A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to realign the united states congressional districts following the return of the 2010 federal decennial census.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑201 is rewritten to read:
"Article 17.
"Members of United States House of Representatives.
"§ 163‑201.  Congressional districts specified.
(a)	For purposes of nominating and electing members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States in 2012 and every two years thereafter; the State of North Carolina shall be divided into 13 districts as follows:
District 1:
 (b)	The names and boundaries of voting tabulation districts, tracts, block groups, and blocks specified in this section are as shown on the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
(c)	If any voting tabulation district boundary is changed, that change shall not change the boundary of a congressional district, which shall remain the same as it is depicted by the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
(d)	If this section does not specifically assign any area within North Carolina to a district, and the area is:
(1)	Entirely surrounded by a single district, the area shall be deemed to have been assigned to that district.
(2)	Contiguous to two or more districts, the area shall be deemed to have been assigned to that district which contains the least population according to the 2010 United States Census.
(3)	Contiguous to only one district and to another state or the Atlantic Ocean, the area shall be deemed to have been assigned to that district."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2012.