NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 604
HOUSE BILL 785

AN ACT RELATING TO THE HALIFAX COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The three members of the Halifax County Board of Education elected in the regular election of 1966 who received the highest number of votes at said election shall serve for terms of six years. The two members of said board elected in 1966 who received the next highest number of votes shall serve for terms of four years. The remaining two members who are elected at the 1966 election shall serve for terms of two years. When their terms expire their successors shall be elected for terms of six years.
Sec. 2. At the regular biennial election of county officials in Halifax County in 1966 there shall be submitted to the voters the question of approval or disapproval of the provisions of Section 1 of this Act. Those who favor the provisions of Section 1 of this Act shall vote a ballot on which are written the words "FOR six‑year staggered terms for members of the Halifax County Board of Education". Those opposed shall vote a ballot on which are written the words "AGAINST six‑year staggered terms for members of the Halifax County Board of Education". If a majority of those voting in said election vote in favor of the provisions of the Act, Section 1 of the Act shall be in full force and effect commencing with the election of members of the Halifax County Board of Education in 1966. If the proposition is defeated, the members shall serve for terms of two years.
Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1965.