NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 818

HOUSE BILL 903

 

 

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE TO CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 1A-1, Rule 1, is hereby amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof as follows:

"They shall also govern the procedure in tort actions brought before the Industrial Commission except when a differing procedure is prescribed by statute."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of July, 1971.