S.L. 1969-770

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 770

HOUSE BILL 1081

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

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 1045 of the 1967 Session Laws providing for the election of the members of the Board of Education of Robeson County is repealed.

Sec. 2. The Board of Education of Robeson County shall consist of seven members who shall be elected by the voters of the county as herein provided on a partisan basis in the manner provided for the election of county officers in Robeson County. The term of office of each member shall be for a period of four years beginning on the first Monday in December next succeeding his election, and shall continue until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Sec. 3. The terms of office of the present members of the Board of Education of Robeson County shall continue until their successors are elected and qualified as provided in this Act.

Sec. 4. At the time of the primary election to be held in 1970, and every four years thereafter, each party shall nominate three (3) candidates for the Board of Education of Robeson County. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official ballots of Robeson County, and shall be voted on by the qualified voters of the county at large in the general election of 1970.

At the time of the primary election to be held in 1972, and every four years thereafter, each party shall nominate four (4) candidates for the Board of Education of Robeson County. The names of the persons so nominated by each political party shall be placed on the official county ballots of Robeson County, and shall be voted on by the qualified voters of the county at large in the general elections of 1972.

Sec. 5. In each biennial election the number of candidates equal to the number of positions to be filled who receive the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

Sec. 6. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board of Education, for any reason, shall be filled for the unexpired term by an appointee named by the remaining members on said board.

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 All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. This Act shall be in full force and effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1969.