Bill Summary for S 69 (2025-2026)

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Jun 24 2025

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View NCGA Bill Details(link is external)2025-2026 Session
Senate Bill 69 (Local) Filed Monday, February 10, 2025
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT VACANCIES ON THE HAYWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ARE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 153A-27; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTISAN ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE SHALL EXERCISE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ONLY WITHIN THE CITY'S CONTIGUOUS CORPORATE LIMITS.
Intro. by Moffitt.

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Bill summary

House committee substitute to the 3rd edition replaces the prior edition in its entirety with the following. Makes conforming changes, including to act’s short and long titles.

Section 1.

Amends GS 153A-27.1 by removing Haywood County from that statute's provisions, thereby requiring the county to follow the procedures under GS 153A-27 for filling vacancies on the Board of Commissioners.

Section 2.

Changes the method of election to the Jackson County Board of Education (Board) under Section 5(a) of SL 2024-14 from the nonpartisan plurality method to partisan elections as member terms expire. Specifies that a person is not eligible to file or be elected to the Board unless they are a qualified voter and resident of the residency district in which the candidate seeks to be elected.  Directs that Board members are to be nominated at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers. Directs members to serve until their successors are elected and qualified. Specifies that all members take office on the first Monday in December after the election. Requires vacancies to be filled using the process set forth in GS 115C-37.1. Makes conforming change to GS 115C-37.1 to reflect its applicability to Jackson County.

Provides that this Part does not affect the term of office of any member elected to the Board in 2024. Requires any vacancy on the Board for a member elected in 2024 to be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the Board to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Requires each member elected in 2024, or any member appointed to fill a vacancy in 2024, to serve until a successor has been elected and qualified.

Effective the first Monday in December of 2026, and requires elections in 2026 and thereafter to be conducted accordingly. 

Section 3.

Prohibits Jacksonville from exercising any powers granted to cities in GS Chapter 160D (Local Planning and Development Regulation) in any area beyond its contiguous corporate limits. Makes Jacksonville's relinquishment of jurisdiction over the area beyond its contiguous corporate limits effective on the date this act becomes law, but leaves Jacksonville's development regulations and powers of enforcement in effect in that area until the time provided in the specified statute.