Bill Summary for S 796 (2019-2020)

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Jun 18 2020

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View NCGA Bill Details2019-2020 Session
Senate Bill 796 (Local) Filed Tuesday, May 19, 2020
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DISTRICTS AND ELECTION METHODS FOR THE CARTERET COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE THE SAME AS THOSE FOR THE CARTERET COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
Intro. by Sanderson.

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

Deletes the entire 2nd edition and adds the following new provisions to make the districts and election methods for the Carteret County Board of Education the same as those for the Carteret County Board of Commissioners.

Section 1 repeals Section 5(b) of SL 1997-389 (the repealed section previously established Carteret County Board of Education election districts).

Section 2 amends Section 5(d) of SL 1997-389, as amended by SL 2017-78, to provide that the members of the Carteret County Board of Education are to be elected from the same districts established for the Carteret County Board of Commissioners however those districts are determined by the county.  Requires partisan elections for Board of Education members in each even-numbered year as terms expire in the same manner as elections of Board of Commissioners.

Section 3 requires districts of Board of Education members to align with those established for Board of Commissioners notwithstanding GS 115C-37(i).

Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.