NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 706

HOUSE BILL 991

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 69-25.2 SO AS TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING ELECTIONS IN RURAL FIRE DISTRICTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 69-25.2 is amended by rewriting in its entirety to read as follows:

"§ 69-25.2.  Duties of county board of commissioners regarding conduct of elections; cost of holding. — The board of county commissioners, after consulting with the county board of elections, shall set a date for the election by resolution adopted. The county board of elections shall hold and conduct the election in the district. The county board of elections shall advertise and conduct said election, in accordance with the provisions of this Article and with the procedures prescribed in Chapter 163 governing the conduct of special and general elections. No new registration of voters shall be required, but the deadline by which unregistered voters must register shall be contained in the legal advertisement to be published by the county board of elections. The cost of holding the election shall be paid by the county."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1975.