GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

 

 

SESSION LAW 2011-169

HOUSE BILL 66

 

 

AN ACT to provide geographic parity in representation on the Greene county board of commissioners.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.(a)  Sections 2 through 4 of this act become effective only if approved by a majority of the qualified voters of the County of Greene in a referendum.  The election shall be conducted by the Greene County Board of Elections in the 2012 general election.  The question on the ballot shall be:

"[ ] FOR           [ ] AGAINST

Providing for districts for members of the Greene County Board of Commissioners to reside in but continuing to allow all voters of Greene County to vote on all seats."

SECTION 1.(b)  If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the question, Sections 2 through 4 of this act become effective with respect to elections conducted in 2014 and thereafter. The terms of office of all members of the Board of Commissioners of Greene County elected in 2010 and 2012 expire on the first Monday in December of 2014. In the 2014 election, the three commissioners elected who receive the highest number of votes shall be elected to four-year terms, and the two commissioners elected who receive the fourth and fifth highest number of votes shall be elected to two-year terms. Successors shall be elected for four-year terms. Members shall reside in and represent the districts according to the apportionment plan adopted by this act, but the qualified voters of the entire county shall nominate all candidates for and elect all members of the board.

SECTION 2.  Until modified, the elections for the Greene County Board of Commissioners shall be conducted in the following districts:

District 1: Greene County: VTD: ARBA: Block(s) 0799503003017, 0799503003018, 0799503003019, 0799503003020, 0799503003021, 0799503003027, 0799503003028, 0799503003029, 0799503003034, 0799503003035, 0799503003036, 0799503003060, 0799503003061, 0799503003063, 0799503003064, 0799503003065, 0799503003066, 0799503003070, 0799503003071, 0799503003072; VTD: BEAR: 0799503002000, 0799503002007, 0799503002008, 0799503002009; VTD: SH1: 0799503001000, 0799503001001, 0799503001012, 0799503001013, 0799503001014, 0799503001018, 0799503001019, 0799503001020, 0799503001053, 0799503002010, 0799503002011, 0799503002012, 0799503002013, 0799503002014, 0799503002015, 0799503002016, 0799503002017, 0799503002018, 0799503002019, 0799503002020, 0799503002021, 0799503002022, 0799503002023, 0799503002024, 0799503002025, 0799503002026, 0799503002027, 0799503002028, 0799503002029, 0799503002030, 0799503002031, 0799503002033, 0799503002034, 0799503002035, 0799503002036, 0799503002037, 0799503002038, 0799503002052, 0799503002053, 0799503002054, 0799503003000, 0799503003001, 0799503003002, 0799503003003, 0799503003004, 0799503003005, 0799503003006, 0799503003007, 0799503003008, 0799503003009; VTD: SUGG: 0799503003037, 0799503003039, 0799503003040, 0799503003041, 0799503003042, 0799503003043, 0799503003044, 0799503003045, 0799503003046, 0799503003047, 0799503003048, 0799503003052, 0799503003053, 0799503003054, 0799503003055, 0799503003056, 0799503003057, 0799503003058, 0799503003059, 0799503003067, 0799503003068, 0799503003069, 0799503003073, 0799503004006, 0799503004007, 0799503004008, 0799503004009, 0799503004010, 0799503004011, 0799503004012, 0799503004013, 0799503004029.

District 2: Greene County: VTD: ARBA: Block(s) 0799502003016, 0799502003017, 0799502003033, 0799502003034, 0799502003035, 0799502003036, 0799502003037, 0799502003038, 0799502003053, 0799502003054, 0799502003055, 0799502003059, 0799502003060, 0799503002041, 0799503002042, 0799503002045, 0799503002046, 0799503002047, 0799503002048, 0799503003022, 0799503003023, 0799503003024, 0799503003025, 0799503003026, 0799503003030, 0799503003031, 0799503003032, 0799503003033; VTD: BEAR: 0799503002001, 0799503002002, 0799503002003, 0799503002004, 0799503002005, 0799503002006, 0799503002032, 0799503002039, 0799503002040, 0799503002049, 0799503002050, 0799503002051; VTD: SHIN, VTD: SUGG: Block(s) 0799503003010, 0799503003011, 0799503003012, 0799503003013, 0799503003014, 0799503003015, 0799503003016, 0799503003038, 0799503003049, 0799503003050, 0799503003051, 0799503003062.

District 3: Greene County: VTD: BULL, VTD: WALS.

District 4: Greene County: VTD: BEAR: Block(s) 0799501012031, 0799501012033, 0799501012034, 0799501012035, 0799501012036, 0799501012037, 0799501012038, 0799501012039, 0799501012042, 0799501012043, 0799501012044, 0799501012045, 0799501012046, 0799501013018, 0799501013023, 0799501013024, 0799501013025, 0799501013026, 0799501013027, 0799501013028, 0799501013029, 0799501013030, 0799501013031, 0799501022046, 0799501022047, 0799501022048; VTD: CAST, VTD: MAUR: Block(s) 0799501022037, 0799501022039, 0799501022040, 0799501022041, 0799501022043, 0799501022044, 0799501022045, 0799501022051, 0799501022054, 0799501022055, 0799501022056, 0799501022057, 0799501022058, 0799501022059, 0799501022061, 0799501022064, 0799501022067, 0799501022068; VTD: SH1: 0799503001002, 0799503001003, 0799503001004, 0799503001005, 0799503001006, 0799503001007, 0799503001008, 0799503001009, 0799503001010, 0799503001011, 0799503001015, 0799503001016, 0799503001017, 0799503001021, 0799503001022, 0799503001023, 0799503001024, 0799503001025, 0799503001026, 0799503001027, 0799503001028, 0799503001029, 0799503001030, 0799503001031, 0799503001032, 0799503001033, 0799503001034, 0799503001035, 0799503001036, 0799503001037, 0799503001038, 0799503001039, 0799503001040, 0799503001041, 0799503001042, 0799503001043, 0799503001044, 0799503001045, 0799503001046, 0799503001047, 0799503001048, 0799503001049, 0799503001050, 0799503001051, 0799503001052, 0799503001054, 0799503001055, 0799503001056, 0799503001057, 0799503001058, 0799503001059, 0799503001060, 0799503001061.

District 5: Greene County: VTD: HOOK, VTD: MAUR: Block(s) 0799501021000, 0799501022010, 0799501022011, 0799501022012, 0799501022014, 0799501022015, 0799501022016, 0799501022017, 0799501022018, 0799501022019, 0799501022020, 0799501022021, 0799501022022, 0799501022023, 0799501022024, 0799501022025, 0799501022026, 0799501022027, 0799501022028, 0799501022029, 0799501022030, 0799501022031, 0799501022032, 0799501022033, 0799501022034, 0799501022035, 0799501022036, 0799501022038, 0799501022042, 0799501022049, 0799501022050, 0799501022052, 0799501022053, 0799501022060, 0799501022062, 0799501022063, 0799501022065, 0799501022066.

SECTION 3.  Following the return of the 2020 Census, and each Census thereafter, the Greene County Board of Commissioners may revise the election districts.

SECTION 4.  The Greene County Commissioners shall submit the changes required by this act to the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

SECTION 5.  This act applies to Greene County only.

SECTION 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of June, 2011.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives