NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 431

HOUSE BILL 697

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RUTHERFORD COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. From and after the first Monday in April, 1965, the Board of Education of Rutherford County shall be composed of six members appointed by the General Assembly as hereinafter provided.

Sec. 2. The members of the Board of Education of Rutherford County shall be nominated from the attendance areas of three high school districts, which are as follows: The attendance area of Rutherfordton-Spindale Central High School, including in said area the attendance area of Union Mills High School; the attendance area of East High School; the attendance area of Chase High School. Each attendance area shall be entitled to nominate two members on said board of education as hereinafter set forth. The members nominated from each of said attendance areas shall be residents and electors in such areas and shall designate the areas from which they are candidates when they file notice of candidacy as well as the party affiliation of each such person desiring to be nominated.

Sec. 3. At the primary election to be held for the nomination of county officers of Rutherford County for the year 1964, each political party shall be entitled to nominate three members consisting of one member from each of the above-designated attendance areas for the office of member of the Board of Education of Rutherford County, the said three members to be nominated for terms of four (4) years each. At the primary election to be held for the nomination of the county officers of Rutherford County for the year 1966, each political party shall be entitled to nominate three members of the Board of Education of Rutherford County consisting of one member from each of the above-described attendance areas, the said three members to be nominated for terms of four (4) years each. Biennially thereafter, each political party shall be entitled to nominate three members of said board consisting of one member from each of the above attendance areas, to be nominated for terms of four (4) years each. All candidates shall be voted on by the voters of Rutherford County at large in the afore-mentioned primary elections.

Sec. 4. The nominees of the political parties, selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 3 of this Act, shall be placed upon the county ballot at the next succeeding general election, and the candidates equal in number to the positions to be filled having received the highest number of votes at such general election shall be deemed to be the nominees for the Board of Education of Rutherford County: Provided, only one nominee may be nominated from any district. The names of the persons so nominated shall be duly certified to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and transmitted to the General Assembly as provided in the General Statutes.

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Rutherford County Board of Education to post at the courthouse door of Rutherford County on or before January 10th, prior to the holding of any primary for the nomination of members of said board a description of the boundaries of each of the above attendance areas, including any changes which may have been made in said boundaries, and a description of said attendance areas as fixed by said board of education and posted on the courthouse door shall be the attendance areas from which said candidates are nominated.

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

Sec. 7. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of May, 1963.