North Carolina 2017-2018 Session Status: Enacted

SB 285 — Equal Representation for Asheville.

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The recent amendments to Bill SB 285 clarify the process for establishing electoral districts in the City of Asheville. The updated version removes the requirement for the North Carolina General Assembly to set these districts, allowing local officials to manage the creation of electoral districts themselves. This shift matters because it gives the city more control over its electoral processes, which can lead to more representative and responsive governance for local voters.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 S 2 SENATE BILL 285 Select Committee on Elections Committee Substitute Adopted 4/25/17 Short Title:
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 S 1 SENATE BILL 285 Short Title:
Equal Representation for Asheville.
Require Electoral Districts/City of Asheville.
Senator Edwards (Primary Sponsor).
March 16, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE TO CREATE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS AND, IF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ARE NOT TIMELY CREATED, PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF THOSE DISTRICTS.
Rules and Operations of the Senate March 16, 2017 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT DIRECTING THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE TO CREATE ELECTORAL DISTRICTS AND, IF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS ARE NOT TIMELY CREATED, PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF THOSE DISTRICTS.
The City shall create districts that comply with State and federal law and (i) are reasonably compact and geographically diverse, (ii) are contiguous, and (iii) have a population deviation of no more than plus or minus five percent (5%).
The City shall create districts that comply with State and federal law and (i) are geographically diverse, (ii) are contiguous, and (iii) have a population deviation of no more than plus or minus five percent (5%).
If the City of Asheville fails to create electoral districts as required by Section 1 of this act, the North Carolina General Assembly, in the 2018 Regular Session of the 2017 General Assembly, shall establish electoral districts for the City of Asheville.
If the City of Asheville fails to create electoral districts as required by Section 1 of this act, then the provisions of Section 3 of this act shall apply.
SECTION 3.
SECTION 3.(a) Section 6 of the Charter of the City of Asheville, being Chapter 121 of the Private Laws of 1931, as amended by Ordinance No.
1501 of the City of Asheville, adopted March 19, 1985, and Ordinance No.
2385, adopted June 24, 1997, reads as rewritten:
"Sec.
6.
Composition;
qualifications and terms of members.
(a) Except as otherwise herein provided in this Charter, all powers of the city shall be vested in a council of a mayor and six councilmembers, all nominated and elected from the city at large in the manner hereinafter provided.
The mayor and members of the council, and all other officers, elected under the provisions of this Charter, shall at the time of their election be qualified electors of the City of Asheville.
(b) The term of the mayor and councilmembers shall begin at the first regular meeting of the city council next following their election as set forth hereinafter.
The term of office of the mayor and six councilmembers shall be four years, and shall be so staggered that the terms of office of three councilmembers shall expire every two years.
Said staggered terms shall begin following the election of 1997, 2019, with those three persons elected to council who receive the highest number of votes of the entire council to serve four year terms to expire in 2001, 2023, and the other three persons elected to council to serve two year terms to expire in *S285-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 1999.
2021.
Commencing with the 1999 2021 election, all terms of office for council members shall be four years.
(c) The council members shall reside in and be elected from six separate districts, as set forth in this section.
If this section does not specifically assign any area within the City to a district, and the area is entirely surrounded by a single district, the area shall be deemed to have been assigned to that district.
If this section does not specifically assign any area within the City to a district, and the area is contiguous to one or more districts, the area shall be deemed to have been assigned to that district which contains the least population according to the most recent federal decennial Census.
