GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 957

SENATE BILL 893

 

AN ACT TO ELIMINATE NUMBERED SEATS FOR ELECTION OF JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURT TO MEET OBJECTIONS UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-106(d) is amended by deleting ", or two or more vacancies for the office of superior court judge".

Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6A.1 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes, the Administrative Officer of the Courts shall immediately submit this act to the Attorney General of the United States under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of July, 1986.