NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 476

HOUSE BILL 699

 

 

AN ACT TO ADD TO G.S. 46-25 A PROVISO THAT THE LIFE TENANT MAY CUT TIMBER ONLY ON A FINDING THAT SUCH CUTTING IS NECESSARY FOR GOOD HUSBANDRY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 46-25 is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new proviso to read as follows: "; Provided further, that prior to a judgment allowing a life tenant to sell the timber there must be a finding that the cutting is in keeping with good husbandry and that no substantial injury will be done to the remainder interest."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on October 1, 1975, and shall apply only to property acquired by deed, inheritance or will after the effective date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of June, 1975.