GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 588

SENATE BILL 109

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL LIBRARY REGISTRATION DEPUTIES TO REGISTER VOTERS IN ALL PUBLIC LIBRARIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 14 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section:

"§ 153A-272.  Designation of library employees to register voters. - The governing body of each public library with four or more employees shall designate at least one employee of the library to be appointed by the county board of elections to register voters pursuant to G.S. 163-80(a)(6). With the approval of the board of elections, additional employees may also be designated for this purpose by the governing body."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-80(a)(6) is amended by adding the following new sentence between the first and second sentences of that subdivision:  "Appointment of such deputies is mandatory for libraries covered by G.S. 153A-272; appointment is optional for other libraries."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-80(a)(6) is amended by adding the following sentence at the end of that subdivision:

"If, for good and valid reasons, the local public library director shall request that the county board of elections appoint 'replacement' special library registration deputies before the two-year term ends, the county board of elections shall do so."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1983.