GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
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HOUSE BILL 498
Short Title: Wake County School Board Chair Voting. |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Dollar (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site. |
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Government. |
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March 29, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow the chairman of the wake county board of education to vote in all cases.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 9 of Chapter 717 of the 1975 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 9. The Wake County Board of Education,
acting jointly and by a majority vote of all members present, shall elect a
chairman to preside at meetings and a vice-chairman to preside at meetings in
the absence of the chairman; and the chairman and vice-chairman shall have a
vote on all matters considered by the Wake County Board of Education, but
the presiding officer shall have no authority to vote except to break a tie. Education.
All vacancies occurring in the membership of the Wake County Board of
Education by reason of death, resignation, removal of residence from the
district from which elected, or for any cause whatsoever, shall be filled by
the remaining members of said board by appointing a member from the voting
district creating the vacancy for the unexpired term. The Wake County Board of
Education shall have all power and authority as a Board of Education as herein
conferred and as are conferred by the General Statutes of North Carolina on
boards of education in general."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.