NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 520

SENATE BILL 720

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 35-43 AND G.S. 35-44 TO ALLOW REPRESENTATION BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AT STERILIZATION HEARINGS TO BE DISCRETIONARY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 35-43 is hereby amended by striking the word "shall" as it appears in the third sentence immediately after the word "assistant" and immediately before the word "present" and substituting therefor the word "may".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 35-44 is hereby amended by striking the word "shall" as it appears in the third sentence immediately after the word "assistant" and immediately before the word "present" and substituting therefor the word "may".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1975.