard to township."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2002.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives