NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 894

SENATE BILL 87

 

 

AN ACT TO DIVIDE NORTH CAROLINA INTO ELEVEN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-201 is rewritten to read:

"§ 163-201. Congressional districts specified. - (a) For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States in 1982 and every two years thereafter, the State of North Carolina shall be divided into 11 districts as follows:

FIRST DISTRICT: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Greene, Hertford, Hyde, Lenoir, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.

SECOND DISTRICT: Alamance, Caswell, Chatham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Person, Vance, Warren, and Wilson Counties.

THIRD DISTRICT: Bladen, Duplin, Harnett, Johnston, Jones, Lee, Onslow, Pender, Sampson, and Wayne Counties.

FOURTH DISTRICT: Durham, Orange, and Wake Counties.

FIFTH DISTRICT: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Forsyth, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, and Wilkes Counties.

SIXTH DISTRICT: Davidson, Guilford, and Randolph Counties; and only the following townships of Moore County: Township 1 (Carthage), Township 3 (Sheffields), Township 4 (Ritters), Township 5 (Deep River), and Township 6 (Greenwood).

SEVENTH DISTRICT: Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, New Hanover, and Robeson Counties.

EIGHTH DISTRICT: Anson, Cabarrus, Davie, Hoke, Montgomery, Richmond, Rowan, Scotland, Stanly, Union, and Yadkin Counties; and all townships of Moore County except: Township 1 (Carthage), Township 3 (Sheffields), Township 4 (Ritters), Township 5 (Deep River), Township 6 (Greenwood).

NINTH DISTRICT: Iredell, Lincoln, and Mecklenburg Counties.

TENTH DISTRICT: Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, and Watauga Counties.

ELEVENTH DISTRICT: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey Counties.

(b)        The name and boundaries of townships specified in this section are as they were legally defined and in effect as of January 1, 1980, and recognized in the 1980 U.S. Census."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

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