If this section specifically assigns to a district any area that is not in the corporate limits of the City, that area outside the corporate limits is not added to the corporate limits and no voter that resides in that area outside the corporate limits may vote in the City election.
The names and boundaries of voting tabulation districts, tracts, block groups, and blocks specified in this section are as shown on the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
If any voting tabulation district boundary is changed, that change shall not change the boundary of a district, which shall remain the same as it is depicted by the 2010 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles.
The districts are as follows:
District 1:
Buncombe County:
VTD 105.1:
Block(s) 0210012001000, 0210012001002, 0210013002000, 0210013002001, 0210014004011, 0210014004017, 0210014004020, 0210014004021, 0210014004023, 0210014004024, 0210014005001, 0210014005005, 0210014005006, 0210014005007, 0210014005008, 0210014005009, 0210014005010, 0210014005011, 0210014005013, 0210014005014, 0210014005018, 0210014005020, 0210014005021, 0210014005022, 0210014005027, 0210014005028;
VTD 106.1:
Block(s) 0210011001021, 0210011001022, 0210011001024, 0210011001025, 0210011001026, 0210011001032, 0210011001033, 0210011001034, 0210012001001, 0210012001003, 0210012001004, 0210012001005, 0210012001006, 0210012001007, 0210012001008, 0210012001009, 0210012001010, 0210012001011, 0210012001012, 0210012001013, 0210012001014, 0210012001015, 0210012001016, 0210012001017, 0210012001018, 0210012001019, 0210012001020, 0210012001021, 0210012001022, 0210012002000, 0210012002001, 0210012002002, 0210012002003, 0210012002004, 0210012002005, 0210012002006, 0210012002007, 0210012002008, 0210012002009, 0210012002010, 0210012002015, 0210012002016, 0210012003000, 0210012003001, 0210012003002, 0210012003003, 0210012003008, 0210012003009, 0210013001000, 0210013001007, 0210013002002, 0210013002003, 0210013002004, 0210013002012, 0210013002013, 0210013002014, 0210013002015, 0210013002016, 0210013002017, 0210013002018, 0210013002019, 0210013002020, 0210013002021, 0210013002022, 0210013002023, 0210013002026, 0210013002027, 0210013002028, 0210013002029, 0210013002030, 0210013002031, 0210013002032, 0210013002033, 0210013002034, 0210013002037, 0210013002038, 0210013002039, 0210013002040, 0210014005002, 0210014005023, 0210014005024, 0210014005025, 0210025063001, 0210025063006, 0210026052055, 0210026052057;
VTD 15.1:
Block(s) 0210012002017, 0210012002018, 0210012003004, 0210012003005, 0210012003006, 0210012003007, 0210012003019, 0210012003020, 0210012003021, 0210012004000, 0210012004017, 0210012004018, 0210012004019;
VTD 24.1:
Block(s) 0210012005002, 0210012005003, 0210012005007, 0210012005008, 0210012005009, 0210012005010, 0210012005011, 0210012005012, 0210012005013, 0210012005014, 0210012005015, 0210012005016, 0210012005017, 0210012005018, 0210012005019, 0210012005020, 0210012005021, 0210012005022, 0210012005023, 0210012005024, 0210012005025, 0210012005026, 0210012005027, 0210012005028, 0210012005030, 0210012005031, 0210012005032, 0210012005033, 0210012005034, 0210012005036, 0210012005044, 0210012005045, 0210012005046, 0210012005047, 0210012005048, 0210012005049, 0210012005054, 0210013001021, 0210013001022, 0210013001024, 0210013001025, 0210013001026, 0210013001027, 0210013001030, Page 2 Senate Bill 285-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 0210013001033, 0210013001038, 0210013001044, 0210023021000, 0210023021002, 0210023021003, 0210023021004, 0210023021005, 0210023021006, 0210023021007, 0210023021008, 0210023021009, 0210023021010, 0210023021016, 0210023021017, 0210023021036, 0210023021037, 0210023024009, 0210023024010, 0210023024011, 0210023024017, 0210023024018, 0210023024019, 0210023024020, 0210023024021, 0210023024043, 0210023024044, 0210023024045, 0210023024046, 0210023024047, 0210023024048, 0210023024049, 0210023024050, 0210023024051, 0210023024052, 0210023024056, 0210023024058, 0210023024060, 0210025051018, 0210025051019, 0210025052002, 0210025052003, 0210025052015, 0210025052016, 0210025052017, 0210025052049, 0210025052050, 0210025052051, 0210025052052, 0210025052053, 0210025052054, 0210025052055, 0210025052067, 0210025061014, 0210025061015, 0210025061016, 0210025061017, 0210025061018, 0210025061019, 0210025061020, 0210025061021, 0210025061022, 0210025061023, 0210025061024, 0210025061025, 0210025061026, 0210025061027, 0210025061030, 0210025061032, 0210025061033, 0210025061035, 0210025061036, 0210025061037, 0210025061038, 0210025061039, 0210025061041, 0210025061042, 0210025061043;
VTD 26.1:
