NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 244

HOUSE BILL 199

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT BANKS FROM CHARGING FEES ON REMITTANCES COVERING CHECKS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 53-70 is hereby amended by rewriting the section in its entirety to read as follows:

"No bank or trust company in this State shall charge a fee on remittances covering checks."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 53-73 is hereby amended by striking out at the end of the section the words and figures "§ § 53-70 and 53-71" and inserting in lieu thereof "§ 53-71".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 53-72, G.S. 53-74, and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective December 31, 1972.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of April, 1971.