GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-103
SENATE BILL 1112

AN ACT TO ALLOW ABSENTEE VOTING IN LAURINBURG CITY ELECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE MUNICIPAL BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Charter of the City of Laurinburg, being Chapter 586, Session Laws of 1989, is amended by adding a new section to read:
"Sec. 4-2.  Absentee Voting.  Absentee voting shall be allowed in the City of Laurinburg if city elections are conducted by a municipal board of elections, and any references in G.S. 163-302 and Articles 20 and 21 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes that refer to the county board of elections shall, for the City of Laurinburg, refer to the municipal board of elections if city elections are conducted by a municipal board of elections.  The State Board of Elections may adopt rules to regulate this section."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective with respect to all elections held on or after January 1, 1999.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of August, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives