AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF THE HARKERS ISLAND SANITARY DISTRICT BOARD ON THE SAME DATE AS GENERAL ELECTIONS IN EVEN‑NUMBERED YEARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑279(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Officers of sanitary districts elected in 1970 shall hold office until the first Monday in December, 1973, notwithstanding G.S. 130‑126. Beginning in 1973, sanitary district elections shall be held at the times provided in this section or in G.S. 130A‑50(f) or G.S. 130A‑50(b1)."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 130A‑50 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(f)	Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this section, sanitary district elections shall be held on the same date as general elections in even‑numbered years under G.S. 163‑1."
SECTION 3.  This act applies to the Harkers Island Sanitary District only. The terms of office of those sanitary district board members whose terms end in 2011 are extended until their successors are elected and qualified in 2012. The terms of office of those sanitary district board members whose terms end in 2013 are extended until their successors are elected and qualified in 2014.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 2011.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives