GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION LAW 2001-447
AN ACT to allow craven county more flexibility in modifying the manner of election of its board of commissioners.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-60(4) and G.S. 153A-61 are repealed.
SECTION 2. G.S. 153A-64 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-64.
Filing results of election. copy of resolution.
If the proposition resolution is approved under
G.S. 153A-61, 153A-60, a certified true copy of the
resolution and a copy of the abstract of the election shall be filed
with the Secretary of State and with the Legislative Library. Before
adopting any resolution under Part 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 153A of the
General Statutes, a county board of commissioners shall hold a public hearing
on that resolution, and shall publish notice of the hearing at least 10 days
before it is held."
SECTION 3. This act applies only to resolutions providing that all members of the board of commissioners shall be elected from single-member districts. The board of commissioners may simultaneously with the process of adopting a resolution under this section also adopt a resolution delineating the proposed districts, which must be adopted prior to January 1, 2002, in order to apply to the 2002 election.
SECTION 4. This act applies to Craven County only.
SECTION 5. This act is effective when it becomes law but applies only to resolutions adopted before January 1, 2002.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of October, 2001.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives