Private Acts of 1999 Chapter 61

SECTION 1. Effective September 1, 2000, the County Board of Education of McMinn County shall consist of ten (10) members with two (2) members to be elected from each of the five (5) school districts for four (4) year staggered terms. The school districts shall be coextensive with the five (5) county legislative districts.

At the regular August election in 2000, Districts I and V shall each elect one (1) new board member for a four (4) year term. Successors to incumbent members in Districts I and V shall be elected at the regular August election in 2002.

At the regular August election in 2000, Districts II, III, and IV shall each elect two (2) board members. The candidate in each such district who receives the highest number of votes shall be elected for a four (4) year term and the candidate in each district who receives the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a two (2) year term. Thereafter, all members of the County Board of Education shall be elected for a term of four (4) years. The term of office of such members shall begin on September 1, following their elections and continue until their successors are elected and qualified. Successors shall be elected at the regular August election.

COMPILER’S NOTE: SECTION 2 was omitted in original act.

SECTION 3. Members of the County Board of Education of McMinn County shall be residents of the district from which elected. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the McMinn County Legislative Body and any person so appointed shall serve until a successor is elected and qualified according to law.

SECTION 4. The duties and compensation of members of the County Board of Education shall be as provided by general law.

SECTION 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed as having the effect of removing any incumbent from office or abridging the term of any official prior to the end of the term for which such official was elected.

SECTION 6. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SECTION 7. This act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Legislative Body of McMinn County. Its approval or non-approval shall be proclaimed by the Presiding Officer of the Legislative Body of McMinn County and certified to the Secretary of State.

SECTION 8. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this act, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, it shall become effective as provided in Section 7.

Passed: May 27, 1999.