NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 212

HOUSE BILL 331

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A NON-PARTISAN ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE FAIRMONT ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL UNIT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Section 3 of Chapter 256, Public-Local Laws of 1939, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Sec. 3. Members of Board of Trustees; election; term. – The Board of Trustees of the Fairmont Administrative School Unit shall be composed of seven (7) members who shall be elected by the qualified voters of the Unit at large as hereinafter provided.

At the time of the regular primary election for county officers to be held in 1972, and thereafter, the members of the board of trustees shall be elected in a non-partisan election. There shall be no primary election. The names of the candidates shall be printed on a separate ballot without reference to any party affiliation. Candidates shall file notice of candidacy at the same time as candidates for county office, and the election shall be conducted, insofar as practicable, as elections for county officers; provided, however, that absentee ballots shall not be permitted.

Beginning with the election to be held under this act in 1972, and every four years thereafter, three (3) members of the Board of Trustees shall be elected to serve for terms of four years. The three candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

At the election to be held under this act in 1974, and every four years thereafter, four (4) members of the Board of Trustees shall be elected for terms of four years. The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

The members elected shall take office on July 1 following their election, and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

Any vacancy occurring on the board for any cause shall be filled for the unexpired term by some person appointed by the remaining members of the board."

Sec. 2.  The present members of the board shall continue to serve as follows:

Mr. William Brady, Mr. W. B. Webster and Mr. James R. Oliver, or their successors in case of a vacancy, shall serve until July 1, 1972.

Mr. Linwood Floyd, Dr. Milton Jordan, Mr. Percy Hill and Mr. James A. Freeman, or their successors in case of a vacancy, shall serve until July 1, 1974.

Sec. 3.  All local and special acts, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of April, 1971.