NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 556

HOUSE BILL 1005

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT APPEALS FROM THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BE HEARD IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WAKE COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 163-22 is hereby amended by adding thereto a new subsection (l), which shall read as follows:

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to obtain judicial review of any decision of the State Board of Elections rendered in the performance of its duties or in the exercise of its powers under this Chapter, the person seeking review must file his petition in the Superior Court of Wake County."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1981.