A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide geographic parity in representation on 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, 2013.
SECTION 2.  The 2010 election for the Union County Board of Commissioners shall be conducted using three at-large seats in the western half of Union County and two at-large seats in the eastern half of Union County. The Union County Commissioners shall submit the changes required by this act to the U.S. Department of Justice pursuant to section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
SECTION 3.  This act applies to Union County only.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.