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Session Laws-I981

CHAPTER 1130

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H. B. 1428

AN A(;I'TU APPORTION TII[' DIS'I'RI(;I'S OT"|III' N0II'I'II CAROLINA
HOUSE OT' REPRESENTATIVES.

T'he General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section f. G.S. 120-2 is rewritten to reatl:
"$ I20 2. House apptsrtionmenl specified.-l-<rrr the purpose of nominating

and electing nrertrberu ol'the North Carolina llouse ol Represerrtatives in 1982

and periodically therealter, the State of North Oarolina shall tre divided inttr
the lbllowing d istricts:

District I shall consist ol'Camden, (lhowan, Ourrituck, Dare, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Tyrrell, and lVashington ()ounties, and shall elect two
Rep resentatives.

District 2 shall consist ol tseaulbrt and Hyde Counties, arrd shall elect otte
Representative.

District 3 shall consist ol'Craven, [.enoir, and Panrlico (]ounties, and shall
elect three Representatives.

District 4 shall consist ol'Oarteret and Onslow Counties, and shall elect three
Reprcsctrtutives.

District 5 shall consist ol' tsertie, Gates, llalilax, Hertford, Martin, and
Northampton Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.

District 6 shall consist of Edgecombe, Nash, and Wilson Courrties, and shall
elect lbur Representatives.

District 7 shall consist ol' Greene and Pitt Grunties, and shall elect two
Representatives.

District 8 shall consist ol Wayne ()ounty, and shall elect two
Representatives.

District 9 shall consist ol' f)uplin and Jones Counties, and shall elect one
Representative.

District l0 shall consist ol'Bladen, Pender, and Samp;on Countie;, and shall
elect two Representutives.

District ll shall consist of Brunswick and New Hanover (,'ounties, and shall
elect three Represcntatives.

District l2 shall consist ol' Columbus ()ounty, and shall elect tlne
Representative.

District l3 shall consist ol Rolrson, Hoke, and Slotland ()runtit's' and shall
elect t hree Representatives.

District 14 shall consist o[ Cumberland County, and shall elect five
Representatives.

District l5 shall consist of Hurnett and l.ee ()runt.ies, and shall elet't two
Representatives.

District l6 shall consist of Frarrklin arrd Johnstrln Oounties, and shall elect
two Representatives.

District 17 shall consist ol Wake County, and shall elect six Representatives.
District 18 shall consist of (,.aswell, Granville, Person, Vance, and \Yarren

Oounties, and shall elect three Reprcsentatives.
District l9 shall consist of Durham County, and shall elect three

Ilepresentati ves.
District 20 shall consist of Chatham, Orange, and Randolph Counties, and

shall elect lbur Representatives.

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District 2l shall consist o.t Mo<r_re_C.o9nty, and shall elect one Representative.

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shall c.nsist or Ric[ml],i c","tv;-;;*"fiii'erect one

District 23 sha, c.nsist of Anrxrn and Montgomery counties, and ehall erectone Representative.
District 24 shalr consist of cabarrus and Union counties, and sha[ erectthree Repre*ntatives.
District 25 sha' consist of s-tanry.county, an1! eha, erect one Representative.District 26 shau consist or Da;idso;;il D;;i"'c;;;ri*, iirixr,"u erectthree Representati ves.

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shall consist of Rowan countv, and sha, elect two

*"?.Hi::r''rlshall consist of Alamance countv, and shall elect two

""trr'*fi:r,'r'*shall 
consist of cuilford countv' and shall elect eeven

District B0 shall con"sist of Alleghany, Rockingham, Stokes, and SurryCounties, and shall elect lbur n"p.*"ilJiiL.
o"3;ff:r,31 .shall 

consist ;'-r;;ilh countv, and shatt elect rive
District J2 shall consist gf $h.", Ayery, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga, Witkes,and Yad.kin Counties, and shalt 

"t*if#if.pLntatives.
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a I e*o n rrl r, iilk ;, c" ;;b& a nd r red e r r coun ties,

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consier of Mecktenburg County, and shalt etect eighr

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consist of Gaston and Lincoln counties, and shalt elect four

District J6 sha, consist o'creverand, polk, and Rutherford counties, andehall consist ol' three Represen[atives.

,""'i$l"f;,shatl. co,iiut or M"o"*orr and Yancey countiee, and shau etect
District J8 sha, c'onsist of Buncombe, Henderson, and rransyrvaniaCountitx, and shall elect five n"pr*""f,tirl.'
District 39 shail consisr 

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H"y;;;;;f,;", Madison, and Swain C;ountiee,and shall elect two Reprrsentatives.

ur$trrct 40 sha, c.nsist or cherokee, cray, Graham, and Macon countiea,and shall elect one Representative.,,
See. 2. lggl Session Laws Chapter g00 is repealed.
sec' 3' (a) N,twithstanding c.s. toa-roo or any other provision of rawt. the contrarv, the .iring period ,ra"i erti"i" ro of Geneial-s'Liui""r"bnupt".r63 firr regisrative ,rf it'cs-istate s";ri;: a-,'r,";or* of Representatives, and u.s' House ot'Represe,ratrr*l ri,r t'rr""iili.gl# t9g2 onry, shail commence atl2:00.qrrr,. M',dav, !'ebruarv i;, igc?,';;l sha, expire at t2:00 noon onMonday, March I,198i.
(b) In additi.n' the s-tate &rard of Erections is hereby authorized toestablish the opening date. firr i*u;;"; oi "Grt"" bailots to be voted in the1982 Prirnary Electio. and said S"riJ.n;f i;"Uti.t, , U"g,r"frg iiiJl 

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as practicable perrding the printing.rttr,. iiir.L. Such opening date shall aleoapply t, anv re'crr,trum oi erectiin h"il ;; ll; date of the primary erection.

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Session Laws-I981 CHAPTER TT3O

Absentee battots authorized under G.S. 163-227(bXl) and G.s. 163-227(bX4) shall

Le .uu.'r,ttl utrrle r thc authority slxx:ilicrl hertrilt'
(c) The authority e,stablished in this serstion shall terntitrate lbllowing the

conduct rlf th1' Muy 4. l9tt2' Jlrirnnry clet:tions'

Sec. ,1. This act is el'l'err:tive upon ratil'icul'irltr'
tn the General Assembly read three timc+, and rutil'ied, this the 30th day of

October,1981.

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