GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2010-100
HOUSE BILL 1136
AN ACT to permit the personal representative of a deceased candidate who did not file a written designation prior to death to file such written designation within ninety days of death.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 163-278.16B(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)
Contributions made to a candidate or candidate campaign committee do not become
a part of the personal estate of the individual candidate. The candidate may
file with the board a written designation of those funds that directs to which
of the permitted uses in subsection (a) of this section they those
funds shall be paid in the event of the death or incapacity of the
candidate. If the candidate fails to file the written designation before
death, the personal representative of the estate may file the written
designation within 90 days of the date of death, and may only direct those
funds to donations under subdivision (a)(3) of this section. After the
payment of permitted outstanding debts of the account, the candidate's filed
written designation shall control. If the candidate files no such written
designation, the funds after payment of permitted outstanding debts shall be
distributed in accordance with subdivision (a)(8) of this section."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. For any candidate campaign committee that is in active status with the State Board of Elections as of the date this act becomes law, the personal representative of the estate may file the written designation within 90 days of the day this act receives preclearance under section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 2010.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 3:12 p.m. this 20th day of July, 2010