GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 975
SENATE BILL 1449

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE FILING PERIOD FOR THE LEAKSVILLE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION (EDEN CITY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT).

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 10 of Chapter 57, Private Laws of 1929, as rewritten by Section 1 of Chapter 557, Session Laws of 1951, is amended by deleting "file written notice of candidacy with the county board of elections at least sixty (60) days prior to the general election", and substituting "file written notice of candidacy with the county board of elections no earlier than 12:00 noon on the first Friday in July and no later than 12:00 noon on the first Friday in August prior to the general election".
Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 1 of this act, the Rockingham County Board of Elections shall accept candidate filings for the 1990 election for the Board of Trustees of the Leaksville Township Public School District received:
(1)	Prior to 12:00 noon on the first Friday of July but before Section 1 of this act is approved under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; or
(2)	After 12:00 noon on the first Friday in August but before the earlier of:
a.	The 60th day before the general election; or
b.	The approval of Section 1 of this act under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 19th day of July, 1990.