GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 984 
HOUSE BILL 1591 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE WELDON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 143 of the Private Laws of 1917 is repealed. 
Sec. 2.  The terms of the current members of the Weldon City Board of Education shall expire as follows or as soon thereafter as their successors are elected and qualified: 
(1)	W. J. Kilpatrick on December 3, 1984. 
(2)	Edna Weeks on December 3, 1984. 
(3)	Frankie Young on December 3, 1984. 
(4)	Dr. Julian Hoffman on December 3, 1984. 
(5)	Seat of I. H. Hillard (deceased) on December 3, 1984. 
(6)	Harry Kittner on December 1, 1986. 
(7)	Herman Shearin on December 1, 1986. 
(8)	Rev. John W. Smith on December 1, 1986. 
(9)	Curtis L. Mallory on December 1, 1986. 
Sec. 3.  Membership, election and terms of board members: (a)  At the 1984 general election, three members shall be elected to the Weldon City Board of Education. Thereafter the board shall be composed of seven members. 
(b)	In 1984, the nonpartisan plurality method of election shall be used and the results of the general election determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292. The general election shall be conducted by the Halifax County Board of Elections. 
(c)	In 1986 and biennially thereafter, the nonpartisan primary method of election shall be used and the results of the general election and any primary election shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 163-294. The general election and any primary election shall be conducted by the Halifax County Board of Elections. 
(d)	The general election for members of the board shall be held every two years, beginning in 1984, on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. All qualified voters residing in the Weldon City Administrative Unit shall be eligible to vote in the general election for all candidates. Primary elections, if necessary, shall be held every two years, beginning in 1986, on the date set for primary elections by G.S. 163-1(b). 
(e)	In 1986 and biennially thereafter, all candidates for election shall file their candidacy in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 163-106, except that the Halifax County Board of Elections shall modify the form to reflect the fact that the election is nonpartisan. 
(f)	In 1984, all candidates for election shall file their notice of candidacy no earlier than 12:00 noon on the second Monday in August and no later than 12:00 noon on the last Friday in August. 
(g)	Except as otherwise provided in this act, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of Articles 23 and 24 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. 
(h)	In the general election conducted in November 1984, three members shall be elected to the Weldon City Board of Education for four-year terms. In the general election in November 1986, four members shall be elected to the Weldon City Board of Education for four-year terms. Thereafter, all members shall be elected to four- year terms. 
(i)	Persons elected to the board shall take office on the first Monday in December following their election. 
Sec. 4.  Vacancies.  Vacancies on the Weldon City Board of Education shall be filled pursuant to G.S. 115C-37(f). 
Sec. 5. The members of the Weldon City Board of Education shall receive the same compensation and expense allowances as are allowed to the members of the Halifax County Board of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C-38. 
Sec. 6.  Except as herein provided, the Weldon City Board of Education shall be governed by the provisions of Chapter 115C of the General Statutes of North Carolina. 
Sec. 7.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1984.