North Carolina HB 3: Various Local Election Changes II.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025

SESSION LAW 2025-13
HOUSE BILL 3

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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.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VACANCIES
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 153A-27.1(h), as amended by S.L. 2025-3, reads as rewritten:
"(h) This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alamance, Alexander,
Alleghany, Avery, Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Caswell,
Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Guilford,
Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell,
Mecklenburg, Moore, Onslow, Pender, Polk, Randolph, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson,
Stanly, Stokes, Transylvania, and Yancey."
SECTION 1.(b) This section applies to Cabarrus County only.
SECTION 1.(c) This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to
vacancies filled on or after that date.

PART II. BOARDS OF EDUCATION – PARTISAN ELECTIONS

CURRITUCK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
SECTION 2.(a) Section 1 of Chapter 96 of the 1963 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. (a) The Board of Education of Currituck County shall consist of five members to
be elected by the electors of said county as hereinafter set out.serve staggered four-year terms.
(b) At the general election to be held in said county in 1964, there shall be elected one
Four members of the Board of Education of Currituck County shall be elected from residency
districts and one member shall be elected from the county at-large. For the four residency
districts, no person shall be eligible to file for or be elected to the board of education unless the
person is a qualified voter and resident of the residency district in which the candidate seeks to
be elected. One member of the Board of Education of Currituck County shall be elected from
each of the following residency districts:
(1) Moyock Township and Township.
(2) one member from Fruitful Township who shall serve for terms of four (4)
years each. Fruitville Township.

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(3) At said election there shall be elected one member of the Board from Poplar
Branch and one member from Township Township.
(4) Crawford Township who shall serve for terms of two (2) years each. At said
election there shall be elected one member of the board from the county at
large who shall serve for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, as the terms of
office of the members expire, their successors shall be elected and shall serve
for terms of four (4) years each and until their successors are elected and
qualified.Township.
At all elections held for election of members of the board of education of said county, the
candidates shall be elected by the voters of the county voting as a whole.
(c) Notwithstanding G.S. 115C-37, members of the Board of Education of Currituck
County shall be elected on a partisan basis at the time of the general election in each
even-numbered year as terms expire. Candidates for election to the Board of Education of
Currituck County shall be nominated at the same time and in the same manner as other county
officers. Members shall take office on the first Monday in December following their election.
Members shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. Except as otherwise
provided, elections shall be conducted in accordance with Chapters 115C and 163 of the General
Statutes.
(d) All vacancies on the membership of the Board of Education of Currituck County by
death, resignation, or other causes shall be filled in accordance with G.S. 115C-37.1."
SECTION 2.(b) This section does not affect the terms of office of any person elected
in 2024 to the Board of Education of Currituck County. Any vacancy on the Board of Education
of Currituck County for a member elected in 2024 shall be filled by appointment by the remaining
members of the Board of Education of Currituck County to serve the remainder of the unexpired
term. Each member of the Board of Education of Currituck County elected in 2024, or any
member appointed to fill a vacancy for a member elected in 2024, shall serve until a successor
has been elected and qualified.
SECTION 2.(c) G.S. 115C-37.1(d), as amended by S.L. 2025-3, reads as rewritten:
"(d) This section shall apply only to the Hickory City Board of Education and the
Newton-Conover City