GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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HOUSE BILL 579

Short Title:  Alamance-Burlington School Elections.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Representatives Allred; and Reynolds.

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Referred to:  Ways and Means.

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March 20, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE INITIAL ELECTION OF THE ALAMANCE-BURLINGTON BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL BE HELD IN 1997.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section IV of the Plan of Merger of the Alamance County Schools and the Burlington City Schools, dated June 16, 1994, and filed with the Secretary of State on March 20, 1996, under G.S. 115C-67 reads as rewritten:
"IV.  Establishment of the Permanent Board of Education.
The Alamance County and Burlington City Boards of Education shall continue until the effective date of merger, July 1, 1996 at which time those boards and their respective school districts will cease to exist and the interim board will become the Alamance-Burlington Board of Education for the merged districts.  Members of the permanent board of education shall be elected for terms of four years on a nonpartisan basis.
The first election will take place on November 4, 1997.  Filing for the 1997 election shall be at the same time as for municipal elections.  In 1997, three members shall be elected for five-year terms, and their successors shall be elected in 2002 and quadrennially thereafter for four-year terms.  In 1998 and quadrennially thereafter, four members shall be elected for four-year terms. Vacancies on the permanent board shall be filled in accordance with G.S. 115C-37.
The terms of office of three board members shall be extended until December 1, 1997. The terms of office for four board members shall be extended until December 1, 2000. Determination of the term of extension for individual board members will be based upon total length of service of individual board members with the members having the longest terms having the shortest extension.
The Alamance-Burlington Board of Education shall have authority and powers as stipulated in 115C of the General Statutes of North Carolina."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.