Bill Summary for H 3 (2025-2026)
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AN ACT TO MODIFY THE PROCESS FOR FILLING VACANCIES ON THE CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTISAN ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE CURRITUCK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTISAN ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PITT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN PAMLICO COUNTY TO BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS; TO REQUIRE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF SIMPSON TO BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS; AND TO REQUIRE THAT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF MONROE BE CONDUCTED IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS ON A PARTISAN BASIS.Intro. by Reeder, G. Brown.
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Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 3rd edition. Makes conforming changes to the act’s long title.
Part II.
Section 2.
Removes provisions specifying that if a vacancy on the Board of Education of Currituck County occurs in a seat elected from a residency district, the successor will be elected from the residency district of the vacating member. Makes a clarifying change to the effective date.
Section 2.1.
Makes clarifying changes to the effective date of the act’s changes to the election of the members of the Pitt County Board of Education.
Part III.
Section 3.3.
Makes a technical change to Section 4-1 of SL 1997-446 (Charter of the Town of Grantsboro).
Part V.
Removes reference to “partisan” in Part heading.
Section 5.
Amends SL 2000-23, as amended, which is the Monroe City Charter, to change the year regular municipal elections are held from odd-numbered years to even-numbered years. Removes reference to GS 163-291 in describing how new partisan elections are to be conducted. Instead, requires that the primary and election be held and conducted with the general laws governing primaries and elections for county officers. Specifies that notwithstanding Article 11 of GS Chapter 163, the Union County Board of Elections is authorized to set the date and time completed petitions must be timely filed for verification. Effective at the time of the organizational meeting held in accordance with GS 160A-68 in December 2026. Specifies that the 2026 elections will be conducted as if the provisions of the amendments to SL 2000-23 were already in effect.
Specifies that municipal elections will not be held in Monroe in 2025 and extends current mayoral and council member terms expiring that year by one year, to 2026. Further specifies that the terms of the three council members serving on the effective date whose terms are set to expire in 2027 are also extended by one year, to 2028. Directs for regular municipal elections to resume in even-numbered years beginning in 2026 with the same staggering of terms as when elections were conducted in odd-numbered years.