A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require that a person appointed to fill a vacancy in an elective office be eligible to vote for that office if an election was held on the date of appointment.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 128 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 128‑7.2. Qualifications for appointment to  fill vacancy in elective office.
No person is eligible for appointment to fill a vacancy in any elective office, whether State or local, unless that person would have been eligible to vote as an elector for that office if an election were to be held on the date of appointment. This section is intended to implement the provisions of Section 8 of Article VI of the Constitution."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 163‑11 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(e)	No person is eligible for appointment to fill a vacancy in the Senate or the House of Representatives under this section, unless that person would have been eligible to vote as an elector for that office if an election were to be held on the date of appointment. This section is intended to implement the provisions of Section 8 of Article VI of the Constitution."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.