GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991
CHAPTER 887
AN ACT TO ALTER THE MANNER OF ELECTION OF THE CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 2 of Chapter 972, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2. One member each shall be elected from for
each districtDistricts 1, 3, and 5. Two members each shall be
elected from Districts 2 and 4. Only voters residing in a district
Districts 3 or 5 may vote in the primaries and elections for the members
member from that district. Only voters residing in
Districts 1, 2, 4, 6, or 7 may vote in the primaries from that district, but
voters from the entire area of Districts 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 shall vote in the
election for all five of those seats, which shall appear as separate positions
on the ballot.
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. 2. Section 3 of Chapter 972, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. The five seven 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 2BDistrict
4); 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 2BDistrict
4).
District 4-This district consists of
B: The the
portion of Township 8 not in subdistrict 2A District 2 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 47-This distrtict district
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 district is the
same as Board of Education District 5 as described in Chapter 236 of the
Session Laws of 1983.
District 6- This district consists of all
B: The the
area between the eastern boundary of subdistrict 4A District 7 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 district 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
District 6 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. 3. Section 4 of Chapter 972, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"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. 4. The provisions of G.S. 153A-22 shall continue to apply to the districts for nomination and elections provided by this act.
Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification, applies to elections held in 1994 and thereafter, and to vacancies occurring on or after persons elected in 1994 and thereafter take office.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 1992.
James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives