GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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SENATE BILL 181

Short Title:        Wake County Commissioner Districts.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Senator Barefoot (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:	Redistricting.

March 5, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to increase the size of the wake county board of commissioners and to alter the districts to coincide with the districts of the wake county board of education.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Notwithstanding Chapter 172 of the Session Laws of 1959, and Chapter 763 of the Session Laws of 1981, and any modifications thereto by the Wake County Board of Commissioners pursuant to law, the Wake County Board of Commissioners shall consist of nine members.

SECTION 1.(b)  In the 2016 election, one member each shall be elected from Districts 4, 5, and 6 of the districts used by the Wake County Board of Commissioners in the 2014 election, to serve a two‑year term.

SECTION 1.(c)  In the 2016 election, and quadrennially thereafter, two members shall reside and run in the lettered districts established under Section 5 of S.L. 2013‑110 and used by the Wake County Board of Education for electoral districts, to serve four‑year terms.

SECTION 1.(d)  In the 2018 election, and quadrennially thereafter, the seven of the nine members of the Wake County Board of Commissioners shall reside and run in the numbered districts established by Section 5 of S.L. 2013‑110 and used by the Wake County Board of Education for electoral districts, to serve four‑year terms.

SECTION 1.(e)  This section is effective the first Monday in December of 2016 and shall be the basis for nominating and electing the members of the Board of Commissioners in the primary and general election for that office in 2016 and after.

SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding Part 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes and S.L. 2011‑126, the structure of the Wake County Board of Commissioners shall not be altered under that Part or Session Law prior to the return of the 2020 Census.

SECTION 3.  This act applies to the County of Wake only.

SECTION 4.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.