S.L. 1969-637

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 637

HOUSE BILL 862

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LINCOLN COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of Education of Lincoln County shall consist of five members nominated and elected as hereinafter set forth. One member shall be elected from North Brook Township; one member from Howard's Creek Township; one member from Lincolnton Township; one member from Ironton Township, and one member from Catawba Springs Township.

Sec. 2. All candidates from each of the above townships for membership on said Board of Education shall be nominated and elected in the primary and general election for county officers, and each candidate from each of the above townships shall be voted upon in said primary and general election by the voters of Lincoln County at large. Each candidate shall be a resident of one of the townships above named in Section 1 of this Act for which he files and as a candidate representing said township for membership on said Board of Education. Each candidate shall, on or before the Friday preceding the sixth Saturday before the date of the primary election for the County officers to be held in 1970, and such appropriate filing dates for County officers in succeeding years according to the expiration of terms, file with the Lincoln County Board of Elections a notice of candidacy, stating the candidate's name, age, political party with which he affiliates, and the township in which he resides and from which township he desires to be a candidate. The notice of candidacy shall be accompanied by a filing fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00), all of which shall be filed with the Chairman of the Lincoln County Board of Elections. The names of the candidates for membership on the said Board of Education, along with the name of the township in which he resides, shall be printed upon the ballot of his political party. The said ballot shall be separate from all other ballots, and the said election shall be separate from all other ballots, and the said primary and election shall be held and voted upon under the laws and regulations relating to the election of County officers and members of the General Assembly.

Sec. 3. The members of said Board of Education now serving on said Board from North Brook Township, Howard's Creek Township and Ironton Township shall continue to hold their offices until the primary and general election to be held in the year 1970. At that time there shall be nominated and elected, as herein provided, a member from each of said townships, above referred to, and these three members so nominated and elected shall take office on the first Monday in December, 1970, and shall hold office for terms of four years each. At the general election to be held in the year 1972, there shall be nominated and elected two members of said Board of Education, as herein provided, and one member shall be a resident of Lincolnton Township and the other member shall be a resident of Catawba Springs Township. The two members so nominated and elected shall take office on the first Monday of December, 1972, and shall hold office for terms of four years each. The members elected to said Board of Education, as herein provided, shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified, and all successors so elected shall hold office for terms of four years each. The two members, one from Lincolnton Township and the other from Catawba Springs Township now serving on said Board of Education, shall continue to hold their offices until the election in 1972, as above provided.

Sec. 4. The said Board of Education at its first meeting shall appoint a chairman who shall serve for two years, and the said Board shall determine its own internal procedure and organization. All vacancies occurring in the membership of said Board by reason of death, resignation, removal of residence, or for any cause whatsoever shall be filled by the remaining members of said Board by appointing a member from the township causing the vacancy for the unexpired term. If no person is elected from any township, then the remaining members of the Board shall appoint a person from said township to serve as a member of the Board and such person's term of office shall be for two years. The members of the Board of Education shall be paid such expenses and travel allowances as are allowed by the general law of the State for members of county boards of education.

Sec. 5. The members of the Lincoln County Board of Education nominated and elected as herein provided shall receive compensation at the rate of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for the chairman and ten dollars ($10.00) per day for each member of said board. The compensation above provided shall be paid for each day of service in regular and special sessions of said Board.

Sec. 6. That the provisions of Chapter 972 of the Session Laws of 1967 shall not apply to Lincoln County.

Sec. 7. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. 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 28th day of May, 1969.