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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_130A > GS_130A-66§130A‑66. Removal of member of board.
A petition with the signaturesof twenty‑five percent (25%) or more of the voters within a sanitarydistrict which requests the removal from office of one or more members of asanitary district board for malfeasance or nonfeasance in office may be filedwith the board of commissioners of the county in which all or the greaterportion of the voters of a sanitary district are located. Upon receipt of thepetition, the county board of commissioners shall meet and adopt a resolutionto hold an election on the question of removal. In the event that more than onemember of a sanitary district board is subjected to recall in an election, thenames of each member of the board subjected to recall shall appear uponseparate ballots. If in a recall election, a majority of the votes within thesanitary district are cast for the removal of a member or members of thesanitary district board subject to recall, the member or members shall cease tobe a member or members of the sanitary district board. A vacancy shall beimmediately filled. The expenses of holding a recall election shall be paidfrom the funds of the sanitary district. (1927, c. 100, s. 21; 1957,c. 1357, s. 1; 1981, c. 186, s. 3; 1983, c. 891, s. 2.)
