NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1015

HOUSE BILL 1297

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 7-448 AND G.S. 7-449, RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS OF OFFICE ON THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 7-448, as the same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to read as follows: "A Judicial Council is hereby created which shall consist of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court or some other member of that court designated by him, the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals or some other member of that court designated by him, two judges of the Superior Court and one judge of the District Court designated by the Chief Justice, the Attorney General or some member of his staff designated by him, two Solicitors of the Superior Court designated by the Chief Justice, and ten additional members, two of whom shall be appointed by the GOVERNOR, two by the President of the Senate from among the members of the Senate, two by the Speaker of the House of Representatives from among the members of the House and four by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar. All appointive members of the Judicial Council shall be selected on the basis of their interest in and competency for the study of law reform. The four members to be appointed by the Council of the North Carolina State Bar shall be active practitioners in the trial and appellate courts."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 7-449, as the same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting a paragraph after paragraph number "1" to read as follows: "2. If he designates no other member of the Court of Appeals, the Chief Judge during his term of office."

Sec. 3.  Paragraph "2" of G.S. 7-449, as it appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is renumbered "3".

Sec. 4.  Paragraph "3" of G.S. 7-449, as it appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to the General Statutes, is renumbered "4".

Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1969.