NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 748

HOUSE BILL 1081

 

 

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED IN STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT POLICIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 128 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by inserting therein a new section to be designated as G.S. 128-15.3 to read as follows:

"§ 128-15.3.  Discrimination against handicapped prohibited in hiring. — (a) There shall be no discrimination in the hiring policies of the State Personnel System against any applicant for employment based upon any physical defect or impairment of the applicant unless the defect or impairment to some degree prevents the applicant from performing the duties required by the employment sought."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of July, 1971.