| 13 | | - | AN ACT TO PROVIDE FO R THE PARTISAN ELECT ION FOR MEMBERS OF T HE 2 |
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| 14 | | - | JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 3 |
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| 15 | | - | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | | - | SECTION 1. Section 5(a) of S.L. 2024-14 reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | | - | "SECTION 5.(a) The Jackson County Board of Education shall consist of five members 6 |
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| 18 | | - | elected from five single-member residency districts to serve staggered four-year terms. One 7 |
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| 19 | | - | member shall be elected from each residency district by the qualified voters of the entire county. 8 |
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| 20 | | - | No person shall be eligible to file or be elected to the Jackson County Board of Education unless 9 |
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| 21 | | - | the person is a qualified voter and resident of the residency district in which the candidate seeks 10 |
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| 22 | | - | to be elected. Elections for the Jackson County Board of Education shall be held in 11 |
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| 23 | | - | even-numbered years at the time of the general election with results determined by the 12 |
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| 24 | | - | nonpartisan plurality method in accordance with G.S. 163-292. on a partisan basis as terms 13 |
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| 25 | | - | expire. Candidates for election to the Jackson County Board of Education shall be nominated at 14 |
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| 26 | | - | the same time and manner as other county officers. Members shall take office on the first Monday 15 |
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| 27 | | - | in December following the election. Members shall serve until a successor has been elected and 16 |
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| 28 | | - | qualified. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the election shall be conducted in 17 |
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| 29 | | - | accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 115C and 163 of the General Statutes. All 18 |
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| 30 | | - | vacancies on the Jackson County Board of Education shall be filled in accordance with 19 |
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| 31 | | - | G.S. 115C-37.1." 20 |
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| 32 | | - | SECTION 2. This act does not affect the term of office of any member elected in 21 |
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| 33 | | - | 2024 to the Jackson County Board of Education. Any vacancy on the Jackson County Board of 22 |
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| 34 | | - | Education for a member elected in 2024 shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members 23 |
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| 35 | | - | of the Jackson County Board of Education to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Each 24 |
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| 36 | | - | member of the Jackson County Board of Education elected in 2024, or any member appointed to 25 |
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| 37 | | - | fill a vacancy in 2024, shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. 26 |
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| 38 | | - | SECTION 3. G.S. 115C-37.1(d) reads as rewritten: 27 |
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| 39 | | - | "(d) This section shall apply only to the Hickory City Board of Education and the 28 |
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| 40 | | - | Newton-Conover City Board of Education and in the following counties: Alleghany, Ashe, 29 |
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| 41 | | - | Beaufort, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Craven, 30 |
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| 42 | | - | Dare, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Harnett, Henderson, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, 31 |
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| 43 | | - | Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Polk, Rutherford, 32 |
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| 44 | | - | Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Vance, Washington, and Yancey." 33 |
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| 45 | | - | SECTION 4. This act becomes effective the first Monday in December of 2026, and 34 |
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| 46 | | - | elections in 2026 and thereafter shall be conducted accordingly. 35 |
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| 14 | + | AN ACT TO PROVIDE FO R THE PARTISAN ELECT ION OF MEMBERS OF TH E 2 |
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| 15 | + | JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TO MAKE OTHER TECHNICA L 3 |
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| 16 | + | CHANGES. 4 |
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| 17 | + | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 |
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| 18 | + | SECTION 1.(a) Section 5(a) of S.L. 2024-14 reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 19 | + | "SECTION 5.(a) The Jackson County Board of Education shall consist of five members 7 |
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| 20 | + | elected from five single-member residency districts to serve staggered four-year terms. One 8 |
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| 21 | + | member shall be elected from each residency district by the qualified voters of the entire county. 9 |
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| 22 | + | Elections for the Jackson County Board of Education shall be held in even-numbered years at the 10 |
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| 23 | + | time of the general election with results determined by the nonpartisan plurality method in 11 |
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| 24 | + | accordance with G.S. 163-292. on a partisan basis as provided in G.S. 163-291 as terms expire. 12 |
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| 25 | + | Candidates for election to the board of education shall be nominated at the same time and manner 13 |
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| 26 | + | as other county officers. Members shall take office on the first Monday in December following 14 |
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| 27 | + | the election. Members shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. Except as 15 |
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| 28 | + | otherwise provided by this section, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the 16 |
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| 29 | + | applicable provisions of Chapter 115C and 163 of the General Statutes. All vacancies on the 17 |
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| 30 | + | Jackson County Board of Education shall be filled in accordance with G.S. 115C-37.1." 18 |
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| 31 | + | SECTION 1.(b) This section becomes effective December 1, 2025. 19 |
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| 32 | + | SECTION 2.(a) Section 5(f) of S.L. 2024-14 reads as rewritten: 20 |
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| 33 | + | "SECTION 5.(f) This section is effective the first Monday in December 2026, 2025, and the 21 |
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| 34 | + | 2026 2025 elections and elections thereafter shall be conducted accordingly." 22 |
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| 35 | + | SECTION 2.(b) G.S. 115C-37.1(d) reads as rewritten: 23 |
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| 36 | + | "(d) This section shall apply only to the Hickory City Board of Education and the 24 |
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| 37 | + | Newton-Conover City Board of Education and in the following counties: Alleghany, Ashe, 25 |
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| 38 | + | Beaufort, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Craven, 26 |
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| 39 | + | Dare, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Harnett, Henderson, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, 27 |
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| 40 | + | Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Polk, Rutherford, 28 |
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| 41 | + | Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Vance, Washington, and Yancey." 29 |
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| 42 | + | SECTION 2.(c) This section becomes effective December 1, 2025. 30 |
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| 43 | + | SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law 31 |
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| 44 | + | and applies to elections occurring on or after that date. 32 |
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