NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 880

HOUSE BILL 709

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BY DISTRICTS IN GREENE COUNTY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Board of County Commissioners in Greene County shall consist of five members. For the purpose of nominating and electing the members of the Board of County Commissioners, the county shall be divided into five districts. The Board of County Commissioners, or its duly authorized agents, shall divide Greene County into five equal districts some time after the election referred to in Section 3 of this Act. A map of the districts shall be prepared and filed with the County Board of Elections, the Register of Deeds, and posted at the county courthouse.

In the primary, each political party shall nominate one candidate from each district. The candidate must be a resident of the district he represents, but shall be voted on by the qualified voters of the county as a whole in both the primary and general elections. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the primary shall be declared the nominee of his party from the district he represents.

Sec. 2. At the primary and general elections for county officers in Greene County, held in the year 1966, and quadrennially thereafter, the County Commissioners for Districts No. 1, 2 and 3 shall be nominated and elected for a term of four years. At the primary and general election for county officers held in the year 1968, and quadrennially thereafter, the County Commissioners for Districts No. 4 and 5 shall be nominated and elected for a term of four years.

Sec. 3. At the election for State of North Carolina Highway Bonds, called by the Governor, pursuant to Chapter 46, Session Laws of 1965, there shall be submitted to the voters of Greene County the issue as to whether or not the County Commissioners shall be elected from districts, as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of this Act. If a majority of those voting vote against the election of County Commissioners from districts, then this Act shall be null and void. If a majority of those voting vote in favor of the election of County Commissioners from districts, then the Board of County Commissioners shall be nominated and elected as provided in Sections 1 and 2 of this Act. The proposition shall be submitted in substantially the following language and form:

Vote by making an (x) in the square to the left of your choice:

[ ]   FOR electing County Commissioners from districts

[ ]   AGAINST electing County Commissioners from districts.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1965.