Block(s) 0210011002019, 0210011002020, 0210012002011, 0210012002012, 0210012002013, 0210012002014, 0210012004001, 0210012004002, 0210012004003, 0210012004004, 0210012004005, 0210012004006, 0210012004007, 0210012004008, 0210012004009, 0210012004010, 0210012004011, 0210012004012, 0210012004013, 0210012004014, 0210012004015, 0210012004016, 0210012004020, 0210012004021, 0210012004022, 0210012004023, 0210012004024, 0210012004025, 0210012005004, 0210012005005, 0210012005006, 0210012005050, 0210012005051, 0210012005052, 0210012005053, 0210013001001, 0210013001002, 0210013001003, 0210013001004, 0210013001005, 0210013001006, 0210013001010, 0210013001013, 0210013001014, 0210013001015, 0210013001016, 0210013001017, 0210013001018, 0210013001019, 0210013001020, 0210013001023, 0210013001028, 0210013001029, 0210013002025, 0210013002035;
VTD 44.1:
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Block(s) 0210012005000, 0210012005037, 0210012005042, 0210012005043, 0210023021001, 0210023021011, 0210023021020, 0210023021021, 0210023021022, 0210023021023, 0210023021024, 0210023021025, 0210023021026, 0210023021030, 0210023021031, 0210023021032, 0210023021035, 0210023022000, 0210023022002, 0210023022003, 0210023022005, 0210023022006, 0210023022007, 0210023022008, 0210023022010, 0210023022042, 0210023023000, 0210023023003, 0210023023004, 0210023023043, 0210023023044, 0210023023046, 0210023024007, 0210023024053, 0210023024061, 0210023024062, 0210023024064, 0210023024067, 0210023024069, 0210023024070, 0210023024071, 0210023024072, 0210023024090, 0210023024091, 0210023024094, 0210023024096, 0210023024109, 0210023024110, 0210023024113, 0210025061029;
VTD 45.1:
Block(s) 0210013001031, 0210013001032, 0210025061008, 0210025061009, 0210025061010, 0210025061040;
VTD 46.1:
Block(s) 0210023024073, 0210023024074, 0210023024089, 0210023024092, 0210023024093, 0210023024095, 0210023024099.
District 2:
Buncombe County:
VTD 10.1, VTD 101.1:
Block(s) 0210021011016, 0210021011017, 0210021011018;
VTD 105.1:
Block(s) 0210014003006;
VTD 11.1, VTD 12.1:
Block(s) 0210009002024, 0210009002025, 0210010001010, 0210010001011, 0210010001012, 0210010001013, 0210010001014, 0210010001015, 0210010001016, 0210010001017, 0210010001018, 0210010001019, 0210010001020, 0210010001021, 0210010001022, 0210010001023, 0210010001024, 0210010001025, 0210010001026, 0210010001027, 0210010001028, 0210010001029, 0210010001030, 0210010001031, 0210010001032, 0210010001033, 0210010001034, 0210010001035, 0210010001036, 0210010001037, 0210010001038, 0210010001039, 0210010001040, 0210010001041, 0210010002000, 0210010002001, 0210010002008, 0210010002009, 0210010002010, 0210010002011, 0210010002015, 0210010002016, 0210010003000, 0210010003001, Senate Bill 285-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 0210010003002, 0210010003003, 0210010003004, 0210010003005, 0210010003006, 0210010003007, 0210010003008, 0210010003009, 0210010003010, 0210010003011, 0210010003012, 0210010003013, 0210010003014, 0210010003015, 0210010003016, 0210010003017, 0210010003018;
VTD 13.1:
Block(s) 0210010001007, 0210010002002, 0210010002003, 0210010002004, 0210010002005, 0210010002006, 0210010002007, 0210010002012, 0210010002013, 0210010002014, 0210010002017, 0210010002018, 0210010002019, 0210010002020, 0210010002021, 0210010002022, 0210010002023, 0210010002024, 0210010002025, 0210010002026, 0210010002027, 0210010002028, 0210010002029, 0210010002030, 0210010002031, 0210011002000, 0210011002003, 0210011002024, 0210011002025, 0210011002026, 0210011002027, 0210011003000, 0210011003001, 0210011003002, 0210011003003, 0210011003004, 0210011003005, 0210011003006, 0210011003007, 0210011003008, 0210011003009, 0210011003010, 0210011003011, 0210011003012, 0210011003013, 0210011003014, 0210011003015, 0210011003016, 0210011003017, 0210011003018, 0210011003019, 0210011003020, 0210011003021, 0210011003022, 0210011003023, 0210011003024, 0210011003025, 0210011003026, 0210011003027, 0210011003029, 0210011003030, 0210023024000, 0210023024001, 0210023024002;
VTD 14.2:
Block(s) 0210002001019, 0210002001020, 0210002001035, 0210003001031, 0210003001032, 0210009002023, 0210010001000, 0210010001001, 0210010001002, 0210010001003, 0210010001004, 0210010001005, 0210010001006, 0210010001008, 0210010001009, 0210010001042, 0210011001000, 0210011001001, 0210011001002, 0210011001003, 0210011001004, 0210011001005, 0210011001006, 0210011001007, 0210011001008, 0210011001009, 0210011001010, 0210011001011, 0210011001012, 0210011001013, 0210011001014, 0210011001015, 0210011001016, 0210011001017, 0210011001018, 0210011001019, 0210011001020, 0210011001023, 0210011001027, 0210011001028, 0210011001029, 0210011001030, 0210011001031, 0210011001035, 0210011001036, 0210011001037, 0210011001038, 0210011001039, 0210014001002, 0210014001003, 0210014001009, 0210014001012, 0210014001014, 0210014001016, 0210014001017, 0210014001018, 0210014001019, 0210014001020, 0210014001021, 0210014001022, 0210014001023, 0210014001024, 0210014001025, 0210014001026, 0210014001027, 0210014001028, 0210014001029, 0210014001030, 0210014001031, 0210014001032, 0210014001033, 0210014001034, 0210014001035, 0210014001036, 0210014002000, 0210014002001, 0210014002002, 0210014002003, 0210014002004, 0210014002005, 0210014002006, 0210014002007, 0210014002008, 0210014003014, 0210014003025, 0210014003026, 0210014003027, 0210014003030, 0210014003031, 0210014003032;
