NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1285

SENATE BILL 1474

 

AN ACT TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE PERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 850 OF THE 1963 SESSION LAWS TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES AND TIME FOR TAKING OFFICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The vacancy created on the Person County Board of Education by the death of Mr. Carl Forsyth shall be filled by Mrs. Hilda Satterfield who shall serve until the first Monday in December 1974 or until her successors are elected and qualified.

Sec. 2. Section 6 of Chapter 850 of the 1963 Session Laws is hereby rewritten as follows:

"Any vacancy occurring in the Person County Board of Education by death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board, such person to serve until the time of the next regularly scheduled general election for members of the board, at which time the remaining unexpired term of the office in which the vacancy occurs shall be filled by election."

Sec. 3. Section 7 of Chapter 850 of the 1963 Session Laws is hereby rewritten as follows:

"Persons elected to the Person County Board of Education at the time of the next regularly scheduled general election in 1974 and biennially thereafter, shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. Terms shall commence on the first Monday in December following the November election."

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of April, 1974.