NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 154

SENATE BILL 242

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN OF A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO ADMINISTER OATHS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended to add a new section to read:

"§ 163-33.1. Power of chairman to administer oaths. - The chairman of the county board of elections is authorized to administer to election officials specified in G.S. 163-80 the required oath, and may also administer the required oath to witnesses appearing before the county board at a duly called public hearing."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of March, 1981.