NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 207

SENATE BILL 507

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE SIZE AND PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF THE ROBESON COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. Chapter 770 of the 1969 Session Laws is hereby amended as follows:

(a)       In Section 2 thereof by deleting from the first line thereof the word "seven" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eleven"; and

(b)       In Section 4 thereof by adding three new paragraphs to read as follows:

"At the time of the primary election to be held in 1974, and every four years thereafter, each party shall nominate two additional candidates for the Board of Education of Robeson County. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official ballots of Robeson County, and shall be voted on by the qualified voters of the Robeson County school district in the general election of 1974.

At the time of the primary election to be held in 1976, and every four years thereafter, each party shall nominate two additional candidates for the Board of Education of Robeson County. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official county ballots of Robeson County, and shall be voted on by the qualified voters of the Robeson County school district in the general election of 1976.

For the purposes of this act, the Robeson County school district includes all of Robeson County except that territory within the special school districts for the towns of Maxton, St. Pauls, Red Springs, Lumberton and Fairmont."; and

(c)       In Section 5 thereof by inserting in the second line thereof immediately following the word "filled", the words "in each category" and by inserting in the second line thereof immediately following the word "votes", the words "in that category". In addition a second sentence is added to Section 5, to read as follows: "The first category consists of those positions filled by the voters of the entire county, and the second category consists of those positions filled by the voters of the Robeson County school district."

Sec. 2. The four additional seats on the Robeson County Board of Education shall be filled effective May 1, 1973, as follows:

(a)       Monroe Gerald and Simeon Oxendine who shall serve until the first Monday in December 1974 and until their successors have been elected and qualify; and

(b)       Harvard Moore and Thurman Anderson who shall serve until the first Monday in December 1976 and until their successors have been elected and qualify.

(c)       If any person nominated in Section 2 (a) and (b) to fill a seat on the Robeson County Board of Education elects not to serve as a member of the Robeson County Board of Education, then the person to serve in lieu thereof shall be nominated by legislative act of the General Assembly of North Carolina.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of April, 1973.