S.L. 1973-1178

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1178

HOUSE BILL 2140

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

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The Wayne County Board of Education shall consist of seven members who shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The term of office of each member shall begin on the first Monday in December, next succeeding his election, and shall continue until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Sec. 2. In the primary election to be held in 1974, there shall be nominated by each political party in the party primaries at the same time and in the same general manner as that in which other county officers are nominated, two candidates for nomination as members of the Wayne County Board of Education. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official county ballots of Wayne County, and shall be voted upon by the qualified voters of the county at large in the general election of 1974. In the primary election to be held in 1976, there shall be nominated by each political party in the party primaries at the same time and in the same general manner as that in which other county officers are nominated, three candidates for nomination as members of the Wayne County Board of Education. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official county ballots of Wayne County, and shall be voted upon by the qualified voters of the county at large in the general election of 1976. In the primary election to be held in 1978, there shall be nominated by each political party in the party primaries at the same time and in the same general manner as that in which other county officers are nominated, four candidates for nomination as members of the Wayne County Board of Education. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official county ballots of Wayne County, and shall be voted upon by the qualified voters of the county at large in the general election of 1978. Biennially thereafter, members of the Board of Education who are candidates to succeed the members whose terms shall expire shall be elected for a term of four years in the same manner as herein provided.

Sec. 3. Except as herein provided, the Plan of Consolidation and Merger as entered into on July 31, 1967, between the Fremont City Board of Education and the Wayne County Board of Education shall continue in full force and effect.

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1974.