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Z3 <br />. ; 1~,... 2v CH 153-w, CcL?JTIEa §1~3..~-~~~7 <br />County Bonds Not to Be hsued for Road tow.^srip or local t= ;ing district therein, upon <br />Purposes of One Tow n;hip or Taring Ais- the approval oC she voters of the particular <br />,, trict. - W1ille the building oCpublic roac!s her dstrict alonz. and :without bene3t to the others. <br />been held a necess3r~ zxpen;e. application of Commissiorar of Johnston Coun tc v. Lacy 174 <br />the principle may not be extended to instances N C. 111, 33 5 E d9? (19171. <br />`. whare a statue requires the count}' to isw=_ its Cited in P.icer Birch ..~;SOCS v City of P.a- <br />bonds for road purposes to obtain aid fcr a Leigh. 336 ti C. 1U0, 3SS S E 3d 539 i 19901 <br />§ la3A-20. lYIap of electoral districts. <br />If a county is divided into electoral districts for the purpose of nomi,-rating or <br />electing persons to the board of commissioner, the current boundaries of the <br />electoral districts shall at all times be, drawn on a map, or set out in a w-r'tten <br />description, or shown by a combination of these techniques. This current <br />delineation shall be available for public inspection in the pinto of the clerk. <br />(1913, c. 8?2, s. ].,) <br />§ 133A-2I: Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 88?, <br />Editor's Vote. -Session Laws 1975, c 399, <br />applicable only to Robeson County, reenacted <br />this section. <br />§ la3A-2~. Redefining electoral district boundaries. <br />(a) If a county is divided into electoral districts for the purpose of n~minat- <br />ing or electing persons to the boazd of commissioners, the board of commis- <br />sioners may find as a fact whether there is substantial inequality ofpopulation <br />among the districts. <br />(b) If the board finds that there is substantial inequality of population <br />among the districts, it may by resolution redefine the electoral districts. <br />(c) Redefined electoral districts shall be so drarocn that the quotients <br />obtained by disidirg the population of each district by the number of commis- <br />sinners apportioned to the district are as nearly equal as practicable, and each <br />district shall be composed of territory within a continuous boundary, <br />(d) No change in the boundaries of as electoral district may affect the <br />unexpired term of ofvice of a commissioner residing in the district and serving <br />on the board on the effective date of the resolution. If the terms of ofi5ce of <br />members of the board do not all expire at the same time, the resolution shall <br />state 'which seats are to be filled at the initial election held under the <br />resolution. <br />(e) A resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall be the basis of <br />electing persons to the board of commissioners at the fist general election for <br />members of the board of commissioners occurring after the resolution's <br />effective daie, and thereafter. Aresolution becomes effective upon its adoption, <br />unless it is adopted during the period beginning 150 days before the day of a <br />primary and ending on the day of the next succeeding general election for <br />membership on the board of commissioners, in which case it becomes effective <br />on the first day after the end of the period, <br />(f) Not later than 10 days af~er the da}- on which a resolution becomes <br />effective, the clerk shall file in the Secretary of State's o6ce, in the ofnce of the <br />register of deeds of the county, and with the chairman of the county board of <br />elections, a certified copy of the resolution. <br />(g) This section shall not apply to cour•ties where under G.S. 153A-58(3)d.. or <br />(order public or local act, districts are for residence purposes only, and the <br />sl? <br />