GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
H 1
HOUSE BILL 515
Short Title: Alexander Co. Bd. of Ed./Partisan Election. |
(Local) |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Elmore. For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Local Government, if favorable, Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |
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April 12, 2021
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to change the election method for the alexander county board of EDUCATION from nonpartisan to partisan.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 774 of the 1969 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. Members Beginning
in 2022, members of the Alexander County Board of Education shall be
elected in a non-Partisan Election partisan election to be held
at the time of the general election for nomination of candidates for the
General Assembly. Candidates for the office of membership on the Board of
Education of Alexander County shall be eligible electors and shall file notice
of candidacy with the County Board of Elections of Alexander County in the same
manner and at such time as that for candidates for the General Assembly prior
to the date of said primary election, and notice of candidacy shall be
accompanied by a filing fee of ten ($10.00) dollars. in each even‑numbered
year as terms expire. The primary and election shall be held and conducted in
accordance with the general laws governing primaries and elections for county
officers, except as otherwise provided herein. The notice of candidacy
shall state the name, age, residence and district of the candidate, together
with a statement that such candidate desires to be voted upon as a member of
said Alexander County Board of Education."
SECTION 2. Section 7 of Chapter 774 of the 1969 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 7. In the
event the number of candidates in a district does not exceed the number of
vacancies to be filled in that district, no election shall be necessary and the
candidate(s) shall be declared elected. Vacancies For positions elected
on a nonpartisan basis in 2018 or 2020, vacancies on the Board which arise
during a term of office shall be filled for the unexpired term by majority vote
of the remaining members of the Board of Education of Alexander County.
Beginning in 2022, positions elected on a partisan basis shall be filled by
appointment by the remaining members of the Board in accordance with G.S. 115C‑37.1."
SECTION 3. This act does not affect the terms of office of any person elected in 2018 or 2020 to the Alexander County Board of Education. Each member of the Alexander County Board of Education elected in 2018 and 2020, or any member appointed to fill a vacancy for a member elected in 2018 or 2020, shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified.
SECTION 4. Effective the first Monday in December of 2022, G.S. 115C‑37.1(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Beaufort, Brunswick, Carteret, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Dare, Davie, Graham, Guilford, Harnett, Hyde, Iredell, Lee, Madison, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender, Rutherford, Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Vance, Washington, and Yancey."
SECTION 5. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.