NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1296

HOUSE BILL 1200

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA TO ASSUME COSTS IN POST-CONVICTION PROCEEDINGS PRESENTLY BORNE BY THE VARIOUS COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Article 22 of Chapter 15 of the General Statutes is hereby amended as follows:

(a)  G.S. 15-220 as the same appears in Volume 1-C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by striking the word "county" as it appears in the fourth line of the second paragraph and in lieu thereof the "State of North Carolina" is substituted.

(b)  G.S. 15-222 as the same appears in the 1967 Supplement to Volume 1-C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by striking the word "county" as it appears in the third line of the second paragraph and in lieu thereof the "State of North Carolina" is substituted.

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1969.