GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 138
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 120-20.1. Coded bill drafting.- (a) Whenever in any act:
(1) it is stated that a law 'reads as rewritten:'; and
(2) the law is set out showing material struck through or underlined, or both
the material struck through is being deleted from the existing law, and the material underlined is being added to the existing law.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, underlining in a column heading is existing law, and a double underline shows a column heading being added to existing law.
(c) As used in this section 'act' and 'law' also includes joint and simple resolutions.
(d) This section applies to acts ratified on or after February 9, 1987."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of May, 1987.