GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 279
Short Title: Filling Vacancies/Haywood County Bd. of Comm. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Pless.
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Election Law, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 5, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT VACANCIES ON THE HAYWOOD COUNTY BOARD OF 2
COMMISSIONERS ARE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE W ITH G.S. 153A-27. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 153A-27.1(h) reads as rewritten: 5
"(h) This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alamance, Alexander, 6
Alleghany, Avery, Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Caldwell, Carteret, Cherokee, Clay, 7
Cleveland, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Guilford, Harnett, Haywood, 8
Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, 9
Onslow, Pender, Polk, Randolph, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, 10
Transylvania, and Yancey." 11
SECTION 2. This act applies to Haywood County only. 12
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to vacancies 13
filled on or after that date. 14