NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 188

SENATE BILL 252

AN ACT TO CONFORM MOSQUITO DISTRICT ELECTIONS TO THE GENERAL ELECTION LAWS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 130-211(b) is amended by rewriting the third paragraph thereof to read:

"The Board of County Commissioners shall request the County Board of Elections to hold the election herein provided for and shall pay the expense of the election. The election shall be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. Notice shall be given as provided in G.S. 163-33(8)."

Sec. 2. G.S. 130-211(c) is amended by rewriting all of the subsection beginning with the fifth sentence to read as follows:

"At the request of the Commission for Health Services, the county commissioners of the several counties in which the proposed district lies shall request the county board of elections to hold an election on the question in substantially the form of the ballot set forth in subsection (b) herein. Each county shall bear the expense of the election held therein. The board of elections shall certify the results to the county commissioners and the Commission for Health Services. If a majority of the votes favor creation of the district and the levy of the special tax, the Commission for Health Services shall declare the district created and the county commissioners shall enter the certification upon the minutes of the board. Registration shall be in accordance with G.S. 163-288.2."

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of April, 1981.