GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 747
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/24/97

Short Title:  Mecklenburg School Elections.	(Local)

─────────────────────────────────────── 
Sponsors:

─────────────────────────────────────── 
Referred to:  

─────────────────────────────────────── 

April 2, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM FOUR YEARS TO TWO YEARS, SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 2(a) of Chapter 167 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"(a)	In 1995, three members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall be elected for four-year terms by all the qualified voters of Mecklenburg County.  In 1999 and biennially thereafter, three members of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall be elected for two-year terms by all the qualified voters of Mecklenburg County."
Section 2.  Section 2(c) of Chapter 167 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"(c)	In 1995, one member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall be elected from each district for a two-year term by all the qualified voters of the district.  In 1997 and biennially thereafter, one member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education shall be elected from each district for a two-year term by all the qualified voters of the district."
Section 3.  Sections 1 and 2 of this act are effective only if approved by the qualified voters of Mecklenburg County in a referendum to be held on Tuesday after the first Monday in November of 1997.  The referendum shall be conducted by the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections.
The question on the ballot shall be:
"[ ] FOR    [ ] AGAINST
changing the manner of election of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education to provide for two-year terms of office."
Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.