NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 334

HOUSE BILL 155

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-278.23 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection at the end to read as follows:

"(9)      The Executive Secretary-Director of the Board of Elections shall issue written rulings to candidates and may issue written rulings to the communications media and political committees, upon request, regarding filing procedures and compliance with this Article. Any such ruling so issued shall specifically refer to this subsection. If the candidate, communications media, or political committees rely on and comply with the ruling of the Executive Secretary-Director of the Board of Elections, then prosecution on account of the procedure followed pursuant thereto and prosecution for failure to comply with the statute inconsistent with the written ruling of the Executive Secretary-Director of the Board of Elections issued to the candidate involved shall be barred. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit or delay the regular and timely filing of reports."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1975.