NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 935

HOUSE BILL 1346

 

 

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE COURTS COMMISSION TO STUDY THE COLLECTION OF MONEY JUDGMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The North Carolina Courts Commission is directed to study the machinery for the collection of money judgments and the court fees applicable to the process of collection. In such study, the Commission shall examine House Bill 564, 1981 Session as originally introduced. The Commission shall make recommendations as to the procedure for collection and shall make recommendations so that adequate revenue may be provided to offset any additional cost of administering legislation it may recommend.

Sec. 2. The Commission may in its study seek out testimony from clerks of court and judges about the effects of money judgment collection legislation.

Sec. 3. The Commission shall make its recommendation to the 1982 Session, and it shall be in order to introduce legislation in the 1982 Session to implement its recommendations. Further recommendations may also be made to the 1983 Session.

Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of July, 1981.