Bill Text: NC H21 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: County Administration of Municipal Elections
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-07 - Ch. SL 2011-31 [H21 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-H21-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 1
HOUSE BILL 21
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Short Title: County Administration of Municipal Elections. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Crawford (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Government, if favorable, Elections. |
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February 2, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the administration of nonpartisan municipal elections by county boards of elections since general abolition of municipal boards of elections in 2001.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 163‑284 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163‑284. Mandatory administration by county boards of elections.
(a) No later than 30 days after January 1,
1973, every municipality which conducts its elections on a partisan basis, and
every special district shall deliver its registration books to the county board
of elections which shall, forthwith, assume the responsibility for
administration of the registration and election process in such municipalities
and special districts. The county boards of elections shall have authority to
compare the registration books of such municipalities and special districts
with the county registration books. Any person found to be registered for
municipal or special district elections but not registered on the county
registration records shall be required to register with the county board of
elections in order to maintain his municipal or special district registration.
The county board of elections shall forthwith notify any such person by mail to
the address appearing on the municipal or special district registration records
that he must reregister. The county board of elections shall have authority to
require maps or definitive outlines of the boundaries constituting such
municipality or special district and shall be immediately advised of any change
or relocation of such boundaries.
(b) The Except as to the specific
municipalities named in G.S. 163‑285, registration of voters and
the conduct of all elections in municipalities and special districts covered
under this section shall be under the authority of the county board of
elections. Any contested election or allegations of irregularities shall be
made to the county board of elections and appeals from such rulings may be made
to the State Board of Elections under existing statutory provisions and rules
or regulations adopted by the State Board of Elections.
Each municipality and special district shall reimburse the
county board of elections for the actual cost involved in the administration
required under (a) and (b) of this section."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
