GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001

SESSION LAW 2001-447
HOUSE BILL 1192

AN ACT to allow craven county more flexibility in modifying the manner of election of its board of commissioners.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. G.S. 153A‑60(4) and G.S. 153A‑61 are repealed.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 153A‑64 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A‑64.  Filing  copy of resolution.
If the resolution is approved under G.S.  153A-60, a certified true copy of the resolution shall be filed with the Secretary of State and with the Legislative Library. Before adopting any resolution under Part 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes, a county board of commissioners shall hold a public hearing on that resolution, and shall publish notice of the hearing at least 10 days before it is held."
SECTION 3. This act applies only to resolutions providing that all members of the board of commissioners shall be elected from single‑member districts. The board of commissioners may simultaneously with the process of adopting a resolution under this section also adopt a resolution delineating the proposed districts, which must be adopted prior to January 1, 2002, in order to apply to the 2002 election.
SECTION 4.  This act applies to Craven County only.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law but applies only to resolutions adopted before January 1, 2002.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of October, 2001.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives