S.L. 1969-228

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 228

HOUSE BILL 329

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE HOKE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. As provided for in Section 2 of Chapter 972 of the 1967 Session Laws, effective July 1, 1969, the Board of Education of Hoke County shall consist of five (5) members, to be elected by the voters of the county as herein provided on a partisan basis in the same manner as members of the General Assembly. The term of office of each member shall be for a period of two (2) years beginning on the first Monday in December, next succeeding his election, and shall continue until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Sec. 2. The terms of office of Riley Jordan and Robert Gibson which expire in April, 1969, are hereby extended to the first Monday in December of 1970 or until their successors qualify.

Sec. 3. In the primary election to be held in 1970, there shall be nominated by each political party in the party primaries at the same time and in the same general manner as that in which other county officers are nominated (5) candidates for nomination as members of the Board of Education of Hoke County. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official county ballots of Hoke County, and shall be voted upon by the qualified voters of the county at large in the general election of 1970; and biennially thereafter, members of the Board of Education who are candidates to succeed the members whose terms shall expire shall be elected for a term of two (2) years.

Sec. 4. Vacancies in the membership of the Board of Education, for any cause, shall be filled immediately by the County Executive Committee of the political party of the member causing such vacancy. The person appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of April, 1969.