GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 809
HOUSE BILL 1454

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH ELECTORAL DISTRICTS FOR THE MERGED EDGECOMBE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The Edgecombe County Board of Education shall consist of seven members.  One member each shall be elected from the seven districts described in Section 7.  Only those voters residing in a district shall be eligible to vote in elections for that district.  A person must reside in a district to be eligible to be a candidate for that district or to serve as the member representing the district.
Sec. 2.  Elections shall be nonpartisan and shall be held in even-numbered years at the same time as party primaries for county offices.
Sec. 3.  Elections shall be determined by a substantial plurality as provided in G.S. 163-111 for party primaries.  Any runoff, if needed, shall be held at the same time as the second primary for county offices.
Sec. 4.  Members shall take office at the first regular meeting of the board in July following their election.
Sec. 5.  Board members shall be elected for four-year, staggered terms.  All seven members shall be elected in 1994.  The members elected at that time from Districts 1, 3, 5, and 7 shall serve initial terms of four years, and their successors shall be elected in 1998 and every four years thereafter.  The members elected in 1994 from Districts 2, 4, and 6 shall serve initial terms of two years, and their successors shall be elected in 1996 and every four years thereafter.
Sec. 6.  Any vacancy on the board shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board.  The person appointed to fill the vacancy must reside in the district in which the vacancy occurs.  The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall serve the remainder of the unexpired term of the vacating member.
Sec. 7.  The boundaries of the districts are as listed below.  The names and boundaries of precincts (voting tabulation districts), tracts, block groups, and blocks, specified in this attachment, are as they were legally defined and recognized in the 1990 U.S. Census. Boundaries are as shown on the IVTD Version of the United States Bureau of the Census 1990 TIGER Files.

District 1: Edgecombe County: Precinct 6-1 *, Precinct 7-1 *, Precinct 12-4 *: Tract 0203: Block Group 7: Block 706A, Block 707A, Block 708A, Block 709A; Tract 0204: Block Group 6: Block 602, Block 603, Block 604; Block Group 7: Block 703A, Block 704A, Block 708A, Block 708B, Block 709A, Block 715, Block 716, Block 717, Block 718, Block 719, Block 720, Block 721A, Block 722A, Block 723, Block 724, Block 725, Block 726, Block 727, Block 728, Block 729, Block 730, Block 731, Block 732, Block 733, Block 734, Block 735; Precinct 12-5 *: Tract 0204: Block Group 2: Block 201; Tract 0206: Block Group 1: Block 125, Block 126A, Block 127, Block 128A, Block 129, Block 130A, Block 131, Block 132, Block 133, Block 134, Block 135, Block 136.

District 2: Edgecombe County: Precinct 1-1 *: Tract 0208: Block Group 2: Block 239, Block 240, Block 241, Block 242, Block 243A, Block 244A; Tract 0209: Block Group 1: Block 101, Block 102, Block 103, Block 104, Block 105, Block 106, Block 107, Block 108, Block 109, Block 110, Block 111, Block 112, Block 115A, Block 115B; Block Group 3: Block 301A, Block 301B, Block 302, Block 303A, Block 303B, Block 304, Block 305, Block 306, Block 307, Block 308, Block 309, Block 310, Block 311, Block 312, Block 313, Block 314, Block 315, Block 316A, Block 316B, Block 317A, Block 317B, Block 319A; Tract 0210: Block Group 5: Block 524, Block 525, Block 526, Block 529, Block 533, Block 534, Block 535; Block Group 7, Block Group 8; Tract 0211: Block Group 3: Block 303; Precinct 3-1 *: Tract 0208: Block Group 1: Block 116, Block 117, Block 118, Block 119, Block 120, Block 121, Block 122, Block 123, Block 124, Block 125, Block 126, Block 127A, Block 127B, Block 128, Block 129A, Block 129B, Block 130, Block 131, Block 132, Block 133A, Block 133B, Block 134, Block 151, Block 152, Block 153, Block 154, Block 155, Block 156A, Block 156B, Block 157; Block Group 2: Block 214, Block 216; Precinct 4-1 *, Precinct 5-1 *.