VTD 15.1:
Block(s) 0210011002001, 0210011002002, 0210011002004, 0210011002005, 0210011002006, 0210011002007, 0210011002008, 0210011002009, 0210011002010, 0210011002011, 0210011002012, 0210011002013, 0210011002014, 0210011002015, 0210011002016, 0210011002017, 0210011002018, 0210011002021, 0210011002022, 0210011002023, 0210011002028, 0210011002029, 0210011002030, 0210012003010, 0210012003011, 0210012003012, 0210012003013, 0210012003014, 0210012003015, 0210012003016, 0210012003017, 0210012003018;
VTD 44.1:
Block(s) 0210012005038.
District 3:
Buncombe County:
VTD 02.1:
Block(s) 0210001001014, 0210001001015, 0210001001033, 0210002001000, 0210002001001, 0210002001002, 0210002001003, 0210002001004, 0210002001005, 0210002001006, 0210002001007, 0210002001008, 0210002001009, 0210002001010, 0210002001011, 0210002001013, 0210002001014, 0210002001015, 0210002001016, 0210002001017, 0210002001018, 0210002001021, 0210002001022, 0210002001023, 0210002001024, 0210002001025, 0210002001026, 0210002001027, 0210002001029, 0210002001034, 0210002001036, 0210002002000, 0210002002001, 0210002002002, 0210002002003, 0210002002004, 0210002002005, 0210002002006, 0210002002007, 0210002002008, 0210002002009, 0210002002010, Page 4 Senate Bill 285-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 0210002002011, 0210002002012, 0210002002013, 0210002002014, 0210002002015, 0210002002016, 0210002002017, 0210002002018, 0210002002019, 0210002002020, 0210002002021, 0210002002022, 0210003001000, 0210003001001, 0210003001002, 0210003001003, 0210003001004, 0210003001005, 0210003001006, 0210003001007, 0210003001008, 0210003001009, 0210003001010, 0210003001011, 0210003001012, 0210003001013, 0210003001014, 0210003001015, 0210003001016, 0210003001017, 0210003001018, 0210003001019, 0210003001020, 0210003001021, 0210003001024, 0210003001029, 0210003001030, 0210003001033, 0210003001034, 0210003001035, 0210003001036, 0210003001037, 0210003002000, 0210003002001, 0210003002002, 0210003002003, 0210003002004, 0210003002005, 0210003002006, 0210003002007, 0210003002008, 0210003002009, 0210003002010, 0210003002011, 0210003002012, 0210003002013, 0210003002014, 0210003002015, 0210003002016, 0210003002017, 0210003002018, 0210003002019, 0210003002020, 0210004001045;
VTD 03.1:
Block(s) 0210004001021, 0210004001022, 0210004001023, 0210004001024, 0210004001047, 0210004001048, 0210004001049, 0210004001050, 0210004001052, 0210004001053, 0210004001054, 0210004001055;
VTD 04.1, VTD 05.1:
Block(s) 0210016001000, 0210016001001, 0210016001002, 0210016001003, 0210016001004, 0210016001005, 0210016001006, 0210016001007, 0210016001008, 0210016001009, 0210016001010, 0210016001011, 0210016001012, 0210016001013, 0210016001014, 0210016001015, 0210016001016, 0210016001017, 0210016001018, 0210016001019, 0210016001020, 0210016001021, 0210016001022, 0210016001023, 0210016001024, 0210016001025, 0210016001026, 0210016001027, 0210016001028, 0210016001029, 0210016001030, 0210016001031, 0210016001032, 0210016001033, 0210016001034, 0210016001035, 0210016001036, 0210016001037, 0210016001040, 0210016001041, 0210016001042, 0210016001043, 0210016001044, 0210016001045, 0210016001047, 0210016001048, 0210016001049, 0210016001050, 0210016002000, 0210016002001, 0210016002002, 0210016002003, 0210016002005, 0210016002007, 0210016002010, 0210016002011, 0210016002012, 0210016002015, 0210016002016, 0210016002017, 0210016002018, 0210016002019, 0210016002020, 0210016002023, 0210016002024, 0210016002025, 0210016002026, 0210016002027, 0210016002028, 0210016002029, 0210016002030, 0210016002031, 0210016002032, 0210016002033, 0210016002035, 0210016002036, 0210016003057, 0210016003061, 0210016003064, 0210016003067, 0210016003078, 0210016003080, 0210016003081, 0210016003083, 0210016003087, 0210016003092, 0210016003093, 0210016003104, 0210016003108, 0210016003110;
VTD 104.1:
Block(s) 0210005001000, 0210005001001, 0210005001002, 0210005001003, 0210005001004, 0210005001005, 0210005001006, 0210005001015, 0210005001016, 0210005001019, 0210005001020, 0210005001021, 0210005003000, 0210005003001, 0210005003002, 0210005003003, 0210005003005, 0210005003009, 0210005003010, 0210005003011, 0210017001003, 0210017001007, 0210017001013, 0210017001036, 0210017001037, 0210017001038, 0210017001039, 0210017001040, 0210017001041, 0210017001042, 0210017001043, 0210017001044, 0210017001045, 0210017001046, 0210017002008, 0210017002009, 0210017002010, 0210017002011, 0210017002012, 0210017002013, 0210017002014, 0210017002015, 0210017002016, 0210017002017, 0210017002018, 0210017002019, 0210017002020, 0210017002021, 0210017002022, 0210017002023, 0210017002024, 0210017002025, 0210017002026, 0210017002027, 0210017002028, 0210017002031, 0210017002032, 0210017002033;
