GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
SESSION LAW 2002-22
HOUSE BILL 1614
AN ACT to clarify residence requirements for the city of lincolnton seat on the lincoln county board of education.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 3 of Chapter 876 of the 1973 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. The newly constituted and established
Lincoln County Board of Education shall consist of seven members, and each of
said members shall be residents and qualified voters of the townships of
the districts according to the membership allocations hereinafter made to
said townships as follows:
(1) North Brook Township,
(2) The area of
Howard's Creek Township, Township outside the city limits of
Lincolnton,
(3) that The
area of Lincolnton Township presently outside the present city
limits of Lincolnton,
(4) that The
area of Lincolnton Township presently inside the city limits of
Lincolnton,
(5) The area of Ironton
Township, Township outside the city limits of Lincolnton, and
(6) Catawba Springs Township.
Each district shall each be entitled to one member on the Lincoln County Board of Education. For the purpose of this section, the city limits of the City of Lincolnton are as of the opening of candidate filing.
One member shall be elected from the county at large, without regard to township."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2002.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives