Private Acts of 1980 Chapter 249

SECTION 1.  As the terms of the incumbent members of the Claiborne County Board of Education, created by Chapter 326 of the Private Acts of 1961, expire or as a vacancy occurs on the board, members of the board from such districts shall be elected by the qualified voters of the school district in which such term expires or such vacancy occurs.  Each member of such board shall be a resident of the school district from which he is elected.  If any member ceases to reside in the school district from which such member is elected, the office of such member shall become vacant.

SECTION 2.  No provision of 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 he was elected.

SECTION 3.  This Act shall have no effect unless it is approved by a majority of the number of qualified voters of the county voting in an election on the question of whether or not the act should be approved.  The ballots used in the regular election to be held on August 7, 1980, shall have printed on them the caption 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 Commissioners and certified by them 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.  The cost of the election shall be paid by Claiborne County.

SECTION 4.  For the purpose of approving or rejecting the provisions of this Act, as provided in Section 3, it shall be effective upon becoming a law, but for all other purposes the provisions of the Act shall be effective only upon being approved as provided in Section 3.

PASSED:  March 24, 1980.