GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1075
     

 
Short Title:	No Multimember Districts.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Shubert, Blue;  Daughtry, Harrington, Pope, Adams, Blust, Capps, Culp, Davis, Decker, Rayfield, Sexton, Thompson, and Weatherly.	
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.	
April 10, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS FOR ELECTION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 3 of Article II of the North Carolina Constitution reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 3. Senate districts; apportionment of Senators.
The Senators shall be elected from single-member districts. The General Assembly, at the first regular session convening after the return of every decennial census of population taken by order of Congress, shall revise the senate districts, subject to the following requirements:
(1)	Each Senator shall represent, as nearly as may be, an equal number of  inhabitants;
(2)	Each senate district shall at all times consist of contiguous territory;
(3)	No county shall be divided in the formation of a senate district;
(4)	When established, the senate districts and the apportionment of Senators shall remain unaltered until the return of another decennial census of population taken by order of Congress."
SECTION 2.  Section 5 of Article II of the North Carolina Constitution reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 5. Representative districts; apportionment of Representatives.
The Representatives shall be elected from single-member districts. The General Assembly, at the first regular session convening after the return of every decennial census of population taken by order of Congress, shall revise the representative districts, subject to the following requirements:
(1)	Each Representative shall represent, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants;
(2)	Each representative district shall at all times consist of contiguous territory;
(3)	No county shall be divided in the formation of a representative district;
(4)	When established, the representative districts and the apportionment of Representatives shall remain unaltered until the return of another decennial census of population taken by order of Congress."
SECTION 3.  The amendments set out in Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at the general election in November 2002, which election shall be conducted under the laws then governing elections in the State.  Ballots, voting systems, or both may be used in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes.  The question to be used in the voting systems and ballots shall be:
"[ ]	FOR	[ ]	AGAINST
Constitutional amendments  requiring single‑member districts for election to the General Assembly."
SECTION 4. If a majority of votes cast on the question are in favor of the amendments set out in Sections 1 and 2 of this act, the State Board of Elections shall certify the amendments to the Secretary of State.  Sections 1 and 2 apply beginning with members of the General Assembly elected in the 2004 general election. If any multimember districts for election to the Senate or the House of Representatives were used in the 2002 general election, the General Assembly shall divide those into single‑member districts for use beginning in the 2004 general election.
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.