H.B. 1058
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
May 6, 2024
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10554-NG-95
Short Title: Jackson Co Bd of Ed Elections to Nov. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Clampitt.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY
3 BOARD OF EDUCATION AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION AND TO
4 CHANGE THE METHOD OF ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY
5 BOARD OF EDUCATION TO THE NONPARTISAN PLURALITY METHOD.
6 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
7 SECTION 1.(a) Chapter 170 of the 1991 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
8 "Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C-37, the Jackson County Board of
9 Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the time of the primary general election in
10 1992 and biennially thereafter as terms of office provided by Chapter 314, Session Laws of 1961,
11 expire. The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot without reference to any party
12 affiliations. The nonpartisan election and runoff election plurality method shall be used with the
13 results determined as provided in G.S. 163-293, except that the runoff shall be held on the date
14 provided by G.S. 163-111(e). G.S. 163-292. Except as provided by this act, the election shall be
15 conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapters 115C and 163 of the General
16 Statutes.
17 "Sec. 2. Members elected in 1992 shall take office on the first Monday in December of 1992,
18 but their terms shall expire July 1, 1996. Members elected in 1994 shall take office on the first
19 Monday in December of 1994, but their terms shall expire July 1, 1998. Subsequent terms begin
20 on the first day of July in the year of the election, and are for four years.following their election.
21 …."
22 SECTION 1.(b) The term of any member elected to the Jackson County Board of
23 Education in 2022 or 2024 or any member appointed to fill a vacancy for the remainder of an
24 unexpired term for a member elected in 2022 or 2024 shall continue until their replacement is
25 elected and qualified.
26 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held
27 in 2026 and thereafter.
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