VTD 28.1:
Block(s) 0210004001000, 0210004001011, 0210004001012, 0210004001014, 0210004001015, 0210004001016, 0210004001017, 0210004001018, 0210004001025, 0210004001026, 0210004001027, 0210004001028, 0210004001029, 0210004001030, 0210004001046, 0210004002000, 0210004002001, 0210004002002, 0210004002003, 0210004002004, 0210004002005, 0210004002006, 0210004002007, 0210004002008, 0210004002009, 0210005001017, Senate Bill 285-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 0210005003019, 0210005003020, 0210005003022, 0210005003023, 0210005003024, 0210005003025, 0210005003027, 0210005003028, 0210005003029, 0210005003030, 0210005003031, 0210005003032, 0210005003033, 0210005003034, 0210005003035, 0210005003036, 0210005003037, 0210005003038, 0210005003039, 0210005003040, 0210005003042, 0210005003043, 0210005003044, 0210005003045;
VTD 70.1:
Block(s) 0210003001022, 0210004001004, 0210004001005, 0210004001007, 0210004001008, 0210004001019, 0210004001020, 0210004001031, 0210004001037, 0210004001038, 0210004001044, 0210015001044, 0210015001045, 0210015001046, 0210016002006, 0210016002013, 0210016003068, 0210016003069;
VTD 71.1:
Block(s) 0210016003001, 0210016003002, 0210016003012, 0210016003015, 0210016003049, 0210016003050, 0210016003051, 0210016003052, 0210016003053, 0210016003055, 0210016003058, 0210016003059, 0210016003060, 0210016003065, 0210016003071, 0210016003072, 0210016003073, 0210016003075, 0210016003082, 0210016003107, 0210016003111.
District 4:
Buncombe County:
VTD 02.1:
Block(s) 0210006002020, 0210006002021, 0210006002022, 0210006002037, 0210006002038, 0210006002043;
VTD 03.1:
Block(s) 0210004001051, 0210004003003, 0210004003004, 0210004003005, 0210004003006, 0210004003007, 0210004003008, 0210004003009, 0210004003010, 0210004003012, 0210004003013, 0210004003014, 0210004003015, 0210004003016, 0210006002000, 0210006002001, 0210006002002, 0210006002003, 0210006002004, 0210006002005, 0210006002006, 0210006002007, 0210006002008, 0210006002009, 0210006002010, 0210006002011, 0210006002012, 0210006002013, 0210006002014, 0210006002015, 0210006002016, 0210006002017, 0210006002018, 0210006002019, 0210006002023, 0210006002024, 0210006002025, 0210006002026, 0210006002027, 0210006002028, 0210006002029, 0210006002030, 0210006002031, 0210006002032, 0210006002033, 0210006002034, 0210006002035, 0210006002036, 0210006002039, 0210006002040, 0210006002041, 0210006002042;
VTD 06.1, VTD 103.1:
Block(s) 0210018011002, 0210018011007, 0210018011030, 0210018011031, 0210018011032, 0210018011033, 0210018011034, 0210018011035, 0210018011036, 0210018011037, 0210018011038, 0210018011039, 0210018011040, 0210018012003, 0210018012004, 0210018012005, 0210018012006, 0210018012007, 0210018012008, 0210018012009, 0210018012010, 0210018012011, 0210018012012, 0210018012013, 0210018012014, 0210018012015, 0210018012016, 0210018012017, 0210018012018, 0210018012019, 0210018012020, 0210018012021, 0210018012022, 0210018012023, 0210018012024, 0210018012026, 0210018012027, 0210018012028, 0210018012029, 0210018021004, 0210018021005, 0210018021006, 0210018021007, 0210018021008, 0210018021009, 0210018021010, 0210018021011, 0210018021012, 0210018021013, 0210018021014, 0210018021015, 0210018021016, 0210018021017, 0210018021018, 0210018021019, 0210018022007, 0210018022008, 0210018022009, 0210018022011, 0210018022013, 0210018022014, 0210018022015, 0210018022017, 0210018023004, 0210018023008;
VTD 17.1, VTD 20.1:
Block(s) 0210008001000, 0210008001001, 0210008001007, 0210008001008, 0210008001009, 0210008001010, 0210018011001, 0210018011005, 0210018011008, 0210018011010, 0210018011011, 0210018011014, 0210018011015, 0210018011016, 0210018011017, 0210018011019, 0210018011020, 0210018011021, 0210018011022, 0210018011023, 0210018011024, 0210018011025, 0210018011026, 0210018011027, 0210018011028, 0210018011041;
VTD 25.1:
Block(s) 0210018022012, 0210018022016, 0210018023001, 0210018023002, 0210018023003, 0210018023005, 0210018023006, 0210018023007, 0210018023009, 0210018023010, 0210018023012, 0210018023013, 0210018023014, 0210018023015, 0210018023016, 0210018023017, 0210018023018, 0210018023021, 0210018023022, 0210018023023, 0210018023024, 0210018023025, 0210018023026, 0210018023027, 0210019001000, 0210019001001, 0210019001002, 0210019001003, 0210019001004, 0210019001005, 0210019001006, 0210019001007, Page 6 Senate Bill 285-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 0210019001008, 0210019001009, 0210019001010, 0210019001011, 0210019001012, 0210019001013, 0210019001032, 0210019002029, 0210030011014, 0210030011019, 0210030011048, 0210030011049, 0210030011050, 0210030011052, 0210030011053, 0210030011054, 0210030011055, 0210030011056, 0210030011057, 0210030011058, 0210030011059, 0210030011067, 0210030014009, 0210030014026, 0210030014027, 0210030014028;
