NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1130
HOUSE BILL 1428

AN ACT TO APPORTION THE DISTRICTS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 120‑2 is rewritten to read:
"§ 120‑2. House apportionment specified. – For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1982 and periodically thereafter, the State of North Carolina shall be divided into the following districts:
District 1 shall consist of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 2 shall consist of Beaufort and Hyde Counties, and shall elect one Representative.
District 3 shall consist of Craven, Lenoir, and Pamlico Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 4 shall consist of Carteret and Onslow Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 5 shall consist of Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Martin, and Northampton Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 6 shall consist of Edgecombe, Nash, and Wilson Counties, and shall elect four Representatives.
District 7 shall consist of Greene and Pitt Counties, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 8 shall consist of Wayne County, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 9 shall consist of Duplin and Jones Counties, and shall elect one Representative.
District 10 shall consist of Bladen, Pender, and Sampson Counties, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 11 shall consist of Brunswick and New Hanover Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 12 shall consist of Columbus County, and shall elect one Representative.
District 13 shall consist of Robeson, Hoke, and Scotland Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 14 shall consist of Cumberland County, and shall elect five Representatives.
District 15 shall consist of Harnett and Lee Counties, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 16 shall consist of Franklin and Johnston Counties, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 17 shall consist of Wake County, and shall elect six Representatives.
District 18 shall consist of Caswell, Granville, Person, Vance, and Warren Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 19 shall consist of Durham County, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 20 shall consist of Chatham, Orange, and Randolph Counties, and shall elect four Representatives.
District 21 shall consist of Moore County, and shall elect one Representative.
District 22 shall consist of Richmond County, and shall elect one Representative.
District 23 shall consist of Anson and Montgomery Counties, and shall elect one Representative.
District 24 shall consist of Cabarrus and Union Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 25 shall consist of Stanly County, and shall elect one Representative.
District 26 shall consist of Davidson and Davie Counties, and shall elect three Representatives.
District 27 shall consist of Rowan County, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 28 shall consist of Alamance County, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 29 shall consist of Guilford County, and shall elect seven Representatives.
District 30 shall consist of Alleghany, Rockingham, Stokes, and Surry Counties, and shall elect four Representatives.
District 31 shall consist of Forsyth County, and shall elect five Representatives.
District 32 shall consist of Ashe, Avery, Caldwell, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yadkin Counties, and shall elect five Representatives.
District 33 shall consist of Alexander, Burke, Catawba, and Iredell Counties, and shall elect six Representatives.
District 34 shall consist of Mecklenburg County, and shall elect eight Representatives.
District 35 shall consist of Gaston and Lincoln Counties, and shall elect four Representatives.
District 36 shall consist of Cleveland, Polk, and Rutherford Counties, and shall consist of three Representatives.
District 37 shall consist of McDowell and Yancey Counties, and shall elect one Representative.
District 38 shall consist of Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties, and shall elect five Representatives.
District 39 shall consist of Haywood, Jackson, Madison, and Swain Counties, and shall elect two Representatives.
District 40 shall consist of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, and Macon Counties, and shall elect one Representative."
Sec. 2. 1981 Session Laws Chapter 800 is repealed.
Sec. 3. (a) Notwithstanding G.S. 163‑106 or any other provision of law to the contrary, the filing period under Article 10 of General Statutes Chapter 163 for legislative offices (State Senate, State House of Representatives, and U. S. House of Representatives) for the filing year 1982 only, shall commence at 12:00 noon on Monday, February 15, 1982, and shall expire at 12:00 noon on Monday, March 1, 1982.
(b)	In addition, the State Board of Elections is hereby authorized to establish the opening date for issuance of absentee ballots to be voted in the 1982 Primary Election and said Board shall establish a beginning date as early as practicable pending the printing of the ballots. Such opening date shall also apply to any referendum or election held on the date of the primary election.
Absentee ballots authorized under G.S. 163-227(b)(1) and G.S. 163-227(b)(4) shall be covered under the authority specified herein.
(c)	The authority established in this section shall terminate following the conduct of the May 4, 1982, primary elections.
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of October, 1981.