NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 761

HOUSE BILL 1257

 

AN ACT TO CREATE AND ESTABLISH A BOARD OF EDUCATION TO OPERATE ALL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN WILKES COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The Wilkes County Board of Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Merged Board") shall originally be composed of eight persons, consisting of John Bryan, Sam Ogilvie, Tracy Walker, Dr. Hal Hawkins, Tom W. Hayes, George S. Forester, Jr., Bert Joines, and Theda Moore. Terms of all members named to the merged board shall begin on July 1, 1975, and terms of the respective members shall expire as set forth in Section 2 of this act.

Sec. 2. Terms of members and election of successors:

(a)       The terms of Dr. Hal Hawkins, John Bryan, Tracy Walker, and George S. Forester, Jr., shall expire on the first Monday in December, 1976. At the primary election to be held in 1976, three members shall be elected for a four-year term from the county at large in a nonpartisan election to fill the four vacancies created by expiration of these terms, thereby reducing the membership on the merged board to seven members.

(b)       The terms of Tom W. Hayes, Sam Ogilvie, and Bert Joines shall expire on the first Monday in December, 1978. At the primary election to be held in 1978, two members shall be elected for a four-year term from the county at large in a nonpartisan election to fill the three vacancies created by expiration of these terms, thereby reducing the membership on the merged board to six members.

(c)       The term of Theda Moore shall expire on the first Monday in December, 1980, as will the terms of the three members elected to take office on the first Monday in December, 1976. At the primary election to be held in 1980, three members shall be elected for a term of four years from the county at large to fill the four vacancies created by expiration of these terms, thereby reducing the membership on the merged board to five members.

Sec. 3. On and after the first Monday in December, 1980, the Wilkes County Board of Education shall consist of five members, with members to be elected for a term of four years from the county at large in a nonpartisan election to fill vacancies created by expiring terms at the primary election held in the year in which the terms expire.

Sec. 4. The terms of office of members of the North Wilkesboro City Board of Education who are not named in Section 1 of this act are terminated as of the effective date of the merger plan.

Sec. 5. In the event of a vacancy on the Wilkes County Board of Education by reason of death, resignation, or other cause, the remaining members of the Wilkes County Board of Education shall appoint a person to serve until the next election of members of such board, at which time the remaining unexpired term of the office in which the vacancy occurs shall be filled by election.

Sec. 6. Compensation. Each member of the board shall receive compensation in the amount of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per month and the chairman of the board shall receive one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125.00) per month.

Sec. 7. This act shall become effective on the date of approval by the State Board of Education of a final merger plan, and shall be retroactive to July 1, 1975, in the event that the final merger plan is not approved prior to July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1975.