North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H279: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.
Status: In committee, May 1, 2025
What the bill says
An act to provide that vacancies on the haywood county board of commissioners are filled in accordance with g.s. 153a-27.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT VACANCIES ON THE HAYWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ARE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH G.S. 153A-27. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-27.1(h) reads as rewritten: "(h) This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Avery, Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Caldwell, Carteret, 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 2. This act applies to Haywood County only. SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to vacancies filled on or after that date. *DRH40178-LUe-20B*
Sponsors
- Pless, Mark (R, 118) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Regular Message Received From House
- : Regular Message Sent To Senate
- : Passed 3rd Reading
- : Passed 2nd Reading
- : Placed On Cal For 04/30/2025
- : Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- : Reptd Fav
- : Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Votes
- Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Board of Commissioners. Second Reading (April 30, 2025): 87 yea, 26 nay, passed
Subjects: LOCAL, HAYWOOD COUNTY, COUNTIES, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, VACANCIES, PUBLIC OFFICIALS
Common questions
- What is H279?
- H279 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm.
- What does H279 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide that vacancies on the haywood county board of commissioners are filled in accordance with g.s. 153a-27.
- What is the status of H279?
- In committee as of May 1, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (May 1, 2025).
- Who sponsored H279?
- Pless, Mark (R, 118).
- Where is the official record for H279?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H279
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