NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1103

SENATE BILL 661

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 31 OF CHAPTER 143 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO CLARIFY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S DUTY TO REPRESENT THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143-295 is hereby amended by deleting therefrom immediately following the word "State" in line 6 the following: "other than the State Highway Commission, and settlements of claims against the State Highway Commission shall be subject to approval by the Chief Counsel of that department, and,".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-297 is hereby amended by deleting from the third paragraph thereof the remainder of the paragraph immediately following the word "State", the first word of line 4 which reads as follows: "other than the State Highway Commission. If the claim is asserted against the State Highway Commission, one copy of said affidavit shall be forwarded to the Chief Counsel for that department."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 143-298 is hereby amended by deleting therefrom immediately following the word "State" the first word in line 3 and immediately preceding the word "in" in line 3 the following words: "other than the State Highway Commission".

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.