GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 218

SENATE BILL 173

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTIES WHICH MAINTAIN VOTER RECORDS ON ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT PROVIDE DISCS OR TAPES TO STATE PARTIES ON THE SAME SCHEDULE AS LISTS TO COUNTY PARTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The next to the last sentence of G.S. 163-66 is amended by deleting "at least 120 days prior to each general election" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "once in each odd-numbered year, once during the first six calendar months of each even-numbered year, and once during the last six months of each even-numbered year".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-66 is amended by adding a new sentence at the end to read "The discs or tapes to be furnished to the State chairman shall be furnished as soon as practicable but no later than 30 days after the request, and the State chairman is required to return the tapes or discs to the county board of elections within 60 days after receiving them."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of April, 1983.