NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 33
HOUSE BILL 53

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATIVE TO CLOSING REGISTRATION BOOKS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 163‑59, as the same appears in the 1976 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting, in the last paragraph, the words and figures "the 21st day prior to the primary" in lieu of the words and figures "21 days prior to the primary."
Sec. 2. G.S. 163‑67(a), as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting the words and figures "later than the 21st day" in lieu of the words and figures "less than 21 days" where they appear in the first and fifth paragraphs of said section.
Sec. 3. G.S. 163‑69.1(b), as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting the words and figures "no later than the 21st day" in lieu of "no later than 21 days".
Sec. 4. G.S. 163‑74(b), as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting the words and figures "no later than the 21st day" in lieu of "not less than 21 days".
Sec. 5. G.S. 163‑288(c)(3), as the same appears in the 1976 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting the words "on the 21st day" in lieu of the words and figures "21 days".
Sec. 6. G.S. 163‑288.2(a), as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting the words and figures "on the 21st day" in lieu of the words and figures "21 days" as the same appears under METHOD A and METHOD B.
Sec. 7. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of February, 1981.