District 3: Edgecombe County: Precinct 1-1 *: Tract 0209: Block Group 1: Block 113, Block 114, Block 116, Block 117, Block 118, Block 119, Block 120, Block 121; Block Group 3: Block 318A, Block 318B, Block 319B, Block 319C, Block 320, Block 321, Block 322, Block 323, Block 324, Block 325, Block 326, Block 327; Precinct 1-2 *: Tract 0209: Block Group 2: Block 201, Block 202, Block 203, Block 204A, Block 204B, Block 205, Block 206, Block 207A, Block 207B, Block 208A, Block 208B, Block 209, Block 210, Block 211, Block 212, Block 213, Block 214, Block 215, Block 216A, Block 216B, Block 217A, Block 217B, Block 217C, Block 217D, Block 218, Block 219, Block 224, Block 225, Block 226, Block 227, Block 228, Block 229; Tract 0210: Block Group 5: Block 530, Block 531, Block 532; Block Group 9; Tract 0212: Block Group 5: Block 513A, Block 513B, Block 514, Block 515, Block 523, Block 524, Block 525, Block 526, Block 527, Block 528, Block 529, Block 530, Block 531, Block 532, Block 533, Block 534, Block 535, Block 536; Tract 0213: Block Group 3: Block 301A, Block 301B, Block 302, Block 303, Block 304A, Block 304B, Block 305, Block 306A, Block 306B, Block 307, Block 308, Block 318A; Precinct 8-1 *: Tract 0213: Block Group 3: Block 301C, Block 314, Block 315, Block 316, Block 317, Block 318B, Block 319, Block 320, Block 321, Block 325, Block 326; Tract 0216: Block Group 1: Block 101, Block 102, Block 103, Block 104, Block 115; Precinct 10-1 *: Tract 0215: Block Group 1: Block 101A, Block 101B, Block 101C, Block 102, Block 105, Block 123, Block 124, Block 125, Block 126A, Block 126B, Block 127, Block 128, Block 129, Block 130, Block 131, Block 132, Block 133, Block 134, Block 135, Block 136, Block 137, Block 138, Block 139, Block 140; Block Group 2: Block 201A, Block 201B, Block 201C, Block 213, Block 214, Block 215A, Block 215B, Block 216A, Block 216B, Block 217, Block 218, Block 219, Block 220, Block 234, Block 235, Block 236.

District 4: Edgecombe County: Precinct 2-1 *, Precinct 3-1 *: Tract 0208: Block Group 2: Block 201, Block 202, Block 203, Block 204, Block 205, Block 206, Block 207, Block 208, Block 209, Block 210, Block 211, Block 212, Block 213, Block 218, Block 219, Block 220, Block 221, Block 222, Block 223, Block 224, Block 225, Block 226, Block 227, Block 228, Block 229, Block 230, Block 231, Block 235A, Block 235B, Block 236, Block 246, Block 247, Block 249, Block 250, Block 251, Block 252, Block 253, Block 254, Block 255, Block 256, Block 257, Block 258; Precinct 8-1 *: Tract 0216: Block Group 1: Block 105, Block 106, Block 107, Block 108, Block 109, Block 110, Block 111, Block 112, Block 113, Block 114, Block 116, Block 117, Block 118, Block 119, Block 120, Block 121, Block 122, Block 123, Block 124, Block 125A, Block 126, Block 127, Block 128, Block 129; Block Group 3: Block 303A, Block 303B, Block 316A, Block 317A, Block 318A; Precinct 9-1 *, Precinct 10-1 *: Tract 0215: Block Group 1: Block 103, Block 104A, Block 104B, Block 106A, Block 106B, Block 107A, Block 107B, Block 108, Block 109, Block 110, Block 111, Block 112, Block 113, Block 114, Block 115, Block 116, Block 117, Block 118, Block 119, Block 120, Block 121, Block 122; Block Group 2: Block 202A, Block 202B, Block 203, Block 204A, Block 204B, Block 205, Block 206, Block 207, Block 208, Block 209, Block 210, Block 211, Block 212, Block 221, Block 222, Block 223, Block 224, Block 225, Block 226, Block 227, Block 228A, Block 228B, Block 229, Block 230, Block 231, Block 232, Block 233, Block 237, Block 238; Block Group 3: Block 301, Block 302, Block 303, Block 304, Block 305, Block 306, Block 307, Block 308, Block 309, Block 310, Block 311, Block 312, Block 313, Block 314, Block 315, Block 316, Block 317, Block 318, Block 319, Block 320, Block 322, Block 323, Block 324, Block 325, Block 326, Block 327.

District 5: Edgecombe County: Precinct 1-2 *: Tract 0210: Block Group 5: Block 506, Block 507, Block 516, Block 517, Block 518; Tract 0212: Block Group 2: Block 201, Block 202, Block 203, Block 204, Block 205, Block 206, Block 207, Block 208, Block 209, Block 210, Block 211, Block 212, Block 213, Block 214, Block 215, Block 216, Block 217, Block 218, Block 219, Block 231, Block 232; Precinct 1-3 *: Tract 0211: Block Group 2, Block Group 4: Block 414, Block 415, Block 416, Block 417, Block 418, Block 419, Block 420, Block 421A, Block 421B, Block 422, Block 423A, Block 423B, Block 424, Block 425, Block 426, Block 427, Block 428, Block 429, Block 430, Block 431; Tract 0212: Block Group 3, Block Group 4: Block 402, Block 403, Block 404, Block 415; Precinct 1-4 *.

District 6: Edgecombe County: Precinct 1-2 *: Tract 0212: Block Group 2: Block 220, Block 221, Block 222, Block 223, Block 224, Block 225, Block 226, Block 227, Block 228, Block 229, Block 230; Block Group 5: Block 501, Block 502, Block 503, Block 504, Block 505, Block 506, Block 507, Block 508, Block 509A, Block 509B, Block 510, Block 511, Block 512, Block 516, Block 517, Block 518, Block 519, Block 520, Block 521, Block 522; Tract 0213: Block Group 2: Block 248A, Block 248B, Block 250; Precinct 1-3 *: Tract 0212: Block Group 4: Block 401, Block 405A, Block 405B, Block 406, Block 407, Block 408, Block 409, Block 410, Block 411, Block 412A, Block 412B, Block 413, Block 414, Block 416, Block 417, Block 418, Block 419, Block 420, Block 421, Block 422, Block 423, Block 424, Block 425, Block 426A, Block 426B; Precinct 8-1 *: Tract 0213: Block Group 3: Block 306C, Block 309, Block 310, Block 311, Block 312, Block 313, Block 322, Block 323, Block 324; Precinct 11-1 *, Precinct 12-3 *: Tract 0213: Block Group 1: Block 120, Block 121, Block 125, Block 126, Block 127, Block 128, Block 129; Block Group 2: Block 217B, Block 218B; Precinct 13-1 *: Tract 0214: Block Group 2: Block 201, Block 202, Block 206, Block 207, Block 208, Block 209, Block 210, Block 211, Block 212, Block 219, Block 220, Block 221, Block 222, Block 223, Block 224, Block 225, Block 226, Block 228, Block 229, Block 230, Block 231, Block 232, Block 233, Block 234, Block 235.

District 7: Edgecombe County: Precinct 12-2 *: Tract 0202: Block Group 4: Block 417A, Block 419, Block 420, Block 421, Block 422, Block 423, Block 424A, Block 424B, Block 428; Block Group 5: Block 513A, Block 514, Block 515, Block 517, Block 518, Block 519, Block 520A, Block 520B, Block 521; Precinct 12-3 *: Tract 0202: Block Group 1: Block 151B, Block 151C, Block 153; Block Group 4: Block 411B, Block 416B, Block 417B, Block 424C, Block 424D, Block 425; Block Group 5: Block 506B, Block 513B, Block 513C, Block 516, Block 520C; Block Group 6: Block 601, Block 602, Block 603, Block 604, Block 605, Block 606, Block 607, Block 608, Block 609, Block 610, Block 611, Block 612, Block 613, Block 614, Block 615, Block 616, Block 617, Block 618, Block 619, Block 620, Block 621, Block 622, Block 623, Block 624, Block 625, Block 626, Block 627, Block 628, Block 632, Block 633; Tract 0203: Block Group 6: Block 618, Block 619; Block Group 7: Block 701, Block 702, Block 703, Block 704, Block 705, Block 706B, Block 707B, Block 708B, Block 709B, Block 710, Block 711, Block 712, Block 713, Block 714, Block 715C, Block 716B, Block 717B, Block 718B, Block 729B, Block 730B, Block 735B; Tract 0204: Block Group 7: Block 701, Block 702, Block 703B, Block 704B, Block 705, Block 706, Block 707, Block 708C, Block 709B, Block 710, Block 711, Block 712, Block 713, Block 714, Block 721B, Block 722B; Tract 0213: Block Group 1: Block 101, Block 103, Block 104, Block 105, Block 106, Block 107, Block 108, Block 109, Block 110, Block 111, Block 112, Block 113, Block 114, Block 115, Block 116, Block 117, Block 118, Block 119, Block 130, Block 131, Block 132, Block 133, Block 134, Block 135; Block Group 2: Block 211, Block 212, Block 213, Block 214, Block 215, Block 216; Tract 0214: Block Group 1: Block 101, Block 104, Block 105; Precinct 13-1 *: Tract 0214: Block Group 2: Block 203, Block 204, Block 205, Block 213, Block 214, Block 215, Block 217, Block 218, Block 227; Precinct 14-1 *.
Sec. 8.  The Interim Merged Edgecombe County Board of Education shall submit this act to the United States Attorney General for preclearance under Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act.  The Interim Board may alter the election plan, by adoption of a resolution, if necessary, to achieve preclearance under Section 5.
Sec. 9.  This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply to elections beginning in 1994.  Until that time, the merged Edgecombe County School Administrative Unit shall continue to be governed by the provisions of Chapter 404 of the Session Laws of 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30th day of June, 1992.

James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives