A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal laws and ordinances that were denied PRECLEARANCE under section 5 of the voting rights act of 1965.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 6A of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 120‑30.9J.  Repeal of acts and ordinances which were denied preclearance.
Any (i) city or county ordinance or resolution, (ii) act, policy, or resolution of a county board of elections, or (iii) public or local law enacted by the General Assembly, for which prior to January 1, 2013, the United States Department of Justice interposed an objection under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and did not withdraw its objection is repealed, except if the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a declaratory judgment that such ordinance, resolution, act, policy, or law did not violate Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.