North Carolina HB 294: Unclaimed Property Notice Requirements.-AB

Status: Signed by Gov. 7/20/2017 (as of 2017-07-20)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2017 · Bill: HB 294

Subjects: APPOINTMENTS, ARTS, BOARDS, COUNCILS, CULTURAL RESOURCES, NATURAL & CULTURAL RESOURCES DEPT., ESCHEATS, MEMBERSHIP, MUSEUM OF ART BOARD, MUSEUMS, NOTIFICATION, PRESENTED, PROPERTY, PUBLIC, RATIFIED, SESSION LAWS, TERM LENGTHS & LIMITS, VOCATIONAL REHAB COUNCIL, VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION, CHAPTERED, ABANDONED PROPERTY

Sponsors: Boswell, Clampitt, Faircloth, Hurley, Pittman

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 294
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/18/25

Short Title: Jackson Co Bd of Ed Election Partisan. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
March 6, 2025
*H294-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTISAN ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE 2
JACKSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. Section 5(a) of S.L. 2024-14 reads as rewritten: 5
"SECTION 5.(a) The Jackson County Board of Education shall consist of five members 6
elected from five single-member residency districts to serve staggered four-year terms. One 7
member shall be elected from each residency district by the qualified voters of the entire county. 8
No person shall be eligible to file or be elected to the Jackson County Board of Education unless 9
the person is a qualified voter and resident of the residency district in which the candidate seeks 10
to be elected. Elections for the Jackson County Board of Education shall be held in 11
even-numbered years at the time of the general election with results determined by the 12
nonpartisan plurality method in accordance with G.S. 163-292. on a partisan basis as terms 13
expire. Candidates for election to the Jackson County Board of Education shall be nominated at 14
the same time and manner as other county officers. Members shall take office on the first Monday 15
in December following the election. Members shall serve until a successor has been elected and 16
qualified. Except as otherwise provided by this section, the election shall be conducted in 17
accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 115C and 163 of the General Statutes. All 18
vacancies on the Jackson County Board of Education shall be filled in accordance with 19
G.S. 115C-37.1." 20
SECTION 2. This act does not affect the term of office of any member elected in 21
2024 to the Jackson County Board of Education. Any vacancy on the Jackson County Board of 22
Education for a member elected in 2024 shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members 23
of the Jackson County Board of Education to serve the remainder of the unexpired term. Each 24
member of the Jackson County Board of Education elected in 2024, or any member appointed to 25
fill a vacancy in 2024, shall serve until a successor has been elected and qualified. 26
SECTION 3. G.S. 115C-37.1(d) reads as rewritten: 27
"(d) This section shall apply only to the Hickory City Board of Education and the 28
Newton-Conover City Board of Education and in the following counties: Alleghany, Ashe, 29
Beaufort, Brunswick, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Catawba, Cherokee, Clay, Craven, 30
Dare, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Harnett, Henderson, Hyde, Iredell, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, 31
Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Polk, Rutherford, 32
Stanly, Stokes, Surry, Vance, Washington, and Yancey." 33
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective the first Monday in December of 2026, and 34
elections in 2026 and thereafter shall be conducted accordingly. 35

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