GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 612
HOUSE BILL 1131

AN ACT TO PERMIT EXTENSION OF CANDIDATE FILING FOR LOCAL OFFICES IN PASQUOTANK COUNTY WHEN THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE IS CLOSED ON THE LAST DAY FOR FILING DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-106 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c1)	Whenever a county board of elections office is closed due to severe weather conditions during the entire period from the opening of the office of the county board of elections on the last day for filing notices of candidacy under subsection (c) of this section until 12:00 noon on that day, notices of candidacy for county office or any office where the election district covers no part of any other county may be timely filed until 12:00 noon on the next business day that the county board of elections office is open."
Sec. 2.  This act applies to Pasquotank County only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1996.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives