NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 519

HOUSE BILL 1102

AN ACT RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP ON SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT BOARDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 139-6, as the same appears in the 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the fifth paragraph:

"If the position of district supervisor is not filled by failure to elect, then the office shall be deemed vacant upon the expiration of the term of the encumbent, and the office shall be filled as provided in G.S. 139-7."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 139-7, as the same appears in the 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding the words "from the district" after the word "persons" on line eight; by adding the words "the office shall be deemed vacant on the date the term is set to expire and" after the comma following the word "required" on line 10; and by substituting the words "person from the district" for the words "district supervisor" on line 27.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of May, 1979.