NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 771

HOUSE BILL 1201

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SEVERABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS OF REDISTRICTING ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Article 1 of General Statutes Chapter 120 is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 120-2.1. Severability of Senate and House apportionment acts. - If any provision of any act of the General Assembly that apportions Senate or House districts is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision; and to this end the provisions of any said act are severable."

Sec. 2. Article 17 of General Statutes Chapter 163 is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 163-201.1. Severability of congressional apportionment acts. - If any provision of any act of the General Assembly that apportions congressional districts is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision; and to this end the provisions of any said act are severable."

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1981.