GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2019

 

SESSION LAW 2020-84

SENATE BILL 782

 

 

AN ACT amending the campaign finance laws to raise the limit on merchandise sales for political parties and to provide for at‑large election of district court judges in mecklenburg COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 163‑278.8A(b)(2) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Exempt Purchase Price. – A purchase price for goods or services sold by a political party executive committee or affiliated party committee qualifies for the exemption provided in subsection (a) of this section as long as the sale of the goods or services adheres to a plan that the treasurer has submitted to and that has been approved in writing by the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections. The Executive Director shall approve the treasurer's plan upon and only upon finding that all the following requirements are satisfied:

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(2)        That the total amount to be raised from sales under all plans by the committee does not exceed ten twenty thousand dollars ($10,000) ($20,000) per election cycle."

SECTION 1.(b)  This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to election cycles occurring on or after that date.

SECTION 2.(a)  G.S. 7A‑133 reads as rewritten:

"§ 7A‑133.  Numbers of judges by districts; numbers of magistrates and additional seats of court, by counties.

(a)               Each district court district shall have the numbers of judges as set forth in the following table:

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     26                                                              21                                              Mecklenburg

     26A                                                            3                                               (part of

                                                                                                                         Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

     26B                                                            3                                               (part of

                                                                                                                        Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

     26C                                                            2                                               (part of

                                                                                                                        Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

     26D                                                            2                                               (part of

                                                                                                                        Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

     26E                                                            3                                               (part of

                                                                                                                        Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

     26F                                                            3                                               (part of

                                                                                                                        Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

     26G                                                            2                                               (part of

                                                                                                                        Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

     26H                                                            3                                               (part of

                                                                                                                        Mecklenburg

                                                                                                                        see subsection (b))

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(b)        For district court districts of less than a whole county, or with part or all of one county with part of another, the composition of the district is as follows:

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(11)      District 26A: Mecklenburg County: VTD 001, VTD 008, VTD 018, VTD 019, VTD 032, VTD 035, VTD 036, VTD 047, VTD 048, VTD 057, VTD 067, VTD 069, VTD 071, VTD 074, VTD 091, VTD 096, VTD 103, VTD 106, VTD 113, VTD 119, VTD 136, VTD 215, VTD 216, VTD 217, VTD 218, VTD 219, VTD 220, VTD 221, VTD 233, VTD 234, VTD 236.

(12)      District 26B: Mecklenburg County: VTD 070, VTD 072, VTD 073, VTD 075, VTD 076, VTD 086, VTD 087, VTD 088, VTD 090, VTD 092, VTD 093, VTD 100, VTD 101, VTD 110, VTD 111, VTD 112, VTD 114, VTD 118, VTD 121, VTD 131, VTD 137, VTD 139.1, VTD 140, VTD 144, VTD 226, VTD 227, VTD 232.

(13)      District 26C: Mecklenburg County: VTD 127, VTD 133, VTD 134, VTD 142, VTD 143, VTD 150, VTD 151, VTD 202, VTD 206, VTD 207, VTD 208, VTD 209, VTD 223.1, VTD 224, VTD 240, VTD 241, VTD 242.

(14)      District 26D: Mecklenburg County: VTD 037, VTD 038, VTD 049, VTD 050, VTD 051, VTD 058, VTD 059, VTD 077, VTD 097, VTD 098, VTD 120, VTD 122, VTD 129, VTD 138, VTD 147, VTD 148, VTD 225, VTD 228, VTD 229, VTD 230, VTD 231, VTD 243.

(15)      District 26E: Mecklenburg County: VTD 002, VTD 005, VTD 007, VTD 009, VTD 010, VTD 012, VTD 013, VTD 014, VTD 016, VTD 017, VTD 020, VTD 021, VTD 022, VTD 023, VTD 024, VTD 025, VTD 029, VTD 031, VTD 039, VTD 040, VTD 041, VTD 046, VTD 052, VTD 053, VTD 078.1, VTD 079, VTD 080, VTD 081, VTD 109, VTD 200.

(16)      District 26F: Mecklenburg County: VTD 011, VTD 015, VTD 026, VTD 027, VTD 028, VTD 030, VTD 042, VTD 044, VTD 054, VTD 055, VTD 056, VTD 082, VTD 089, VTD 128, VTD 135, VTD 210, VTD 211, VTD 213, VTD 214, VTD 222, VTD 238.1.

(17)      District 26G: Mecklenburg County: VTD 003, VTD 004, VTD 043, VTD 060, VTD 061, VTD 104, VTD 105, VTD 107.1, VTD 123, VTD 126, VTD 132, VTD 141, VTD 145, VTD 146, VTD 149, VTD 204.1, VTD 212, VTD 237, VTD 239.

(18)      District 26H: Mecklenburg County: VTD 006, VTD 033, VTD 034, VTD 045, VTD 062, VTD 063, VTD 064, VTD 065, VTD 066, VTD 068, VTD 083, VTD 084, VTD 085, VTD 094, VTD 095, VTD 099, VTD 102, VTD 108, VTD 115, VTD 116, VTD 117, VTD 124, VTD 125, VTD 130, VTD 201, VTD 203, VTD 205, VTD 235.

The names and boundaries of voting tabulation districts specified for Mecklenburg County, Wake County, and Vance County in this section are as shown on the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Precinct boundaries for Union County are those shown on the Legislative Services Office's redistricting computer database on January 1, 2005; and for other counties are those reported by the United States Bureau of the Census under Public Law 94‑171 for the 1990 Census in the IVTD Version of the TIGER files.

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SECTION 2.(b)  Section 2(b) of S.L. 2018‑14 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 2.(b)  In order to implement the district court districts as enacted by this section, the following shall apply:

(1)        Judges in the following districts, as set out in this section, shall take office on January 1, 2019, with elections in 2018, and every four years thereafter, to be held accordingly:

a.         District 10A – one judge.

b.         District 10B – one judge.

c.         District 10D – three judges.

d.         District 10E – two judges.

e.         District 10F – one judge.

f.          District 26A – three judges.

g.         District 26B – one judge.

h.         District 26E – two judges.

i.          District 26F – two judges.

j.          District 26G – one judge.

(2)        Judges in the following districts, as set out in this section, shall take office on January 1, 2021, with elections in 2020, and every four years thereafter, to be held accordingly:

a.         District 10A – two judges.

b.         District 10B – two judges.

c.         District 10C – three judges.

d.         District 10D – three judges.

e.         District 10E – one judge.

f.          District 10F – two judges.

g.         District 26B – two judges.

h.         District 26C – two judges.

i.          District 26D – two judges.

j.          District 26E – one judge.

k.         District 26F – one judge.

l.          District 26G – one judge.

m.        District 26H – three judges."

SECTION 2.(c)  This section becomes effective January 1, 2021, and applies to elections conducted on or after that date. All elections in 2020 shall be conducted in accordance with the Consent Order as it was filed on November 27, 2019, in Alexander v. North Carolina State Board of Elections, 19 CVS 011321, Wake County.

SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 2020.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Philip E. Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Roy Cooper

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 5:38 p.m. this 1st day of July, 2020