NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 61
HOUSE BILL 285

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 115, SECTION 19, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 115-l9, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof, the following:
"The Board of Education of Montgomery County shall consist of five members, to be elected on a nonpartisan basis at primary elections by the voters of the entire County, and the present members of the Board of Education shall continue to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified as herein provided.
One member of the Board of Education shall be a resident of each of the five school attendance areas of Montgomery County as follows: The attendance areas of Star, Biscoe, Candor, Mount Gilead, and Troy.
At the primary election to be held in Montgomery County in 1974, there shall be elected three members of the Board of Education, one each from the Candor, Mount Gilead and Troy School attendance areas who shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified. At the primary election to be held in Montgomery County in 1976, there shall be elected two members of the Board of Education, one each from the Star and Biscoe school attendance areas, who shall hold office for a term of four years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Thereafter and biennially there shall be elected at primary elections members of the Board of Education to take the place of the members whose terms next expire, and the persons so elected shall serve for terms of four years."
Sec. 2. The provisions of Article 5, Chapter 115 of the General Statutes, shall apply to the Montgomery County Board of Education except as modified by this act.
Sec. 3. Chapter 950 of the 1961 Session Laws, and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of March, 1973.