NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 164

HOUSE BILL 443

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 967 SESSION LAWS OF 1969, TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SHALL BE NOMINATED BY THE VOTERS OF THE DISTRICTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 967 Session Laws of 1969 is amended by rewriting the last three paragraphs of Section 1 thereof to read as follows:

"DISTRICT NO. 1 shall consist of East Bend, Forbush, Liberty Townships and South Fall Creek Precinct. Two commissioners shall be nominated by the voters of the District, but shall be elected from District No. 1 by the voters of the entire county, and the persons nominated and elected must be residents of the District.

"DISTRICT NO. 2 shall consist of Boonville Township and North Fall Creek Precinct. One commissioner shall be nominated by the voters of the District, but shall be elected from District No. 2 by the voters of the entire county, and the person nominated and elected must be a resident of the District.

"DISTRICT NO. 3 shall consist of Knobs, Buck Shoals and Deep Creek Townships. Two commissioners shall be nominated by the voters of the District, but shall be elected from District No. 3 by the voters of the entire county, and the persons nominated and elected must be residents of the District."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of April, 1971.