GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 972
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF THE CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Effective on the first Monday in December, 1990, the Craven County Board of Commissioners shall be increased from five to seven members. All seven members shall be elected every four years. The first election for all seven members shall be in 1990. At that and subsequent elections the members shall be elected according to Section 2 of this act.
Sec. 2. One member each shall be elected from Districts 1, 3, and 5. Two members each shall be elected from Districts 2 and 4. Only voters residing in a district may vote in the primaries and elections for the members from that district.
In Districts 2 and 4 the two seats from each of those districts shall be designated as Seats 2A and 2B and as Seats 4A and 4B, respectively. Each of those seats shall be voted on separately. Although all voters in District 2 may vote for both Seat 2A and Seat 2B, only persons who reside in subdistrict A of District 2 may be candidates for Seat 2A and only persons who reside in subdistrict B may be candidates for Seat 2B. Likewise, all voters in District 4 may vote for both Seat 4A and 4B, but only persons who reside in subdistrict A of District 4 may be candidates for Seat 4A and only persons who reside in subdistrict B may be candidates for Seat 4B.
Sec. 3. The five districts are as follows:
District 1-This district consists of all of Townships 1 and 2.
District 2-This district consists of all the area within the following subdistricts A and B:
A: All of Townships 3 and 9; Peppercorn Road (including homes on both sides of the road in this district); and the remaining portion of Township 8 within 1980 census enumeration Districts 264A, 264U and 265D except for: (1) the portion of 265D northeast of the intersection of Trent Road and U.S. 70 By-Pass and east of a line running from that point to the western end of Meadowbrook Avenue (excluding all of the homes on Meadowbrook from this district and putting them in subdistrict 2B); and (2) the portion of 265D which includes Fairwoods Lane and the southern side of Amhurst Boulevard between Glenburnie Road and Fairwoods Lane (excluding Fairwoods Lane and that portion of Amhurst Boulevard from this district and placing them in subdistrict 2B).
B: The portion of Township 8 not in subdistrict 2A or District 3.
District 3-This district consists of the Pembroke Water and Sewer District plus the portion of the City of New Bern east and north of the following line running roughly north to south from its beginning at the northern most point where the city limits meet the Neuse River: Southwest along the city limits to East Rose Street, west on Rose Street to Jack Smith Creek, southwest along the creek to Hazel Avenue Extension (including all of Carver Street in the district), south on Hazel Avenue to Neuse Boulevard, southeast on Neuse to Chattawka Lane, south on Chattawka to Trent Boulevard, west on Trent to Fifth Street, south on Fifth across U.S. 70 By-Pass to Lanes Branch the southern city limit), and east from that point along the city limits to the Trent River.
District 4-This distrtict consists of all the area within the following subdistricts A and B:
A: All of Township 7 and that portion of Township 6 west of the following line running north to south from the western boundary of the U.S. Marine Corps Cherry Point Air Station (USMAC) at the Neuse River: South along the western boundary line of USMAC to its intersection with Cedar Creek, south along Cedar Creek to Slocum Creek, south with the southwest prong of Slocum Creek to the Atlantic & East Carolina Railroad, southeast along the railroad to State Road 1756, southwest on 1756 to the Camp Lejeune Railroad, southwest along the railroad to the Carteret County line. This subdistrict is the same as Board of Education District 5 as described in Chapter 236 of the Session Laws of 1983.
B: The area between the eastern boundary of subdistrict 4A as described above and the following line running north to south from the mouth of Hancock Creek at the Neuse River: South along the run of Hancock Creek to a point where Roosevelt Boulevard extended would intersect Hancock Creek, west and south on Roosevelt to U.S. Highway 70, south on 70 to the Carteret County line. This subdistrict is the same as Board of Education District 6 as described in Chapter 236 of the Session Laws of 1983.
District 5-This district consists of all of Township 5 and the portion of Township 6 east of the eastern boundary of subdistrict 4B described above. This district is the same as Board of Education District 7 as described in Chapter 236 of the Session Laws of 1983.
Sec. 4. If a member elected from District 1, 3 or 5 pursuant to this act dies, resigns or otherwise leaves office, the person appointed to fill the vacancy must reside in the same district as the member leaving office. If a member elected from District 2 or 4 pursuant to this act dies, resigns or otherwise leaves office, the person appointed to fill the vacancy must reside in the same subdistrict as the member leaving office.
Sec. 5. Chapter 306 of the Session Laws of 1971, Chapter 604 of the Public-Local Laws of 1939, Chapter 233 of the Public-Local Laws of 1931, Chapter 11 of the Public-Local Laws of 1927, and all other other local acts concerning the method of electing the Craven County Board of Commissioners, are repealed.
Sec. 6. This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply to elections held in 1990 and later.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 1988.