NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 2

SENATE BILL 21

AN ACT TO REWRITE CHAPTER 630, SESSION LAWS OF 1967, SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR THE AT LARGE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ONSLOW COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 630, Session Laws of 1967, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 1. The County Board of Education of Onslow County shall consist of seven members, to be nominated and elected by the voters of the county, at large, and who shall serve for a term of four years. 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. The terms of the members of the Board of Education of Onslow County shall continue to be staggered. In the primary and general election to be held in Onslow County in 1970, and biennially thereafter, there shall be nominated and elected, at large by voters of the entire county, members of the Board of Education to take the place of the members whose terms next expire.

"Sec. 3. The primary and general election of members of the Onslow County Board of Education shall be conducted in the same manner and under the same laws, rules and regulations as provided for county officers in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

"Sec. 4. Vacancies in the membership of the Board of Education, for any cause, shall be filled immediately by the County Executive Committee of the political party of the member causing such vacancy. The person appointed shall serve for the unexpired term and until his successor is elected and qualified.

"Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

"Sec. 6. 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 10th day of February, 1969.