S.L. 1969-1260

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1260

HOUSE BILL 1345

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1254 SESSION LAWS OF 1967 SO AS TO PROVIDE STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF WATAUGA COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 1254 Session Laws of 1967 is hereby amended by deleting from the third line of Section 1 thereof the words "April, 1969" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "December, 1970."

Sec. 2. Chapter 1254 Session Laws of 1967 is amended by rewriting Section 2 thereof to read as follows:

"Sec. 2. At the general election to be held in Watauga County in 1970, the five members of the Watauga County Board of Education shall be elected. The two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, and the three (3) candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two (2) years. At the general election in 1972, and biennially thereafter, three members of the Board of Education shall be elected, and the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two (2) years."

Sec. 3. Section 3 of Chapter 1254 Session Laws of 1967 is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence thereof, and substituting in lieu thereof the following: "in the elections held in 1972 and biennially thereafter, a primary election shall not be necessary if no more than six candidates file for membership on the Board of Education, and in the event more than six candidates file for membership, the six candidates receiving the highest number of votes in such primary election shall be the nominees to be voted on at the general election.

Sec. 4. Section 4 of Chapter 1254, Session Laws of 1967, is hereby deleted.

Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1969.