GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SECOND EXTRA SESSION 1984
CHAPTER 1
AN ACT TO REAPPORTION DISTRICT EIGHT OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 120-2(a), as found in the 1983 Supplement, is amended by rewriting District 8 to read:
"District 8 shall elect three Representatives and shall consist of the remainders of Edgecombe, Nash, and Wilson Counties that are not included in District 70."
Sec. 2. G.S. 120-2(a), as found in the 1983 Supplement, is further amended by adding the following:
"District 70 shall elect one Representative and shall consist of the following:
(1) In Edgecombe County: Enumeration District 1154 of Census Tract 207 in Township 6 (Upper Fishing Creek); Census Tract 205 in Township 7 (Swift Creek); Enumeration Districts 1155, 1156, 1160, 1161, and 1162 of Census Tract 206 in Township 7 (Swift Creek); Census Blocks 101 through 106 and 121 through 128 in Census Tract 201 in the City of Rocky Mount in Township 12 (Rocky Mount); Census Blocks 112 through 13, Census Blocks 202 and 205 through 226, Census Block Group 3, and Census Block Group 4 of Census Tract 202 in the City of Rocky Mount in Township 12 (Rocky Mount); Census Block Group 1, Census Blocks 201 through 210 and 216 through 228, Census Blocks 301 through 318, 334, and 335, and Census Block Group 4 of Census Tract 204 in the City of Rocky Mount in Township 12 (Rocky Mount); Census Tracts 202, 203, 204, and 214 in Township 12 (Rocky Mount); Enumeration Districts 111 and 113 of Census Tract 213 in Township 12 (Rocky Mount); and Enumeration Districts 1223 and 1224 of Census Tract 202 and Enumeration Districts 1226A and 1226B of Census Tract 214 in Township 14 (Upper Town Creek).
(2) In Nash County: Census Tract 107 in North Whitakers Township; Census Block Groups 1, 2, and 3 and Census Blocks 403, 42, and 430 of Census Tract 102 in the City of Rocky Mount in Rocky Mount Township; and Census Tracts 106 and 107 in South Whitakers Township.
(3) In Wilson County: Enumeration District 743 of Census Tract 7 in Gardner Township; Enumeration Districts 700, 701, 702, 703A, and 703B of Census Tract 13 in Toisnot Township; Census Tract 2, Enumeration District 736A and Census Blocks 422, 423, and 424 of Census Tract 4, and Census Tracts 7, 8.01, and 8.02 in Wilson Township."
Sec. 2.1. In the event that the U. S. Supreme Court reverses the opinion of the U. S. District Court which held the composition of House District 8 to violate the Voting Rights Act, then Sections 1 and 2 of this act are repealed and the prior law as to House District 8 is revived as to any future election.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of March, 1984.