GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 973
HOUSE BILL 1663

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT SPECIAL LIBRARY REGISTRATION DEPUTIES AND SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION COMMISSIONERS NEED NOT RESIDE IN THE COUNTY WHERE THEY REGISTER VOTERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-80(a)(6) reads as rewritten:
"(6)	Local public library employees designated by the governing board of such public library to be appointed by the county board of elections as special library registration deputies.  Appointment of such deputies is mandatory for libraries covered by G.S. 153A-272; appointment is optional for other libraries.  Persons appointed under this subsection shall be given the oath contained in G.S. 163-41(b), and shall be authorized to accept applications to register on those days and during those hours said special deputies are on duty with their respective libraries.  If, for good and valid reasons, the local public library director shall request that the county board of elections appoint 'replacement' special library registration deputies before the two-year term ends, the county board of elections shall do so.  To serve as a special library registration deputy and accept applications to register in a county under this subdivision, a library employee need not reside in that county."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-80(a)(7) reads as rewritten:
"(7)	Public high school employees appointed under this subdivision.  A local board of education may, but is not required to, designate high school employees to be appointed by the county board of elections as special high school registration commissioners.  Only employees who volunteer for this duty, and who are acceptable to the county board of elections, may be designated by boards of education.  A special high school registration commissioner may register voters only while on duty as a high school employee and only at times and under arrangements approved by the local school board of education.  A person appointed under this subdivision shall take the oath prescribed in G.S. 163-41(b).  To serve as a special high school registration commissioner and accept applications to register in a county under this subdivision, a high school employee need not reside in that county."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 1992.

James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives