NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1142

SENATE BILL 551

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 218 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1971 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CLARIFYING THE EFFECT AND INTENT OF SAID CHAPTER.

 

Whereas, the General Assembly of North Carolina on the 21st day of April, 1971, enacted into law as Chapter 218 of the Session Laws of 1971, AN ACT TO PROVIDE A LIMITATION ON THE OBLIGATION OF PARENTS TO PAY THE COST OF CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN CHILDREN IN STATE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES; and

Whereas, it has come to the attention of this General Assembly that the intended effect of such act might be unclear or ambiguous; and

Whereas, this General Assembly desires to clarify the intended effect of said act; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 4 of Chapter 218 of the Session Laws of North Carolina of 1971 is hereby amended by adding the following sentence to the end thereof:

"It is the intent of this act to limit the existing liability of all parents, in the manner set out in the previous sections of this act, in regard to charges made prior to the date of the ratification of this act, or to be made subsequent to such date, for treatment, care and maintenance of a natural or adopted child at facilities owned or operated by the State Department of Mental Health."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective on and after the 21st day of April, 1971.

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