Bill Summary for H 447 (2017-2018)

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Jun 21 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 447 (Local) Filed Wednesday, March 22, 2017
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEXINGTON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM A NINE-MEMBER APPOINTED BOARD OF EDUCATION TO A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTED ON A NONPARTISAN BASIS IN ODD-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRICTS FOR THE LEXINGTON CITY COUNCIL.
Intro. by Potts, Watford.

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Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amends the long and short titles.

Makes organizational changes.

Requires that the six members elected to the Lexington City Board of Education from the six wards of the City of Lexington reside inside the corporate limits of the City of Lexington, as well as the ward that the member represents. Provides that the terms of members appointed to the Lexington City Board of Education who are serving their terms at the time of the 2017 election shall expire upon the qualification of members elected to the Board in accordance with Section 1.

Amends Section 1.4 of the Charter of the City of Lexington, SL 1981-906, as amended, to establish the boundaries of each of the six electoral wards of the City in terms of 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles (currently, the boundaries are established by the ordinance adopted by the City Council). Does not expand the corporate limits of the City; if the section assigns an area outside the corporate limits of the City, it has no effect. Provides for the assignment of area not assigned under this Section.

Directs the Legislative Services Officer to certify a true copy of the block assignment file associated with any mapping software used to generate the language in Section 2 of this act, and to deliver the certified true copy to the Davidson County Board of Elections and the City of Lexington.

Applies to elections held on or after the date the bill becomes law.