AN ACT to provide for vacancies on the winston‑salem/forsyth county school board to be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 2(a)(5)(iv) of Chapter 112, Session Laws of 1961, reads as rewritten:
"(iv)	Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C‑37(f), all vacancies occurring during a term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the Winston‑Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education for the unexpired term of the vacated seat."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to vacancies on the Winston‑Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education occurring on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives