LINCOLN CO. BD. OF ED./PARTISAN ELECTION.

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House Bill 244 (Local) Filed Tuesday, March 9, 2021
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE ELECTION METHOD FOR THE LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN TO PARTISAN.
Intro. by Saine.

Status: Ch. SL 2021-99 (Aug 5 2021)

SOG comments (1):

Identical bill

Identical to S 234, filed 3/10/21.

Bill History:

H 244/S.L. 2021-99

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Aug 5 2021 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO CHANGE THE ELECTION METHOD FOR THE LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN TO PARTISAN. SL 2021-99. Enacted August 5, 2021. Effective August 5, 2021, except as otherwise provided.


  • Summary date: Mar 16 2021 - View Summary

    House committee substitute amends the 1st edition as follows. 

    Amends Section 5 of SL 1973-876 by reinstating the requirement that persons to be elected from districts must reside in the district they represent, but the qualified voters of the entire county are to elect all members of the board of education. Makes a technical change to the proposed changes to Section 5 of SL 1973-876, as amended, regarding the election of the Lincoln County Board of Education to provide for election on a partisan basis beginning in 2022 (previously by partisan method).


  • Summary date: Mar 9 2021 - View Summary

    Amends Section 5 of SL 1973-876, as amended, to replace the elections provisions for the election of the Lincoln County Board of Education (Board) as follows. Provides for partisan election (currently nonpartisan) beginning at the general election in 2022, with election in each even-numbered year thereafter as terms expire in the same manner as other county officers. Provides for staggered terms, with the election of three members to serve four-year terms in 2022 and quadrennially thereafter, and the election of four members to serve four-year terms in 2024, and quadrennially thereafter. Requires members to serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. Provides for appointment by the Board to fill vacancies determined by the basis of election, with members elected on a partisan basis to be filled by appointment of the remaining members in accordance with GS 115C-37.1. No longer includes residency criteria for members based on township. 

    Provides a savings clause for members elected in 2018 or 2020, and requires those members and anyone appointed to fill an unexpired term of those members, to serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. 

    Amends GS 115C-37.1(d), effective on the first Monday of December of 2022, to include Lincoln County in the scope of the statute which governs vacancies in offices of county boards elected on a partisan basis.