A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to delay the full implementation of the laws pertaining to the voter information verification act (viva) and paper ballots until the court has rendered its decision in currie v. north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 6.2 of S.L. 2013‑381 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 6.2.  Parts 1 through 6 of this act become effective as follows:
(1)	Parts 1 and 6 of this act are effective when this act becomes law.
(2)	Part 2 of this act becomes effective only after the date the court renders its decision in Currie v. North Carolina, and applies to primaries and elections conducted on or after that date. If the court in Currie v. North Carolina holds that the provisions of this Part are unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, this Part shall have no force or effect.
(3)	Part 3 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2014.
(4)	Part 4 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2014, and applies to primaries and elections held on or after that date, except that Section 4.6(b) is effective when it becomes law.
(5)	Part 5 of this act becomes effective October 1, 2013.
(6)	At any primary and election between May 1, 2014, and January 1, 2016, any registered voter may present that voter's photo identification to the elections officials at the voting place but may not be required to do so. At each primary and election between May 1, 2014, and January 1, 2016, each voter presenting in person shall be notified that photo identification will be needed to vote beginning in 2016 and be asked if that voter has one of the forms of photo identification appropriate for voting. If that voter indicates he or she does not have one or more of the types of photo identification appropriate for voting, that voter shall be asked to sign an acknowledgment of the photo identification requirement and be given a list of types of photo identification appropriate for voting and information on how to obtain those types of photo identification. The list of names of those voters who signed an acknowledgment is a public record."
SECTION 2.  Section 30.9 of S.L. 2013‑381 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 30.9.  This Part becomes effective only after the date the court renders its decision in Currie v. North Carolina. If the court in Currie v. North Carolina holds that the provisions of this Part are unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, this Part shall have no force or effect."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.