GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 533

Short Title:  Forsyth Commissioners Election.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Rhodes, Duncan, Decker, and Esposito.
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Referred to:  Government.
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March 13, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE METHOD OF ELECTION OF THE FORSYTH COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SO AS TO IMPLEMENT A FEDERAL COURT JUDGMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  (a)	For the purpose of nominating and electing the five members of the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners, Forsyth County is divided into five single-member nominating electoral districts as provided by Section 2 of this act.
(b)	One member of said Board shall be nominated and elected from each of the five districts.  Candidates, who must reside in the district from which election is sought, shall be nominated in a partisan primary election solely by the qualified voters residing in that district.  Winners of the primary elections shall stand for election from their districts in an at-large general election by all of the qualified voters of Forsyth County.  Continued district residency is required.
Sec. 2.  As described by 1980 census tracts and townships, the five nominating districts are as follows:
(a)	District 1 comprises in Winston Township Tracts 3.01, 3.02, 4.00, 5.01, 5.02, 6.00, 7.00, 8.01, 17.00; portions of tracts as follows:  Tract 8.02 Block Groups 1, 5, 6; Tract 8.02 Blocks 201-208, 308, 311, 410, 411, 413, 414, 418; Tract 14.00 Blocks 101, 105, 106, 113, 114, 117, 118, 119, 122, 124, 125, 126, 128-133; Tract 14.00 Blocks 202, 204, 206, 207, 225; Tract 16.01 Block Groups 1 and 2; Tract 16.01 Blocks 302, 304, 305, 306, 314, 315; Tract 16.02 Block Group 2; Tract 16.02 Blocks 106-112, 115, 117, 119, 121-130; Tract 18.00 Block Group 4; Tract 18.00 Blocks 116, 117, 311-314, 318; Tract 19.01 Block Group 1; Tract 27.00 Blocks 115-118, 130-135, 138, 139, 141; Tract 30.00 Block Group 4; Tract 33.03 Blocks 303-308, 317; and Tract 35.00 Block Groups 1 and 2.
(b)	District 2 comprises in Broadbay Township Tract 34.00 Blocks 202, 211, 212, 214, 215, 218, 411, 903; and Tract 35.00 Block Groups 1, 2, 3; in South Fork Township Tract 22.02 and Tract 38.01 Block 913; in Winston Township Tracts 1.00, 2.00, 9.00, 10.00, 11.00, 12.00, 19.02, 20.01, 20.02, 21.00, 22.00, 23.00, 24.00, 25.02, 38.02; portions of tracts as follows:  Tract 8.02 Blocks 210, 301, 304-307, 313, 314; Tract 18.00 Blocks 110-115, Block Group 2 Blocks 301-310, 315-317; Tract 19.01 Block Group 2; Tract 25.01 Block Groups 3 and 4; Tract 34.00 Blocks 203, 205-210, 215, 216, 218, Block Group 3; Tract 35.00 Block Group 3; Tract 37.00 Blocks 102-106, 109, 110, 117-122; Tract 39.01 Block Groups 1, 2, 9; Tract 39.02 Block Group 2; and Tract 39.02 Blocks 101, 103, 104, 113-116, 118-120, 122-124, 127, 128.
(c)	District 3 comprises in Broadbay Township Tract 35.00 Blocks 904-906, and Tract 36.00; all of Clemmonsville Township and Lewisville Township; in Old Richmond Township Tracts 28.01 and 41.00; in South Fork Township Tracts 36.00 and 37.00; Tract 38.01 Block Groups 1 and 2; Tract 38.01 Blocks 901, 906, 912, 914-918; and Tracts 38.02, 39.01, 39.02; in Vienna Township Tract 28.01, Tract 40.03 Lewisville, Tract 40.03 Remainder, and Tract 41.00; in Winston Township Tract 36.00, Tract 37.00 Block 912, Tract 38.01, Tract 39.02 Block 121, and Tract 39.02 Block Group 3.
(d)	District 4 comprises in Bethania Township Tract 28.01 Remainder, Tract 28.03 Rural Hall Town, Tract 28.03 Stanleyville, Tract 28.04 Remainder, Tract 28.05 Remainder, Tract 28.05 Rural Hall Town, and Tract 29.01 Stanleyville; in Middle Fork Township Tracts 15.00, 29.01, 29.02, 33.03; in Old Richmond Township Tract 28.05; in Old Town Township Tracts 26.03, 26.04, 27.00, 28.01, 28.03, 28.04, 39.02; in Salem Chapel Township Tract 29.01 Block Group 1; in Winston Township Tracts 12.00, 13.00, 14.00, 15.00, 26.01, 26.03, 28.03, 28.04, 29.01, 29.02; portions of tracts as follows: Tract 16.01 Blocks 308-312; Tract 16.02 Block 101; Tract 25.01 Block Groups 1, 2; Tract 27.00 Blocks 101, 103, 107, 119-122, 126-129, 136, 137, 140, 142; and Tract 27.00 Block Groups 2, 9.
(e)  District 5 comprises all of Abbotts Creek Township and Belews Creek Township; in Bethania Township Tract 28.03 Remainder, and Tract 29.01 Remainder; in Broadbay Township Tracts 33.02, 33.03, 33.04; portions of tracts as follows: Tract 34.00 Block Group 1 Blocks 201 and 203; Tract 34.00 Blocks 402, 403, 405-410, 412-419; and Tract 34.00 Blocks 901, 902, 904-909, 914-918, 924, 925; all of Kernersville Township; in Middle Fork Township Tracts 16.01, 17.00, 30.00; and portions of a tract as follows: Tract 33.04 Block 205; in Salem Chapel Township Tracts 28.03, 29.02, 30.00, 30.01, 30.02; and portions of tracts as follows: Tract 29.01 Block Group 2; in Winston Township Tract 18.00 Blocks 103-109; Tract 30.00 Block Groups 5, 6; Tract 33.03 Blocks 302, 309, 310; Tract 33.03 Blocks 314-316, 318-326, 410, 411; Tract 33.04 Block 205; and Tract 34.00 Block Group 1 Blocks 201 and 202.
Sec. 3.  (a)	The two members to be elected from Districts 1 and 2 shall be elected in 1990 and quadrennially thereafter for four-year terms.
(b)	The three members to be elected from Districts 3, 4 and 5 shall be elected in 1992 and quadrennially thereafter for four-year terms.
Sec. 4.  Any person appointed to fill a vacancy on the Board of Commissioners must reside within the same district as the member whose seat is vacated.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply to elections held in 1990 and thereafter.