North Carolina § 160A-87 Ethics education program required

North Carolina Statutes

§ 160A-87 — Ethics education program required

North Carolina § 160A-87

Ch. 160ACities and Towns

Art. 5Form of Government

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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 160A-87 (2026).

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(a)All members of governing boards of cities, counties, local boards of education, unified governments, sanitary districts, and consolidated city-counties shall receive a minimum of two clock hours of ethics education within 12 months after initial election or appointment to the office and again within 12 months after each subsequent election or appointment to the office.

(b)The ethics education shall cover laws and principles that govern conflicts of interest and ethical standards of conduct at the local government level.

(c)The ethics education may be provided by the North Carolina League of Municipalities, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, North Carolina School Boards Association, the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, or other

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(a) All members of governing boards of cities, counties, local boards of education, unified governments, sanitary districts, and consolidated city-counties shall receive a minimum of two clock hours of ethics education within 12 months after initial election or appointment to the office and again within 12 months after each subsequent election or appointment to the office.
(b) The ethics education shall cover laws and principles that govern conflicts of interest and ethical standards of conduct at the local government level.
(c) The ethics education may be provided by the North Carolina League of Municipalities, North Carolina Association of County Commissioners, North Carolina School Boards Association, the School of Government at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, or other qualified sources at the choice of the governing board.
(d) The clerk to the governing board shall maintain a record verifying receipt of the ethics education by each member of the governing board. (2009-403, s. 1.)