NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 764

SENATE BILL 843

AN ACT TO AMEND "THE NORTH CAROLINA METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICTS ACT", G.S. 162A-66 AND G.S. 162A-68 TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PETITIONS THEREUNDER MUST BE SIGNED BY QUALIFIED VOTERS RATHER THAN FREEHOLDERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 162A-66 is amended on line 15 by deleting the word "freeholders" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "qualified voters".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 162A-68 is amended on line 4 by deleting the word "freeholders" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "qualified voters", and one line 64 by deleting the word "freeholder" and by substituting in lieu thereof the words "qualified voters".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of June, 1977.