GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 138

HOUSE BILL 12

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR CODED BILL DRAFTS, WHERE THE LAW TO BE AMENDED IS SET OUT SHOWING THE DELETIONS AND INSERTIONS PROPOSED BY THE BILL.

 

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.