| 17 | | - | S.L. 2013-318, reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 18 | | - | "Section 1. Beginning in December 2014, the The Pitt County Board of Education shall 7 |
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| 19 | | - | consist of nine members. Nine members shall be elected from single-member districts, as 8 |
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| 20 | | - | described in Section 5. Only voters residing in the district may vote for the member from that 9 |
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| 21 | | - | district." 10 |
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| 22 | | - | SECTION 1.(b) Section 4 of Chapter 193 of the 1987 Session Laws, as amended by 11 |
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| 23 | | - | S.L. 2013-318, reads as rewritten: 12 |
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| 24 | | - | "Section 4. Elections shall be held on a partisan basis in even-numbered years as terms expire, 13 |
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| 25 | | - | at the time of the regular election of general election. Candidates for election to the Pitt County 14 |
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| 26 | | - | Board of Education shall be nominated at the same time and manner as other county officers. 15 |
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| 27 | | - | Members shall take office at the time set by general State law on the first Monday in December 16 |
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| 28 | | - | following the election and shall serve for staggered terms of four years. Members shall serve 17 |
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| 29 | | - | until a successor has been elected and qualified. Except as otherwise provided, the election shall 18 |
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| 30 | | - | be conducted in accordance with Chapters 115C and 163 of the General Statutes." 19 |
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| 31 | | - | SECTION 1.(c) Section 6 of Chapter 193 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as 20 |
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| 32 | | - | rewritten: 21 |
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| 33 | | - | "Sec. 6. Vacancies on the Pitt County Board of Education shall be filled by appointment by 22 |
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| 34 | | - | the remaining members of the Board. The person appointed shall serve until the next regularly 23 |
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| 35 | | - | scheduled election for county boards of education, at which time a person shall be elected to fill 24 |
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| 36 | | - | the remainder of the unexpired term or, if the term is due to expire that year, a new term. The 25 |
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| 37 | | - | person appointed to fill a vacancy must reside in the same district as the departing member.in 26 |
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| 38 | | - | accordance with G.S. 115C-37.1." 27 |
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| 39 | | - | SECTION 1.(d) This section does not affect the term of office of any member elected 28 |
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| 40 | | - | in 2024 to the Pitt County Board of Education. Any vacancy on the Pitt County Board of 29 |
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| 41 | | - | Education for a member elected in 2024 shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members 30 |
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| 42 | | - | of the Pitt County Board of Education to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Each member 31 |
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| 43 | | - | of the Pitt County Board of Education elected in 2024, or any member appointed to fill a vacancy 32 |
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| 44 | | - | in 2024, shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. 33 |
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| 45 | | - | SECTION 2. G.S. 115C-37.1(d) reads as rewritten: 34 |
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| 46 | | - | "(d) This section shall apply only to the Hickory City Board of Education and the 35 |
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| 47 | | - | Newton-Conover City Board of Education and in the following counties: Alleghany, Ashe, 36 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 |
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| 48 | | - | Page 2 House Bill 302-Second Edition |
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| 18 | + | Section 2(a) of S.L. 2013-318 and Section 3(a) of S.L. 2013-318, reads as rewritten: 6 |
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| 19 | + | "Section 1. Beginning in December 2014, the Pitt County Board of Education shall consist 7 |
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| 20 | + | of nine members. Nine members Members of the Board of Education shall be elected on a 8 |
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| 21 | + | partisan basis, as provided in G.S. 163-291, at the time of the general election in each 9 |
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| 22 | + | even-numbered year as terms expire. Candidates for election to the Board of Education shall be 10 |
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| 23 | + | nominated at the same time and manner as other county officers. Members shall take office on 11 |
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| 24 | + | the first Monday in December following the election. Members shall serve until a successor has 12 |
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| 25 | + | been elected and qualified. Except as otherwise provided, the election shall be conducted in 13 |
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| 26 | + | accordance with Chapters 115C and 163 of the General Statutes. Members shall be elected from 14 |
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| 27 | + | single-member districts, as described in Section 5. Only voters residing in the district may vote 15 |
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| 28 | + | for the member from that district." 16 |
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| 29 | + | SECTION 1.(b) Section 6 of Chapter 193 of the 1987 Session Laws reads as 17 |
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| 30 | + | rewritten: 18 |
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| 31 | + | "Sec. 6. Vacancies on the Board shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of 19 |
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| 32 | + | the Board. The person appointed shall serve until the next regularly scheduled election for county 20 |
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| 33 | + | boards of education, at which time a person shall be elected to fill the remainder of the unexpired 21 |
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| 34 | + | term or, if the term is due to expire that year, a new term. in accordance with G.S. 115C-37.1. 22 |
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| 35 | + | The person appointed to fill a vacancy must reside in the same district as the departing member." 23 |
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| 36 | + | SECTION 1.(c) This section does not affect the term of office of any member elected 24 |
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| 37 | + | in 2022 or 2024 to the Pitt County Board of Education. The members of the Pitt County Board 25 |
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| 38 | + | of Education elected in 2022 and 2024, or any member appointed to fill a vacancy for the 26 |
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| 39 | + | remainder of an unexpired term for a member elected in 2022 or 2024, shall serve until a 27 |
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| 40 | + | successor has been elected and qualified. Any vacancy on the Pitt County Board of Education 28 |
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| 41 | + | for a member elected in 2022 and 2024 shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members 29 |
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| 42 | + | of the Board. 30 |
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| 43 | + | SECTION 1.(d) This section is effective when it becomes law and applies beginning 31 |
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| 44 | + | with elections held on or after that date. 32 |
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| 45 | + | SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 115C-37.1(d) reads as rewritten: 33 |
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| 46 | + | "(d) This section shall apply only to the Hickory City Board of Education and the 34 |
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| 47 | + | Newton-Conover City Board of Education and in the following counties: Alleghany, Ashe, 35 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 |
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| 48 | + | Page 2 House Bill 302-First Edition |
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| 49 | 49 | | Beaufort, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Craven, 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Dare, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Harnett, Henderson, Hyde, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | McDowell, Mitchell, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt, Polk, Rutherford, Stanly, 3 |
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| 52 | 52 | | Stokes, Surry, Vance, Washington, and Yancey." 4 |
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