GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 887
SENATE BILL 1181

AN ACT TO ALTER THE MANNER OF ELECTION OF THE CRAVEN COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Section 2 of Chapter 972, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 2.  One member each shall be elected for each district.  Only voters residing in Districts 3 or 5 may vote in the primaries and elections for the member from that district.  Only voters residing in Districts 1, 2, 4, 6, or 7 may vote in the primaries from that district, but voters from the entire area of Districts 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7 shall vote in the election for all five of those seats, which shall appear as separate positions on the ballot.
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Sec. 2.  Section 3 of Chapter 972, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3.  The seven districts are as follows:
District 1–This district consists of all of Townships 1 and 2.
District 2–This district consists of all 
	of Townships 3 and 9; Peppercorn Road (including homes on both sides of the road in this district); and the remaining portion of Township 8 within 1980 census enumeration Districts 264A, 264U and 265D except for:  (1)	the portion of 265D northeast of the intersection of Trent Road and U.S. 70 By-Pass and east of a line running from that point to the western end of Meadowbrook Avenue (excluding all of the homes on Meadowbrook from this district and putting them in District 4); and (2)	the portion of 265D which includes Fairwoods Lane and the southern side of Amhurst Boulevard between Glenburnie Road and Fairwoods Lane (excluding Fairwoods Lane and that portion of Amhurst Boulevard from this district and placing them in District 4). 
District 4–This district consists of
	the portion of Township 8 not in District 2 or District 3.
District 3–This district consists of the Pembroke Water and Sewer District plus the portion of the City of New Bern east and north of the following line running roughly north to south from its beginning at the northern most point where the city limits meet the Neuse River:  Southwest along the city limits to East Rose Street, west on Rose Street to Jack Smith Creek, southwest along the creek to Hazel Avenue Extension (including all of Carver Street in the district), south on Hazel Avenue to Neuse Boulevard, southeast on Neuse to Chattawka Lane, south on Chattawka to Trent Boulevard, west on Trent to Fifth Street, south on Fifth across U.S. 70 By-Pass to Lanes Branch the southern city limit), and east from that point along the city limits to the Trent River.
District 7–This district consists of all 
	of Township 7 and that portion of Township 6 west of the following line running north to south from the western boundary of the U.S. Marine Corps Cherry Point Air Station (USMAC) at the Neuse River: South along the western boundary line of USMAC to its intersection with Cedar Creek, south along Cedar Creek to Slocum Creek, south with the southwest prong of Slocum Creek to the Atlantic & East Carolina Railroad, southeast along the railroad to State Road 1756, southwest on 1756 to the Camp Lejeune Railroad, southwest along the railroad to the Carteret County line.  This district is the same as Board of Education District 5 as described in Chapter 236 of the Session Laws of 1983.
District 6– This district consists of all
	the area between the eastern boundary of District 7 as described above and the following line running north to south from the mouth of Hancock Creek at the Neuse River:  South along the run of Hancock Creek to a point where Roosevelt Boulevard extended would intersect Hancock Creek, west and south on Roosevelt to U.S. Highway 70, south on 70 to the Carteret County line.  This district is the same as Board of Education District 6 as described in Chapter 236 of the Session Laws of 1983.
District 5–This district consists of all of Township 5 and the portion of Township 6 east of the eastern boundary of District 6 described above.  This district is the same as Board of Education District 7 as described in Chapter 236 of the Session Laws of 1983."
Sec. 3.  Section 4 of Chapter 972, Session Laws of 1987, reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 4.  If a member elected pursuant to this act dies, resigns or otherwise leaves office, the person appointed to fill the vacancy must reside in the same district as the member leaving office.  "
Sec. 4.  The provisions of G.S. 153A-22 shall continue to apply to the districts for nomination and elections provided by this act.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification, applies to elections held in 1994 and thereafter, and to vacancies occurring on or after persons elected in 1994 and thereafter take office.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 1992.

James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives