GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 137

SENATE BILL 37

 

AN ACT TO EXPEDITE PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING CHILD VICTIMS AND WITNESSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-701(b)(7) is amended in subdivision (7) as follows:

(1)       by adding a new sub-subdivision e. to read:

"e.        Whether the case involves physical or sexual child abuse when a victim or witness is under 16 years of age, and whether further delay would have an adverse impact on the well-being of the child." and

(2)       by deleting the word "and" at the end of sub-subdivision a. and substituting a semicolon for the period at the end of sub-subdivision d. and by adding the word "and" at the end of sub-subdivision d. after the semicolon.

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of May, 1987.