NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

FIRST EXTRA SESSION 1982

CHAPTER 7

SENATE BILL 2

AN ACT TO DIVIDE NORTH CAROLINA INTO ELEVEN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 163-201, as amended by Chapter 894 of the 1981 Session Laws, is rewritten to read:

"§163-201. Congressional districts specified. - (a) For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States in 1982 and every two years thereafter, the State of North Carolina shall be divided into 11 districts as follows:

FIRST DISTRICT: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Lenoir, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.

SECOND DISTRICT: Caswell, Durham, Edgecombe, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Person, Vance, Warren, and Wilson Counties; and the O'Neals Township in Johnston County.

THIRD DISTRICT: Bladen, Duplin, Harnett, Jones, Lee, Onslow, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne Counties; the following townships of Johnston County: Banner, Bentonsville, Beulah, Boon Hill, Clayton, Cleveland, Elevation, Ingrams, Meadow, Micro, Pine Level, Pleasant Grove, Selma, Smithfield, Wilders, and Wilson Mills; and the following townships of Moore County: 1 (Carthage), 4 (Ritters), 5 (Deep River), 6 (Greenwood), and 10 (Little River).

FOURTH DISTRICT: Chatham, Franklin, Orange, Randolph, and Wake Counties.

FIFTH DISTRICT: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Forsyth, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, and Wilkes Counties.

SIXTH DISTRICT: Alamance, Davidson, and Guilford Counties.

SEVENTH DISTRICT: Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, New Hanover, and Robeson Counties.

EIGHTH DISTRICT: Anson, Cabarrus, Davie, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, and Union Counties; and the following townships of Moore County: 2 (Bensalem), 3 (Sheffields), 7 (McNeills), 8 (Sand Hill), and 9 (Mineral Springs); and the following townships of Yadkin County: Boonville, East Bend, Fall Creek, Forbush, Knobs, and Liberty.

NINTH DISTRICT: Iredell, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg Counties; and the following townships of Yadkin County: Buck Shoal and Deep Creek.

TENTH DISTRICT: Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, and Watauga Counties; and the following townships of Avery County: Banner Elk, Beech Mountain, Cranberry, Linville, and Wilsons Creek.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey Counties; and the following townships of Avery County: Altamont, Roaring Creek, and Toe River.

(b)        The name and boundaries of townships specified in this section are as they were legally defined and in effect as of January 1, 1980, and recognized in the 1980 United States Census."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of February, 1982.