GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 368

HOUSE BILL 866

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO CONDUCT AN ADVISORY REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF A SUNDAY- CLOSING LAW.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  A county board of commissioners may by resolution direct the county board of elections to conduct a nonbinding advisory referendum on the question of a Sunday- closing law.  The date of such referendum shall be set by the county board of commissioners.  The referendum shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 2.  If such a referendum is called, the question on the ballot shall be:

 "CHECK ONLY ONE BOX

@ Are you in favor of having a Sunday-closing law (blue law)?

@ Are you against having a Sunday-closing law (blue law)?"

Sec. 3.  This act applies to Cumberland County only.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1983.