NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 89

HOUSE BILL 268

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 126, SESSION LAWS OF 1963, RELATING TO ELECTIONS FOR THE HAYWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 126, Session Laws of 1963, as amended by Chapter 22, Session Laws of 1977, is amended by rewriting the last two sentences of the section, beginning with the words "All candidates for membership" to read:

"All candidates for membership of the consolidated school system for the various districts shall file a notice of such candidacy no earlier than the first Monday in July, and no later than 12:00 noon on the third Friday in August preceding the general election and each candidate shall pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00) and shall certify in writing the election district for which he is filing and that he is a bona fide resident and qualified voter thereof. The election of members for the consolidated school system shall be held, conducted and supervised by the Haywood County Board of Elections and, except as otherwise provided herein, such election shall be held in accordance with the laws and regulations for the election of county officers. Absentee ballots shall be permitted in the election."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of February, 1979.