GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 726

Short Title:  Carteret Commissioners Election.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Representatives Smith; and J. Preston.
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Referred to:  Local and Regional Government I.
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April 5, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXPAND THE CARTERET COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FROM FIVE TO SEVEN MEMBERS AND REAPPORTION THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION DISTRICTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Effective the first Monday in December of 1996, the Carteret County Board of Commissioners consists of seven members.
Sec. 2.  (a)	Carteret County is divided into two districts as provided by Section 3 of this act.
(b) The qualified voters of each district shall nominate candidates who reside in the district for seats apportioned to that district, and the qualified voters of the entire county shall elect all the members of the board.  The general election ballot shall provide for each district to be voted on separately.
(c) In 1996 and quadrennially thereafter, all the members shall be elected for four-year terms.
Sec. 3.  One member of the Carteret County Board of Commissioners shall be elected each from Districts 1, 2, 4, and 5, and three members of the Carteret County Board of Commissioners shall be elected from District 3.
Sec. 4.  The districts are as follows:
District 1 consists of White Oak Township and that part of Morehead Township in the corporate limits of the Town of Emerald Isle.
District 2 consists of Newport Township.
District 3 consists of: Harlowe Township and all of Morehead Township except the area within the corporate limits of the Town of Emerald Isle.
District 4 consists of Beaufort Township, and in Straits Township that area South of Highway 70 and between the North River and Wards Creek, being 1990 U.S. Census Tract 9701: Block Group 4: Block 487, Block 488, Block 489, Block 499G; Tract 9703: Block Group 6: Block 641B; Block Group 7: Block 722B.
	District 5 consists of Atlantic Township, Cedar Island Township, Davis Township, Harkers Island Township, Marshallberg Township, Merrimon Township, Portsmouth Township, Sea Level Township, Smyrna Township, Stacy Township, and all of Straits Township except that part in District 4.
Sec. 5.  Chapter 1043, Session Laws of 1963, and Chapter 723, Session Laws of 1965, are repealed.
Sec. 6.  Sections 1 through 5 of this act do not affect the terms of office or manner of filling the vacancy of any person serving on the Board of Commissioners of Carteret County previously elected for a term expiring in 1996.
Sec. 7.  This act is effective upon ratification.