GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1376
     

 
Short Title:	Statewide Elections/Funding.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Rayfield;  Culp and Grady.	
Referred to:	Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Appropriations.	
April 25, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE STATE REIMBURSEMENT TO COUNTIES FOR THE COST OF CONDUCTING STATEWIDE PRIMARIES, ELECTIONS, AND REFERENDA, AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 163-25.1. State reimbursement of county boards of elections for cost of conducting statewide primaries, elections, and referenda.
The State Board of Elections shall reimburse each county board of elections for the cost of conducting each statewide primary, election, and referendum. State reimbursement shall be a pro rata share of the cost of conducting a primary, election, or referendum based on the portion of the ballot taken up with statewide contests. 'Cost of conducting a primary, election, or referendum' shall include, but not be limited to, the cost of printing ballots, programming computerized voting systems, and paying precinct officials. It shall not include costs of the county board of elections that would be the same were an election not being held, such as the salaries of permanent employees, building rent, and the portion of utility costs that is unaffected by the election."
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the State Board of Elections the sum of two hundred twenty‑seven thousand five hundred dollars ($227,500) for the 2001‑2002 fiscal year and the sum of two hundred twenty‑seven thousand five hundred dollars ($227,500) for the 2002‑2003 fiscal year for the purpose of reimbursing county boards of elections for the cost of conducting statewide primaries, elections, and referenda, according to the provisions of Section 1 of this act.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2001.