GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2011-174
SENATE BILL 260
AN ACT to reduce the size of the pitt county board of education from twelve members to seven, to provide for four-year TERMS rather than six-year terms, and to add an at-large member.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of Chapter 193 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. Beginning December
7, 1987, December 1, 2014, the Pitt County Board of Education shall
consist of 12 members, with two seven members, one of whom is
elected at large and one each elected from six districts in
nonpartisan plurality elections. Only voters residing in a district may vote
for the members from that district."
SECTION 2. Section 4 of Chapter 193 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4. After the
initial election, elections Other than for the at-large member elected
in 2014, elections shall be held in 1990 and subsequent even-numbered
years 2016 and quadrennially thereafter as terms expire, at the time
set by general State law for the election of county boards of education.
Members elected in 1990 2016 and subsequent years shall
take office at the time set by general State law and shall serve for terms of six
four years."
SECTION 3. In the 2014 election, one member shall be elected at large for a two-year term. No election shall be held for full terms of district members of the Pitt County Board of Education in 2014 so as to reduce the total number of members from 12 to seven. This act does not affect the terms of office of members elected for six-year terms in 2008.
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2011.
s/ Philip E. Berger
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives