GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 210

SENATE BILL 110

 

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF A COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ORDER A NEW ELECTION WITHOUT DUPLICATING THE PUBLIC HEARING HELD BY THE COUNTY BOARD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-22.1 is amended by adding the following to the end of the first paragraph of that section:

"The State Board shall be authorized to order a new election without conducting a public hearing provided a public hearing on the allegations was held by the county or municipal board of elections and the State Board is satisfied that such hearing gave sufficient opportunity for presentation of evidence and provided further that the State Board adopts the findings of the county or municipal board of elections."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of April, 1983.