NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 679

HOUSE BILL 1122

 

 

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE LONG-STANDING EXEMPTION OF ARMED FORCES DISCHARGES AND CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS FROM FEES AND OTHER CHARGES INCIDENT TO THEIR RECORDATION OR COPYING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 161 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to be designated as G.S. 161-10.1, which shall read as follows:

"§ 161-10.1.  Exemption of armed forces discharge documents and certain other records needed in support of claims for veterans benefits. — Any schedule of fees which is now or may be prescribed in Chapter 161 of the General Statutes or in G.S. 161-10 shall not apply to nor shall the same repeal any of the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 47 of the General Statutes. Any schedule of fees which is now or may be hereafter prescribed in Chapter 161 of the General Statutes or as may appear in G.S. 161-10 shall not apply to nor shall the same repeal any of the provisions of G.S. 165-11 of the General Statutes."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1971.