NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1001
HOUSE BILL 1146

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160A-101 SO AS TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL MODE OF ELECTING THE GOVERNING BODY OF MUNICIPALITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-101(6) is amended by adding a new paragraph "d." to read as follows:
"d.	The city shall be divided into electoral districts equal in number to one half the number of council seats; the council seats shall be divided equally into 'ward seats' and 'at large seats', one each of which shall be apportioned to each district, so that each council member represents the same number of persons as nearly as possible; the qualified voters of each district shall nominate and elect candidates to the 'ward seats'; candidates for the 'at large seats' shall reside in and represent the districts according to the apportionment plan adopted, but all candidates for 'at large' seats shall be nominated and elected by all the qualified voters of the city."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 160A-101(6) is amended by inserting in the first line of the unnumbered paragraph immediately after the letter "c", the word and letter "or d".
Sec. 3.  This act shall be effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of March, 1974.