NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 483

HOUSE BILL 230

 

 

AN ACT TO APPORTION THE DISTRICTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 120-2 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 120-2.  House apportionment specified. — For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1972 and every two years thereafter, the State of North Carolina shall be divided into forty-five districts as follows:

District 1 shall consist of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 2 shall consist of Beaufort and Hyde Counties and shall elect one Representative.

District 3 shall consist of Craven, Jones, Lenoir and Pamlico Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 4 shall consist of Carteret and Onslow Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 5 shall consist of Bertie, Gates, Hertford, and Northampton Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 6 shall consist of Halifax and Martin Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 7 shall consist of Edgecombe, Nash and Wilson Counties and shall elect four Representatives.

District 8 shall consist of Greene and Pitt Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 9 shall consist of Wayne County and shall elect two Representatives.

District 10 shall consist of Duplin County and shall elect one Representative.

District 11 shall consist of Brunswick and Pender Counties and shall elect one Representative.

District 12 shall consist of New Hanover County and shall elect two Representatives.

District 13 shall consist of Caswell, Granville, Person, Vance and Warren Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 14 shall consist of Franklin and Johnston Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 15 shall consist of Wake County and shall elect six Representatives.

District 16 shall consist of Durham County and shall elect three Representatives.

District 17 shall consist of Chatham and Orange Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 18 shall consist of Harnett and Lee Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 19 shall consist of Bladen, Columbus and Sampson Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 20 shall consist of Cumberland County and shall elect five Representatives.

District 21 shall consist of Hoke, Robeson and Scotland Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 22 shall consist of Alamance and Rockingham Counties and shall elect four Representatives.

District 23 shall consist of Guilford County and shall elect seven Representatives.

District 24 shall consist of Randolph County and shall elect two Representatives.

District 25 shall consist of Moore County and shall elect one Representative.

District 26 shall consist of Anson and Montgomery Counties and shall elect one Representative.

District 27 shall consist of Richmond County and shall elect one Representative.

District 28 shall consist of Alleghany, Ashe, Stokes, Surry and Watauga Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 29 shall consist of Forsyth County and shall elect five Representatives.

District 30 shall consist of Davidson and Davie Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 31 shall consist of Rowan County and shall elect two Representatives.

District 32 shall consist of Stanly County and shall elect one Representative.

District 33 shall consist of Cabarrus and Union Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 34 shall consist of Caldwell, Wilkes and Yadkin Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 35 shall consist of Alexander and Iredell Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 36 shall consist of Mecklenburg County and shall elect eight Representatives.

District 37 shall consist of Catawba County and shall elect two Representatives.

District 38 shall consist of Gaston and Lincoln Counties and shall elect four Representatives.

District 39 shall consist of Avery, Burke and Mitchell Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 40 shall consist of Cleveland, Polk and Rutherford Counties and shall elect three Representatives.

District 41 shall consist of McDowell and Yancey Counties and shall elect one Representative.

District 42 shall consist of Henderson County and shall elect one Representative.

District 43 shall consist of Buncombe and Transylvania Counties and shall elect four Representatives.

District 44 shall consist of Haywood, Jackson, Madison and Swain Counties and shall elect two Representatives.

District 45 shall consist of Cherokee, Clay, Graham and Macon Counties and shall elect one Representative."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1971.