VTD 28.1:
Block(s) 0210004003000, 0210004003001, 0210004003002, 0210004003011;
VTD 62.1:
Block(s) 0210018023028, 0210018023029, 0210018023031, 0210018023032, 0210030014012, 0210030014022, 0210030014023, 0210030014024;
VTD 64.1:
Block(s) 0210030011060.
District 5:
Buncombe County:
VTD 01.1, VTD 07.1, VTD 09.1:
Block(s) 0210019002023, 0210019002024, 0210019002025, 0210019002026, 0210019002030, 0210019002031, 0210019002032, 0210019002033, 0210019002034, 0210019002035, 0210019002036, 0210019002037, 0210019002038, 0210019002039, 0210019002040, 0210019002041, 0210019002055, 0210019002056, 0210020001000, 0210020001001, 0210020001002, 0210020001003, 0210020001004, 0210020001005, 0210020001006, 0210020001007, 0210020001008, 0210020001009, 0210020001010, 0210020001011, 0210020001012, 0210020001013, 0210020001014, 0210020001015, 0210020001016, 0210020001017, 0210020001018, 0210020001019, 0210020001020, 0210020001021, 0210020001022, 0210020001023, 0210020001024, 0210020001025, 0210020001026, 0210020001027, 0210020001028, 0210020001029, 0210020001030, 0210020001031, 0210020001032, 0210020001033, 0210020002000, 0210020002001, 0210020002002, 0210020002003, 0210020002004, 0210020002005, 0210020002006, 0210020002007, 0210020002008, 0210020002009, 0210020002010, 0210020002011, 0210020002012, 0210020002013, 0210020002014, 0210020002015, 0210020002016, 0210020002017, 0210020002018, 0210020002019, 0210020002020, 0210020002021, 0210020002022, 0210020002023, 0210020002024, 0210020002025, 0210020002026, 0210020002027, 0210020002028, 0210020002029, 0210020002030, 0210020002031, 0210020002032, 0210020002033, 0210020002034, 0210020002035, 0210020002036, 0210020002037, 0210020002038, 0210020002039, 0210020002040, 0210020002041, 0210020002042, 0210020002044, 0210020002045;
VTD 100.1:
Block(s) 0210020003000, 0210020003001, 0210020003002, 0210020003003, 0210020003004, 0210020003005, 0210020003006, 0210020003007, 0210020003008, 0210020003009, 0210020003010, 0210020003011, 0210020003012, 0210020003013, 0210020003014, 0210020003015, 0210020003016, 0210020003017, 0210020003018, 0210020003019, 0210020003020, 0210020003021, 0210020003022, 0210020003023, 0210020003024, 0210020003025, 0210020003026, 0210020003027, 0210020003028, 0210020003029, 0210020003030, 0210020003031, 0210020003032, 0210020003033, 0210020003034, 0210020003035, 0210020003036, 0210020003037, 0210020003038, 0210020003039, 0210020003040, 0210020003041, 0210020003042, 0210020003043, 0210020003044, 0210020003045, 0210020003046, 0210020003047, 0210020003048, 0210020003049, 0210020004000, 0210020004001, 0210020004002, 0210020004003, 0210020004004, 0210020004005, 0210020004006, 0210020004007, 0210020004008, 0210020004009, 0210020004010, 0210020004011, 0210020004012, 0210020004013, 0210020004014, 0210020004015, 0210020004016, 0210020004017, 0210020004018, 0210020004019, 0210020004020, 0210020004021, 0210020004022, 0210020004023, 0210020004024, 0210020004025, 0210021011000, 0210021011001, 0210021011002, 0210021011006, 0210021011007, 0210021011008, 0210021011009, 0210021011032, 0210021011033, 0210021011047, 0210021021001, 0210021021007, 0210021021012, 0210021021013, 0210021021015, 0210021021016, 0210021021019, 0210021021024, 0210021021025, 0210021021026, 0210021021027, 0210021021028, 0210021021029, 0210021021030, 0210021021034, 0210021021035, 0210021021036, 0210021021037, 0210021022000, 0210021022001, 0210021022002, 0210021022003, Senate Bill 285-First Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 0210021022004, 0210021022005, 0210021022006, 0210021022007, 0210021022008, 0210021022009, 0210021022010, 0210021022011, 0210021022012, 0210021022013, 0210021022014, 0210021022015, 0210021022016, 0210021022017, 0210021022018, 0210021022019, 0210021022020, 0210021022021, 0210021022022, 0210021022023, 0210021022024, 0210021022025, 0210021022026, 0210021022027, 0210021022028, 0210021022031, 0210021022032, 0210021022033, 0210021022034, 0210021022053, 0210021022054, 0210021022055;
VTD 20.1:
Block(s) 0210008001003, 0210008001004, 0210008001005, 0210008001006, 0210008001011, 0210008001012, 0210008001013, 0210008001014, 0210008001015, 0210008001020;
VTD 60.2:
Block(s) 0210032033009.
District 6:
Buncombe County:
VTD 100.1:
