North Carolina HB 1067: Modernize Debt Settlement Prohibition.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 3
HOUSE BILL 1067
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/5/26
Third Edition Engrossed 5/7/26

Short Title: Rural Hall - Unaffiliated Candidates. (Local)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 29, 2026
*H1067-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF RURAL HALL TO PROVIDE A 2
PROCESS FOR UNAFFILIATED CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR ELECTED OFFICE. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. The Charter of the Town of Rural Hall, being Chapter 1100 of the 1973 5
Session Laws, as amended by S.L. 2023-31 and by S.L. 2024-14, is amended by adding a new 6
section to read: 7
"Sec. 4.1. Any candidate seeking nomination by petition for municipal office shall comply 8
with the requirements of Article 11 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, 9
provided that the date and time petitions must be filed with the county board of elections in 10
G.S. 163-122(a)(4) shall not apply, and the date and time petitions must be filed with the county 11
board of elections in G.S. 163-122(a)(3) shall apply." 12
SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 1 of this act, for purposes of the 2026 election 13
only, any candidate seeking nomination by petition for municipal office must file a petition with 14
the county board of elections no later than 12:00 noon on July 6, 2026. Except as otherwise 15
provided by this section, candidates shall comply with the requirements set out in Article 11 of 16
Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. 17
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective January 1, 2027, and applies to 18
elections held in 2028 and thereafter. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law 19
and applies to petitions filed on or after that date. 20