A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to permit the columbus county board of elections to use a traditional precinct line along the boundary of the black creek school district and to place all the residents of the town of lake waccamaw in the same precinct.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 163‑132.3, the Columbus County Board of Elections may designate precincts in Columbus County as follows:
(1)	Williams 1 Precinct: All of Williams 1 Precinct as shown on the General Assembly's Redistricting Database on October 20, 2003, minus the territory designated as part of South Williams Precinct in subdivision (3) of this section.
(2)	Williams 2 Precinct: All of Williams 2 Precinct as shown on the General Assembly's Redistricting Database on October 20, 2003, minus the territory designated as part of South Williams Precinct in subdivision (3) of this section.
(3)	South Williams Precinct: All of South Williams Precinct as shown on the General Assembly's Redistricting Database on October 20, 2003, and in addition the territory shown on that database as those parts of Williams 1 Precinct and Williams 2 Precinct that lie south of the boundary set for Williams and South Williams townships in Chapter 476 of the Session Laws of 1943, following what was commonly known as the boundary of the Black Creek School District.
SECTION 2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 163‑132.3, the Columbus County Board of Elections may designate precincts in Columbus County as follows:
(1)	Bogue Precinct: All of Bogue Precinct as shown on the General Assembly's Redistricting Database on October 20, 2003, minus any territory designated as part of Waccamaw Precinct in subdivision (3) of this section.
(2)	Bolton Precinct: All of Bolton Precinct as shown on the General Assembly's Redistricting Database on October 20, 2003, minus the territory designated as part of Waccamaw Precinct in subdivision (3) of this section.
(3)	Waccamaw Precinct: All of Waccamaw Precinct as shown on the General Assembly's Redistricting Database on October 20, 2003, and in addition the territory shown on that database as those parts of Bogue Precinct and Bolton Precinct that lie within the municipal limits of the Town of Lake Waccamaw on June 1, 2007.
SECTION 3.  The Columbus County Board of Elections shall comply with G.S. 163‑132.5G.  For purposes of compliance with that section, the precincts shall be as the precincts were on January 1, 2007.  
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.