GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SECOND EXTRA SESSION 1984

 

 

CHAPTER 4

SENATE BILL 2

 

AN ACT TO REAPPORTION SENATE DISTRICT 22.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 120-1(a) is amended by deleting Senate District 22 and substituting the following districts in the appropriate numerical sequence:

"District 22 elects one Senator and consists of Cabarrus County and the following precincts of Mecklenburg County: Charlotte Precincts 62 and 64, Clear Creek Precinct, Matthews Precinct, Mint Hill Precincts 1 and 2, Morning Star Precinct, and Providence Precinct.

District 33 elects one Senator and consists of the following precincts of Mecklenburg County: Charlotte Precincts 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 25, 27, 2, 31, 3, 41, 42, 44, 46, 52, 54, 55, 56, 60, 77, 78, and 82, and Long Creek Precinct 2.

District 34 elects one Senator and consists of the following precincts of Mecklenburg County: Charlotte Precincts 3, 4, 5, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 33, 40, 43, 45, 53, 61, 7, 80, 81, 83, 84, and 8, and Berryhill Precinct, Cornelius Precinct, Crab Orchard Precincts 1 and 2, Davidson Precinct, Huntersville Precinct, Lemly Precint, Long Creek Precinct 1, Mallard Creek Precincts 1 and 2, Oakdell Precinct, Paw Creek Precincts 1 and 2, and Steel Creek Precincts 1 and 2.

District 35 elects one Senator and consists of the following precincts of Mecklenburg County: Charlotte Precincts 1, 6, 7, 8, , 10, 17, 18, 1, 20, 21, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 47, 48, 4, 50, 51, 57, 58, 5, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 6, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 85, 86, and 88, and Pineville Precinct."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 120-1(c) is amended by adding the following at the end:

"For Mecklenburg County, precinct boundaries are as shown on the current maps in use on January 31, 184, by the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections under G.S. 163-128(b).

If any changes in precinct boundaries are made, the areas on the maps shall still remain in the same Senate District."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 120-1(a) is further amended by deleting "in 182 and every two years thereafter", and inserting in lieu thereof "in 1984 and every two years thereafter".

Sec. 3.1.  In the event that the U. S. Supreme Court reverses the opinion of the U. S. District Court which held the composition of Senate District 22 to violate the Voting Rights Act, then Sections 1 through 3 of this act are repealed and the prior law as to Senate District 22 is revived as to any future election.

Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of March, 1984.