NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 368

SENATE BILL 453

 

AN ACT TO MAKE PART 3 OF ARTICLE 36 OF CHAPTER 160 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES APPLICABLE TO THE CITY OF ROANOKE RAPIDS IN HALIFAX COUNTY SUBJECT TO A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE IN ROANOKE RAPIDS TOWNSHIP.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. If approved pursuant to Section 2 of this act, G.S. 160-453.24 is hereby amended by striking the period at the end of the first paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof a comma and the following: "provided the provisions of this Part shall apply to the City of Roanoke Rapids in Halifax County."

Sec. 2. The Halifax County Board of Elections shall at the Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 6, 1973, prepare and submit to the voters of Roanoke Rapids Township a ballot with the question presented: "FOR STATEWIDE ANNEXATION LAW" and "AGAINST STATEWIDE ANNEXATION LAW". The election shall be conducted in accordance with the laws, rules and regulations governing elections of municipalities insofar as practical. No absentee ballots shall be permitted. No new or special registration shall be required and all persons eligible to vote in said Township in County elections shall be eligible to vote on this question. If a majority of those voting vote "FOR STATEWIDE ANNEXATION LAW", then G.S. 160-453.24 shall be amended as provided in Section 1 of this act. If a majority of those voting vote "AGAINST STATEWIDE ANNEXATION LAW", G.S. 160-453.24 shall not be so amended.

Sec. 3. This act shall apply only to the City of Roanoke Rapids.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of May, 1973.