GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SECOND EXTRA SESSION 1984

 

 

CHAPTER 5

SENATE BILL 1

 

AN ACT TO REAPPORTION DISTRICTS ONE, TWO, SIX, NINE, TEN, ELEVEN AND FOURTEEN OF THE NORTH CAROLINA SENATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 120-1(a) is amended in the second line by substituting the year "1984" for the year "182".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 120-1(a) is further amended by rewriting Districts 1, 2, 6, , 10, 11 and 14 to read:

"District 1 elects one Senator and consists of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington Counties; the Pantego Township of Beaufort County; the following areas in Bertie County: Merry Hill, and Whites Townships, and in Windsor Township the Town of Askewville and Enumeration Districts 16 and 17; and in Gates County: Holly Grove, Hunters Hill and Mintonsville Townships."

"District 2 elects one Senator and consists of Hertford and Northampton Counties; the following areas in Bertie County:

Colerain, Indian Woods, Mitchells, Roxobel, Snake Bite and Woodville Townships, and in Windsor Township: The Town of Windsor and Enumeration Districts 18A, and 1; in Edgecombe County: 3 (Upper Conetoe) and 4 (Deep Creek) Townships; in Gates County: Gatesville, Hall, Haslett and Reynoldson Townships; in Halifax County: Conocarnara, Enfield, Halifax, Littleton, Palmyra, Roseneath, Scotland Neck, and Weldon Townships; in Martin County: Goose Nest and Hamilton Townships; in Vance County: Middleburg-Nutbush, Townsville and Williamsboro Townships; and in Warren County: Fork, Hawtree, Nutbush, River, Roanoke, Sandy Creek, Shocco, Sixpound, Smith Creek and Warrenton Townships."

"District 6 elects one Senator and consists of in Edgecombe County: 1 (Tarboro), 2 (Lower Conetoe), 5 (Lower Fishing Creek), 8 (Sparta), (Otter Creek), 10 (Lower Town Creek), 11 (Walnut Creek), 12 (Rocky Mount), 13 (Cokey), and 14 (Upper Town Creek) Townships; in Martin County: the Robersonville Township; in Pitt County: Arthur, Belvoir, Bethel, Falkland, Farmville and Fountain Townships; and in Wilson County: Gardner, Wilson and Toisnot Townships."

"District elects one Senator and consists of in Beaufort County: Bath, Chocowinity, Long Acre, Richland and Washington Townships; in Martin County: Beargrass, Cross Roads, Griffins, Jamesville, Poplar Point, Williams and Williamston Townships; and in Pitt County: Ayden, Carolina, Chicod, Greenville, Grifton, Grimesland, Pactolus, Swift Creek and Winterville Townships."

"District 10 elects one Senator and consists of Nash County; in Edgecombe County: 6 (Upper Fishing Creek) and 7 (Swift Creek); in Halifax County: Brinkleyville, Butterwood, Faucett and Roanoke Rapids Townships; in Warren County: Fishing Creek and Judkins Townships; and in Wilson County: Black Creek, Cross Roads, Old Fields, Saratoga, Springhill, Stantonsburg, and Taylor Townships."

"District 11 elects one Senator and consists of Franklin and Vance Counties; and in Wake County: Bartons Creek, Little River, Marks Creek, New Light and Wake Forest Townships and St. Matthews Precincts 1, 2, 3 and 4."

"District 14 elects three Senators and consists of Harnett and Lee Counties and the following areas in Wake County: Buckhorn, Cary, Cedar Fork, Holly Springs, House Creek, Leesville, Meredith, Middle Creek, Neuse River, Panther Branch, Raleigh, St. Mary's, Swift Creek and White Oak Townships and those portions of St. Matthews Township not included in District 11."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 120-1(b) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(b)      The names and boundaries of townships, towns and enumeration districts specified in this section are as they were legally defined and in effect as of January 1, 180, and recognized in the 180 U. S. Census."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 120-1(c) is amended by adding the following at the end:

"The Wake County precinct boundaries are as shown on the current map in use by the Wake County Board of Elections on January 31, 1984, in accordance with G.S. 163-128(b). If changes in precinct boundaries are made, the areas on the map shall still remain in the same Senate district."

Sec. 4.1.  In the event that the U. S. Supreme Court reverses the opinion of the U. S. District Court which held the composition of Senate District 2 to violate the Voting Rights Act, then Sections 1 through 4 of this act are repealed and the prior law as to Senate Districts 1, 2, 6, , 10, 11, and 14 is revived as to any future election.

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of March, 1984.