NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION
FIRST EXTRA SESSION 1982

CHAPTER 5
SENATE BILL 1

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH SENATORIAL DISTRICTS AND TO APPORTION SEATS IN THE SENATE AMONG DISTRICTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 120-1, as amended by Chapter 821 of the 1981 Session Laws, is rewritten to read:
"§ 120-1. Senators. — (a) For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the Senate in 1982 and every two years thereafter, senatorial districts are established and seats in the Senate are apportioned among those districts as follows:
District 2 elects one Senator and consists of Bertie, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington Counties.
District 1 elects one Senator and consists of Beaufort, Camden, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico and Pasquotank Counties.
District 3 elects one Senator and consists of Carteret and Craven Counties.
District 4 elects one Senator and consists of Onslow County.
District 5 elects one Senator and consists of Duplin, Jones and Lenoir Counties and Columbia and Union Townships in Pender County.
District 6 elects one Senator and consists of Edgecombe and Halifax Counties and the following townships of Warren County: Hawtree, River, Roanoke, and Sixpound.
District 7 elects one Senator and consists of New Hanover County and the following townships of Pender County: Burgaw, Canetuck, Caswell, Grady, Holly, Long Creek, Rocky Point and Topsail.
District 8 elects one Senator and consists of Greene and Wayne Counties.
District 9 elects one Senator and consists of Martin and Pitt Counties.
District 10 elects one Senator and consists of Wilson County; and the following townships of Nash County: Coopers, Jackson, Mannings, Nashville, North Whitakers, Oak Level, Red Oak, Rocky Mount, South Whitakers and Stony Creek.
District 11 elects one Senator and consists of Franklin and Vance Counties; the following townships in Nash County: Baileys, Castalia, Dry Wells, Ferrells, Griffins; the following townships in Wake County: Bartons Creek, Leesville, Little River, New Light, and Wake Forest; and the following townships in Warren County: Fishing Creek, Fork, Judkins, Nutbush, Sandy Creek, Shocco, Smith Creek, and Warrenton.
District 12 elects two Senators and consists of the following townships of Cumberland County: Black River, Carvers Creek, Cedar Creek, Cross Creek, Eastover, Gray's Creek, Manchester, Pearces Mill, Rockfish and Seventy-First. '
District 13 elects two Senators and consists of Durham, Granville and Person Counties and the following townships of Orange County: Cedar Grove, Eno and Little River.
District 14 elects three Senators and consists of Harnett and Lee Counties and the following Townships of Wake County: Buckhorn, Cary, Cedar Fork, Holly Springs, House Creek, Marks Creek, Meredith, Middle Creek, Neuse, Panther Branch, Raleigh, St. Mary's, St. Matthew's, Swift Creek, and White Oak.
District 15 elects one Senator and consists of Johnston and Sampson Counties.
District 16 elects two Senators and consists of Chatham, Moore and Randolph Counties and the following townships of Orange County: Bingham, Chapel Hill, Cheeks and Hillsborough.
District 17 elects two Senators and consists of Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly and Union Counties.
District 18 elects one Senator and consists of Bladen, Brunswick and Columbus Counties and the Beaver Dam Township of Cumberland County.
District 19 elects one Senator and consists of the following townships of Forsyth County: Belews Creek and Kernersville; and consists of the following townships and precincts of Guilford County: Bruce Township, Center Grove Township, Clay Township, Fentress Township, Friendship Precinct I, Greene Township, Madison Township, Monroe Township, Greensboro Precincts 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 32, 34, and 35, and Oak Ridge Township, Rock Creek Township, and Washington Township.
District 20 elects two Senators and consists of the following townships of Forsyth County: Abbotts Creek, Bethania, Broadbay, Clemmonsville, Lewisville, Middle Fork, Old Richmond, Old Town, Salem Chapel, South Fork| Vienna and Winston Townships.
District 21 elects one Senator and consists of Alamance and Caswell Counties.
District 22 elects four Senators and consists of Cabarrus and Mecklenburg Counties.
District 23 elects two Senators and consists of Davidson, Davie and Rowan Counties.
District 24 elects two Senators and consists of Alleghany, Ashe, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry and Watauga Counties.
District 25 elects three Senators and consists of Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln and Rutherford Counties.
District 26 elects two Senators and consists of Alexander, Catawba, Iredell and Yadkin Counties.
District 27 elects two Senators and consists of Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Mitchell and Wilkes Counties.
District 28 elects two Senators and consists of Buncombe, McDowell, Madison and Yancey Counties.
District 29 elects two Senators and consists of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk, Swain and Transylvania Counties.
District 30 elects one Senator and consists of Hoke and Robeson Counties.
District 31 elects one Senator and consists of the following townships and precincts of Guilford County: Jefferson Township, Greensboro Precincts 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 19, 25, 29, and 30, High Point Precincts 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, and 19, Jamestown Precincts 1, 2, and 3, Sumner Township, and Block 921 of Census Tract 166 in High Point Township.
District 32 elects one Senator and consists of the following townships and precincts in Guilford County: Deep River Township, Friendship Precinct II, Greensboro Precincts 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, 26, 31, 33 and 36, and High Point Precincts 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20 and 21, but it does not include Block 921 of Census Tract 166 in High Point Township.
(b)	The names 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 census.
(c)	For Guilford County, precinct boundaries are as shown on the maps on file with the State Board of Elections on January 1, 1982, in accordance with G.S. 163-128(b)."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of February, 1982.