NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 231

HOUSE BILL 316

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE RED SPRINGS CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The terms of office of W. C. McNeill and G. B. Shell, members of the present Red Springs City Board of Education, which expire on June 30, 1965, are hereby extended to June 30, 1966. The terms of office of G. R. Graham, C. T. Johnson, Jr. and R. A. McConnaughey, Jr., which expire on June 30, 1967, as members of the Red Springs City Board of Education, are extended in each case until June 30, 1968. The successors of these members shall be elected for terms of four years each as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. At the next regular primary election to be held for the county officers of Robeson County in the year of 1966, there shall be nominated and elected in said primary two members of the Red Springs City Board of Education who shall serve for terms of four years each from and after June 30, 1966. At the regular primary election held for county officers in Robeson County in 1968 there shall be nominated and elected in said primary three members of the Red Springs City Board of Education who shall serve for terms of four years each. All persons so nominated and elected as members of said Board shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified and shall be nominated and elected in primaries thereafter as their terms of office expire.

Sec. 3. The Red Springs City Board of Education may hold and conduct said election under the rules and regulations provided by the general election laws of the State and for this purpose may appoint all necessary election officials, establish precincts, prepare and establish registration records and do any and all things necessary for the conduct of said election which could be done and performed by a county board of elections under the general election laws as contained in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. In lieu of conducting its own election for the members of the Red Springs City Board of Education the said Red Springs City Board of Education may contract with and may authorize the Board of Elections of Robeson County to conduct said election for the members of its Board of Education and may adopt and use the election officials of the county, the county's registration books and may prepare any additional registration that may be necessary by reason of the boundaries of the Red Springs City Administrative Unit. The Red Springs City Board of Education is authorized to pay all necessary expenses and charges for the conduct of said election whether same is conducted by the Board of Elections of Robeson County or by the Red Springs City Board of Education.

Sec. 4. All candidates shall file for office within the time required by law for filing in primaries except that such filing shall be with the Clerk of the Town of Red Springs and there shall be no filing fee required. The names of all persons filing for membership on the Red Springs City Board of Education shall be placed on a ballot without party designation and said election shall be on a nonpartisan basis. In the primary for the year of 1966, the two persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared to be nominated and elected, and it shall not be necessary nor shall anyone be voted upon in the general election that follows the primary. In the primary election for the year of 1968 the three persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared to be nominated and elected, and no person shall be voted upon any further in the general election. Thereafter, as the positions become vacant, the required number of persons who are candidates for membership on the Board of Education receiving the highest number of votes, according to the required number, shall be declared to be nominated and elected. The persons so elected shall take office on July 1st of the respective year in which elected, and the Chairman of the Red Springs City Board of Education shall be elected by the members of the Board and serve for one year without the right to succeed himself, it being the intent and purpose of this provision that there shall be a new chairman each year.

Sec. 5. Any vacancy occurring on the Red Springs City Board of Education by death, resignation or otherwise, including removal from the City Administrative Unit, shall be filled by the remaining members of the Board, and the person so chosen shall fill and serve out the unexpired term and until his successor shall be elected and qualified.

Sec. 6. All laws and clauses in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 7. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1965.