Block(s) 0210021022029, 0210021022030, 0210021022035, 0210021022036, 0210021022037, 0210021022038, 0210021022039, 0210021022040, 0210021022041, 0210021022042, 0210021022043, 0210021022045, 0210021022046, 0210021022049;
VTD 101.1:
Block(s) 0210022031000, 0210022031001, 0210022031006, 0210022031019, 0210022031020, 0210022031021, 0210022031022, 0210022031023, 0210022031024, 0210022031025, 0210022031026, 0210022031027, 0210022031028, 0210022031029, 0210022031030, 0210022031031, 0210022031032, 0210022031033, 0210022031034, 0210022031035, 0210022031036, 0210022031037, 0210022031038, 0210022031040, 0210022031041, 0210022031042, 0210022032001, 0210022032002, 0210022032026, 0210022032027, 0210022032029, 0210022032037, 0210022032038, 0210022032041, 0210022032043, 0210022032044, 0210022032045, 0210022032046, 0210022032049, 0210022032050, 0210022032051, 0210022032052, 0210022032053, 0210022032054, 0210022032057, 0210022032058, 0210022032059, 0210022032061, 0210022032062, 0210022032076, 0210022032077, 0210022032078, 0210022032079, 0210022032080, 0210022032081, 0210022032083, 0210022033000, 0210022033010, 0210022041007, 0210022041008, 0210022041009, 0210022041010, 0210022041012, 0210022041013, 0210022041015, 0210022041018, 0210022041019, 0210022041022, 0210022041023, 0210022041030, 0210022041031, 0210022041032, 0210022041033, 0210022041034, 0210022041035, 0210022041036, 0210022041037, 0210022041038, 0210022041039, 0210022041040, 0210022041041, 0210022041042, 0210022041043, 0210022041044, 0210022041045, 0210022041046, 0210022041047, 0210022041048, 0210022041049, 0210022041050, 0210022041051, 0210022041052, 0210022041053, 0210022041054, 0210022041055, 0210022041056, 0210022041057, 0210022042011, 0210022042012, 0210022042013, 0210022042014, 0210022042017, 0210022042018, 0210022042019, 0210022042020, 0210022042024, 0210022042025, 0210022042028, 0210022043002, 0210022043003, 0210022043004, 0210022043005, 0210022043006, 0210022043007, 0210022043011, 0210022043012, 0210022043013, 0210022043016, 0210022043018, 0210022043019, 0210022043020, 0210022043021, 0210022043022, 0210022043034, 0210022043035, 0210022043036, 0210022043037, 0210022043038, 0210022043039, 0210022044000, 0210022044001, 0210022044002, 0210022044003, 0210022044004, 0210022044005, 0210022044006, 0210022044007, 0210022044008, 0210022044009, 0210022044010, 0210022044011, 0210022044012, 0210022044013, 0210022044014, 0210022044015, 0210022044017;
VTD 102.1:
Block(s) 0210022051007, 0210022051008, 0210022053000, 0210022053001, 0210022053002, 0210022053003, 0210022053004, 0210022053005, 0210022053006, 0210022053007, 0210022053008, 0210022053009, 0210022053010, 0210022053011, 0210022053012, 0210022053013, 0210022053014, 0210022053015, 0210022053020, 0210022053021, 0210022053022, 0210022053023, 0210022061008, 0210022061014, 0210022061015, 0210022061016, 0210022061017, 0210022061018, 0210022061019, 0210022061020, 0210022061021, 0210022062009, 0210022062010, 0210022062011, 0210022062012, 0210022062013, 0210022062014, 0210022062015, 0210022062019, 0210022062020, 0210022062021, 0210022062022, 0210022062023;
VTD 19.1, VTD 30.1:
Block(s) Page 8 Senate Bill 285-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 0210023012007, 0210023013004;
VTD 55.1:
Block(s) 0210022051006, 0210022051009;
VTD 57.1:
Block(s) 0210022061013;
Henderson County:
VTD FL:
Block(s) 0899306002039.
(d) The person elected as mayor at the 1997 election shall serve a four year term of office commencing in 1997 and expiring in 2001.
Thereafter, all terms of office for the mayor shall be four years.
The mayor shall be nominated and elected from the City at large.
(e) A mayor or member of council ceasing to possess any of the qualifications specified in this section shall immediately forfeit office." SECTION 3.(b) All members of the City Council of the City of Asheville elected in 2017 shall serve a two-year term.
SECTION 3.(c) Notwithstanding Part 4 of Article 5 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes and G.S.
160A-23, the structure of the City Council of the City of Asheville shall not be altered under that Part prior to the return of the 2020 Census.
SECTION 3.(d) Chapter 165 of the 1969 Session Laws is repealed.
SECTION 3.(e) Nothing in this act shall affect the authority of the City of Asheville to annex pursuant to Article 4A of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes and any local act of the General Assembly.
SECTION 3.(f) The Legislative Services Officer shall certify a true copy of the block assignment file associated with any mapping software used to generate the language in subsection (a) of this section.
The certified true copy of the block assignment file shall be delivered by the Legislative Services Officer to the Clerk of the City of Asheville.
SECTION 4.
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Action History

