GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

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SENATE BILL 525

Short Title:  Surry School Elections.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senator East.

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Referred to:  Rules and Operations of the Senate.

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March 26, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE TIME OF ELECTION OF THE SURRY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM THE PRIMARY TO NONPARTISAN AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The Board of Education of Surry County shall be elected in a nonpartisan election held on the date of the county general election, with the results determined on a plurality basis in accordance with G.S. 163-292. The election shall be consistent with the provisions of Chapters 115C and 163 of the General Statutes, except as otherwise provided herein.
Section 2.  Candidates shall file notice of candidacy not earlier than 12:00 noon on the first Friday in July (except that if that day is a holiday, then not earlier than 12:00 noon on the next Monday) and not later than 12:00 noon on the first Friday in August of the year of election.
Section 3. (a)	The terms of members of the Surry County Board of Education which expire on or before June 30, 1998, are extended until the first regularly scheduled Surry County Board of Education meeting in December of 1998 at which time their successors shall qualify.
(b) The terms of members of the Surry County Board of Education which expire on June 30, 2000, are extended until the first regularly scheduled Surry County Board of Education meeting in December of 2000 at which time their successors shall qualify.
Section 4.  Chapter 308 of the 1991 Session Laws is repealed.
Section 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.