Private Acts of 1985 Chapter 36

SECTION 1. The county superintendent of public instruction of Lewis County shall be elected by the qualified voters of Lewis County.

SECTION 2. Each candidate for the office of county superintendent of public instruction shall be a resident of Lewis County.

SECTION 3. In the August, 1988, General Election, the qualified voters of Lewis County, shall elect the county superintendent of public instruction. Thereafter, the election of the county superintendent of public instruction shall be held in the August, 1992, general election and during the August general election every four (4) years thereafter. The first term of office under this act shall begin January 1, 1989, and end August 31, 1992. After August 31, 1992, the term of office shall be four (4) years, and until a successor is elected and qualified, with each term of office beginning on September 1st, of the year of election for a period of four (4) years, ending on August 31st.

SECTION 4. The qualifications, compensation, powers, duties and liabilities of the county superintendent of public instruction of Lewis County shall be as prescribed by general law.

SECTION 5. If any provision of this Act or application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Act, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end, the provisions of this Act are declared to be severable.

SECTION 6. This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a majority of the number of qualified voters of Lewis County voting in an election on the question of whether or not the Act should be approved. The ballots used in the general election to be held in August, 1986, shall have printed on them the substance of this Act and the voters shall vote for or against its approval. The votes cast on the question shall be canvassed and the results proclaimed by the county election commission and certified by it to the Secretary of State as provided by law in the case of general elections. The qualifications of voters voting on the question shall be the same as those required for participation in general elections.

All laws applicable to general elections shall apply to the determination of the approval or rejection of this Act.

SECTION 7. For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, as provided in Section 6, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, but for all other purposes, the provisions of the Act shall be effective only upon being approved as provided in Section 6.

Passed: April 4, 1985.