GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

SESSION LAW 2013-304

HOUSE BILL 462

AN ACT to increase the uniform hourly fee charged to persons receiving the services of a supervised visitation and exchange center through a fAMILY COURT program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A-314.1(a) reads as rewritten:

"(a)       The Administrative Office of the Courts may charge a uniform fee of not more than thirty dollars ($30.00)fifty dollars ($50.00) per hour to persons receiving the services of a supervised visitation and exchange center through a family court program. The fees collected under this section may be used by the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts to support the continued operation of supervised visitation and exchange centers which provide services to family court clients regarding domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, parental alienation, and other issues."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2013, and applies to services provided on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9^th day of July, 2013.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

Approved 6:17 p.m. this 18^th day of July, 2013