  1. Amend Adopted A5

  2. Passed 3rd Reading

  3. Special Message Sent To Senate

  4. Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Amend

  5. Placed on Today's Calendar

  6. Concurred In H Amend S285v3

  7. Ordered Enrolled

  8. Ratified

  9. Ch. SL 2017-83

  10. Amend Failed A1

  11. Amend Failed A2

  12. Amend Failed A3

  13. Amend Adopted A4

  14. Passed 2nd Reading

  15. Withdrawn From Cal

  16. Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

  17. Placed On Cal For 06/27/2017

  18. Reptd Fav

  19. Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  20. Withdrawn From Com

  21. Re-ref Com On Elections and Ethics Law

  22. Regular Message Sent To House

  23. Regular Message Received From Senate

  24. Passed 1st Reading

  25. Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  26. Reptd Fav

  27. Placed on Today's Supplemental Calendar

  28. Amend Adopted A1

  29. Passed 2nd Reading

  30. Passed 3rd Reading

  31. Engrossed

  32. Reptd Fav Com Substitute

  33. Com Substitute Adopted

  34. Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  35. Withdrawn From Com

  36. Re-ref to Select Committee on Elections. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate

  37. Passed 1st Reading

  38. Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  39. Filed

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 63 Yea · 47 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 402907
Democratic 01401
Republican 23302
U 0100
Total 6347010
% of votes cast 53%39%0%8%
How each member voted (120)
Member Party Vote
Lucas — Nay
Michaux — Nay
Millis — Yea
Rogers — Yea
Steinburg — Not Voting
Yarborough — Not Voting
Autry — Nay
Boles — Yea
Boswell — Yea
Burr — Yea
Conrad — Yea
Dulin — Nay
Elmore — Yea
Faircloth — Yea
Farmer-Butterfield — Not Voting
Floyd — Nay
Fraley — Yea
Garrison — Nay
Gill — Nay
J.Bell — Yea
BertJones — Yea
Brawley — Yea
DestinHall — Yea
K.Hall — Yea
Johnson — Yea
Malone — Yea
T.Moore(Speaker) — Yea
Bumgardner — Yea
Cleveland — Yea
Collins — Yea
Dobson — Yea
Dollar — Yea
Grange — Yea
Hardister — Yea
Horn — Yea
Hurley — Yea
Jordan — Yea
Lewis — Yea
McElraft — Yea
McGrady — Yea
McNeill — Yea
Stone — Yea
R.Turner — Yea
G.Adcock — Nay
L.Bell — Nay
DuaneHall — Nay
G.Graham — Nay
Jackson — Nay
G.Martin — Nay
R.Moore — Nay
B.Richardson — Nay
W.Richardson — Nay
B.Turner — Nay
C.Graham — Not Voting
BrendenJones — Not Voting
S.Martin — Not Voting
Beasley — Nay
Black — Nay
Bradford — Not Voting
Earle — Nay
Fisher — Nay
Goodman — Nay
Hanes — Nay
Henson — Nay
Holley — Nay
Hunter — Nay
Insko — Nay
Murphy — Yea
Presnell — Yea
Saine — Yea
Speciale — Yea
Szoka — Yea
Terry — Nay
Williams — Yea
Wray — Nay
Zachary — Yea
Amos L. Quick, III Democratic Not Voting
Becky Carney Democratic Nay
Cecil Brockman Democratic Nay
Cynthia Ball Democratic Nay
Dante Pittman Democratic Nay
Deb Butler Democratic Nay
Eric Ager Democratic Nay
Garland E. Pierce Democratic Nay
Graig Meyer Democratic Nay
Joe John Democratic Nay
Marcia Morey Democratic Nay
Mary Belk Democratic Nay
Pricey Harrison Democratic Nay
Robert T. Reives, II Democratic Nay
Shelly Willingham Democratic Nay
Carl Ford Republican Yea
Dean Arp Republican Not Voting
Dennis Riddell Republican Yea
Donna McDowell White Republican Yea
Donny Lambeth Republican Yea
Frank Iler Republican Yea
Harry Warren Republican Yea
Hugh Blackwell Republican Yea
Jay Adams Republican Nay
Jimmy Dixon Republican Yea
John A. Torbett Republican Yea
John M. Blust Republican Yea
John Sauls Republican Yea
Julia C. Howard Republican Yea
Kelly E. Hastings Republican Yea
Kevin Corbin Republican Yea
Larry C. Strickland Republican Yea
Larry W. Potts Republican Yea
Mark Brody Republican Yea
Mike Clampitt Republican Yea
Mitchell S. Setzer Republican Nay
Phil Shepard Republican Yea
Sam Watford Republican Yea
Sarah Stevens Republican Yea
Stephen M. Ross Republican Nay
Ted Davis, Jr. Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Not Voting
William D. Brisson Republican Yea
Carla D. Cunningham U Nay

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Passed 31 Yea · 12 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 1501
Unaffiliated 22704
Republican 8002
Total 311207
% of votes cast 62%24%0%14%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
McKissick — Nay
Randleman — Yea
Tillman — Yea
Woodard — Nay
Ballard — Yea
Barefoot — Yea
Brock — Yea
Foushee — Nay
Horner — Yea
Brown — Yea
B.Jackson — Yea
Newton — Yea
Tucker — Yea
D.Davis — Nay
Smith — Nay
VanDuyn — Nay
J.Jackson — Not Voting
J.Davis — Not Voting
Barringer — Yea
Bishop — Yea
Bryant — Nay
Curtis — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Edwards — Yea
Gunn — Yea
Harrington — Yea
Krawiec — Yea
Meredith — Not Voting
Pate — Yea
Rabin — Yea
Tarte — Not Voting
Wade — Yea
Wells — Yea
Amanda P. Cook Democratic Yea
Dan Blue Democratic Nay
Gladys A. Robinson Democratic Nay
Jay J. Chaudhuri Democratic Not Voting
Joyce Waddell Democratic Nay
Paul A. Lowe, Jr. Democratic Nay
Tracy Clark Democratic Nay
Bill Rabon Republican Yea
Carl Ford Republican Not Voting
Danny Earl Britt, Jr. Republican Yea
Michael V. Lee Republican Yea
Norman W. Sanderson Republican Yea
Phil Berger Republican Yea
Ralph Hise Republican Not Voting
Tom McInnis Republican Yea
W. Ted Alexander Republican Yea
Warren Daniel Republican Yea

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