Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

H.B. 31
                           GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                                                                                Jan 30, 2023
                                       SESSION 2023                                       HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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                                      HOUSE BILL DRH10022-BK-1
     Short Title:    Rowan-Salisbury Board of Educ. Filing Period.                                  (Local)
     Sponsors:       Representative Warren.
     Referred to:
                                      A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT TO CHANGE THE FILING PERIOD FOR THE ROWAN-SALISBURY BOARD OF
    EDUCATION.
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
             SECTION 1. Section C of Article V of A PLAN FOR MERGER OF THE ROWAN
 COUNTY SCHOOL AND THE SALISBURY CITY SCHOOLS, as amended by Section 2 of
 Chapter 890 of the 1987 Session Laws, reads as rewritten:
             "C.     Permanent Board of Education – At the expiration of the terms of the at-large
                     seats on the initially elected Board of Education, those at-large seats will lose
                     all district designation. However, no more than two (2) members of the Board
                     from the same high school attendance zone will shall serve on the Board at
                     any one time. In subsequent elections for the district 6 seat, only persons who
                     are residents of Rowan County who live outside the attendance zone of the
                     person holding the district 7 seat may be candidates. In subsequent elections
                     for the district 7 seat, only persons who are residents of Rowan County who
                     live outside the attendance zone of the person holding the district 6 seat may
                     be candidates. In each of the other districts, only a person who is a resident of
                     the attendance zone specified for a particular seat may be a candidate for that
                     seat. Each seat shall appear separately on the ballot, but all the qualified voters
                     of the entire county are eligible to vote on all the seats. All terms for the
                     permanent Board will be four (4) years with elections to be held on a
                     non-partisan basis as provided in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, with
                     the election held on the date for election of county officers as provided by
                     G.S. 163-1 and the results determined by a plurality basis in accordance with
                     G.S. 163-192. G.S. 163-292. Candidates shall file with the Rowan County
                     Board of Elections Elections, no earlier than 12:00 noon on the sixteenth first
                     Friday in July and no later than 12:00 noon on the twelfth third Friday in July
                     before the general election, a notice of candidacy which shall give the
                     candidate's name, address, place of residence and a statement that he desires
                     to be a candidate for membership on the said Rowan-Salisbury Board of
                     Education for the seat for the district in which he resides, or the at-large
                     position for which the candidate is eligible.in accordance with Article 24 of
                     Chapter 163 of the General Statutes."
             SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held
 on or after that date.
                                      *DRH10022-BK-1*
Statutes affected: 
Edition 2: 115C-37.1