North Carolina § 163-278 - 99E. Voter education.

§ 163-278. 99E. Voter education.

(See Editor's note for contingent repeal) Relationship to the Judicial Voter Guide. - The State Board may publish the Voter Guide in conjunction with the Judicial Voter Guide described in G.S. 163-278.69 History (2007-391, s. 4(b); 2007-484, s. 43.8(c); 2007-540, s. 1; 2008-187, s. 33(a); 2013-360, s. 21.1(i); 2013-381, s. 38.1( l ); 2014-111, s. 8; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-1535 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-1535 was then re-recodified as this section by Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), effective January 31, 2019. The historical citation from the former section has been added to this section as re-recodified. Session Laws 2007-391, s. 4(b), amended G.S. 163-278.99E as enacted by House Bill 1517 of the 2007 Session of the General Assembly, contingent on that act becoming law. House Bill 1517 was enacted as Session Laws 2007-540. Session Laws 2007-540, s. 6, as amended by Session Laws 2007-484, s. 43.8(c), made this Article effective August 31, 2007, and applicable to elections for Auditor, Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Commissioner of Insurance in 2008 and thereafter. Session Laws 2007-391, s. 1(c), was amended by Session Laws 2008-187, s. 33(a), to eliminate any confusion as to the effective dates of the 2007 act. Session Laws 2007-391, s. 4(b), which substituted "28 days" for "14 days" twice in the last sentence of subsection (a), is effective August 19, 2007. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 21.1(i), provides: "G.S. 163-278.99E(d) is repealed effective upon exhaustion of the funds for publication of the Judicial Voter Guide in G.S. 163-278.69 ." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 21.1(j)-( l ), provides: "(j) The State Board of Elections shall use the money in the North Carolina Public Campaign Fund to only publish Judicial Voter Guides as described in G.S. 163-278.69 (now repealed) until the funds have been exhausted. "(k) The secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina State Bar shall remit any payments of the fifty-dollar ($50.00) surcharge payable for the taxable year January 1, 2013, to the State Board of Elections, and the State Board of Elections must credit the funds received to the North Carolina Public Campaign Fund. "( l ) The State Board of Elections shall notify the Revisor of Statutes when the funds have been exhausted for publication of the Judicial Voter Guide." As of April 24, 2019, the Revisor is informed that the funds were not yet been exhausted. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2013-381, s. 38.1(b), as amended by Session Laws 2014-111, s. 8, provides: "Article 22J of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is repealed, except that the repeal of G.S. 163-278.99E(d) is governed by subsection ( l ) of this section, which provides that the repeal becomes effective upon exhaustion of the funds for publication of the Judicial Voter Guide in G.S. 163-278.69 ." Session Laws 2013-381, s. 38.1( l ), provides: "G.S. 163-278.99E(d) is repealed effective upon exhaustion of the funds for publication of the Judicial Voter Guide in G.S. 163-278.69 ." See Editor's note for Session Laws 2013-381, s. 38.1(b), as amended by Session Laws 2014-111, s. 8. Session Laws 2013-381, s. 38.1(m)-(o), provides: "(m) The State Board of Elections shall use the money in the North Carolina Public Campaign Fund to only publish Judicial Voter Guides as described in G.S. 163-278.69 until the funds have been exhausted. "(n) The secretary-treasurer of the North Carolina State Bar shall remit any payments of the fifty-dollar ($50.00) surcharge payable for the taxable year January 1, 2013, to the State Board of Elections, and the State Board of Elections must credit the funds received to the North Carolina Public Campaign Fund. "(o) The State Board of Elections shall notify the Revisor of Statutes when the funds have been exhausted for publication of the Judicial Voter Guide." As of April 24, 2019, the Revisor is informed that the funds have not yet been exhausted. Session Laws 2013-381, s. 60.1, is a severability clause. Section 163-278.96, referred to in this section, was repealed by Session Laws 2013-381, s. 38.1(b), effective July 1, 2013. Session Laws 2018-134, 3rd Ex. Sess., s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Hurricane Florence Emergency Response Act.'" Session Laws 2018-134, 3rd Ex. Sess., s. 5.3(e), provides: "(e) Notwithstanding G.S. 163A-1535 and G.S. 163A-1520, there is appropriated from the cash balance in Budget Code 68025 in the Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the purpose of implementing this section. Expenditures of this appropriation are not subject to the provisions of Article 3 and Article 8 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes." Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, which had recodified this section. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2007-391, s. 4(b), effective August 19, 2007, substituted "28 days" for "14 days" twice in the last sentence of subsection (a). Session Laws 2013-360, s. 21.1(i), effective July 1, 2013, repealed subsection (d). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2013-381, s. 38.1( l ), effective July 1, 2013, repealed subsection (d). For applicability, see Editor's note.