NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1241

HOUSE BILL 1595

 

 

AN ACT TO DELAY UNTIL JULY 1, 1973, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF LEGISLATION WHICH CHANGED FROM SATURDAY TO TUESDAY THE DAY ON WHICH PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE HELD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 170, Session Laws of 1971, is amended by rewriting Section 2 thereof to read as follows: "Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1973."

Sec. 2.  The filing deadline for candidates seeking party primary nomination in the 1972 State primary election for those offices enumerated in G.S. 163-106(c) shall be at 12 o'clock noon on Monday, February 21, 1972, notwithstanding the provisions contained in G.S. 163-106(c) to the contrary. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable after June 1, 1972.

Sec. 3.  During the period from January 1, 1972, through July 1, 1973, the State Board of Election is authorized to and shall set the dates on which the State Board of Elections is required to meet and appoint members of the county boards of elections and set the filing deadline. The State Board of Elections shall set the date on which the county boards of elections are required to meet and appoint precinct officials, and the date on which such officials shall take the oath of office, notwithstanding any provisions of Chapter 163 to the contrary.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of October, 1971.