GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 475

HOUSE BILL 884

 

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE MONROE CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE MONROE CITY AND UNION COUNTY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS MAY NOT BE MERGED WITHOUT A COUNTYWIDE REFERENDUM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 9 of Chapter 808, Session Laws of 1957, is repealed.

Sec. 2.  Chapter 666, Session Laws of 1967, is amended by deleting "Monroe City School Board of Education", "Monroe City Board of Education", and "Monroe City School Board", whenever those words appear, and inserting in lieu thereof in each place "Monroe Board of Education".

Sec. 3.  The name of the board of education for the Monroe City School Administrative Unit is the Monroe Board of Education.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 115C-67(8) is rewritten to read:

"(8)      A statement that the question of merger, in accordance with the projected plan, is to be contingent upon approval of the voters in the affected area."

Sec. 5.  The next to the last paragraph of G.S. 115C-67 is amended by deleting "may be, but it is not required to be" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall be", and by deleting the words "if held".

Sec. 6.  The last paragraph of G.S. 115C-67 is amended by deleting the word "or" the second time it appears and inserting in lieu thereof the word "and".

Sec. 7.  Sections 4 through 6 of this act shall apply only to the Union County School Administrative Unit and the Monroe City School Administrative Unit.

Sec. 8.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1983.