A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow the citizens of union county to determine if district representation should be implemented for the union county board of commissioners.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Part 4 of Article 4 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is suspended until January 1, 2010.
SECTION 2.  INSERT DISTRICTS
SECTION 3.  The election districts as set out in Section 2 of this act may be redrawn as required by federal and State law following each decennial federal census.
SECTION 4.  The Union County Board of Elections shall place on the ballot during the 2008 primary election a referendum for the purpose of submission to the qualified voters of Union County the question of whether or not the structure of the board of county commissioners shall be altered to  _________________. The Union County Board of Elections shall adopt a procedure to provide for legal notice of the referendum consistent with the intent of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.
SECTION 5.  In the election, the ballot shall be separate from other ballots used at the election, and the question on the ballot shall be:
"Shall the structure of the board of commissioners be altered such that _____________________________.
[ ] FOR	[ ] AGAINST"
SECTION 6.  In the election, if a majority of the votes are cast "YES", Sections ___ of this act shall become effective on the date that the Union County Board of Elections certifies the results of the election.  Otherwise, Sections 1 through 6 of this act shall have no force and effect.
SECTION 7.  This act is effective when it becomes law.