GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 136
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR NONPARTISAN ELECTION OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 1 of Chapter 359, Session Laws of 1975 reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. The Board of Education of Union
County shall consist of seven members who shall be nominated and elected in a
partisan primary and election as herein provided. The primary and election
shall be held and conducted in accordance with the general laws governing
primaries and elections for county officers, except as otherwise provided
herein. elected on a nonpartisan basis at the same time as county
officers are elected pursuant to G.S. 163-1. Candidates shall file notice
of candidacy no earlier than 12:00 noon on the last Friday in June and no later
than 12:00 noon on the last Friday in July. Otherwise, the election shall
be conducted in accordance with general laws governing election of county
officers.
Incumbent members of the present board of education shall be permitted to serve out the terms for which they were elected. In the event of a vacancy caused by other than expiration of the term, the vacancy shall be filled in accord with the provisions of the first sentence of Section 4 herein.
As the terms of the present members expire, beginning with the primary and election to be held in 1976, and every two years thereafter, members of the board of education shall be elected for terms of four years."
Sec. 2. Section 2 of Chapter 359, Session Laws of 1975 reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. Those persons elected to the board
of education shall qualify by taking the oath of office on or before the
first Monday in December after their election as provided by G.S.
115C-37(d), and their term shall begin on such date, and they shall serve
until their successors have been elected and qualified."
Sec. 3. Section 3 of Chapter 359, Session Laws of 1975 reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. Vacancies in the membership of the
board of education selected pursuant to this act occurring for any reason shall
be filled immediately by the remaining members of the board of education. The
person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve until the next election for
members of the board of education, at which time a person shall be elected to
fill the unexpired term. However, if a vacancy occurs in the last 26 30
months of a member's term, the appointment shall be for the unexpired term.
If a vacancy which is to be filled only until the next election occurs after
the closing of the filing period for the primary next succeeding that election,
and no one has filed for the seat, the vacancy shall be filled immediately by
the remaining members of the board of education."
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of May, 1989.