NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 449

SENATE BILL 523

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 391, SESSION LAWS OF 1963 TO PROVIDE THAT THE NEW HANOVER COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONSIST OF SEVEN MEMBERS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 391, Session Laws of 1963 is hereby amended by deleting from Section 1 the word and figure "six (6)" and inserting in lieu thereof the word and figure "seven (7)".

Sec. 2. The terms of office of those members now serving on the New Hanover County Board of Education shall not be changed. Elections shall be held in 1978, 1980 and biennially thereafter to fill vacancies as they occur for terms of four years. There shall be four vacancies in 1978 and every four years thereafter and three vacancies in 1980 and every four years thereafter.

Sec. 3. This act shall apply to New Hanover County only.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1977.