§ 120-2.4. Opportunity for General Assembly to remedy defects. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 120‑2.4.  Opportunityfor General Assembly to remedy defects.

If the General Assembly enactsa plan apportioning or redistricting State legislative or congressionaldistricts, in no event may a court impose its own substitute plan unless thecourt first gives the General Assembly a period of time to remedy any defectsidentified by the court in its findings of fact and conclusions of law. Thatperiod of time shall not be less than two weeks. In the event the GeneralAssembly does not act to remedy any identified defects to its plan within thatperiod of time, the court may impose an interim districting plan for use in thenext general election only, but that interim districting plan may differ fromthe districting plan enacted by the General Assembly only to the extentnecessary to remedy any defects identified by the court. (2003‑434, 1st Ex.Sess., s. 9.)