NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 794

HOUSE BILL 369

AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF CORONER IN CUMBERLAND AND BERTIE COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. The office of coroner in Cumberland County is abolished.

Sec. 2. Chapter 152 of the General Statutes is not applicable to Cumberland County.

Sec. 3. The office of coroner in Bertie County is abolished.

Sec. 4. Chapter 152 of the General Statutes is not applicable to Bertie County.

Sec. 5. Section 1 of Chapter 557 of the 1979 Session Laws is amended by deleting the word "run-off" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "primary".

Sec. 6. Section 1, Section 2, and Section 5 of this act are effective upon ratification and Section 3 and Section 4 of this act are effective December 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of June, 1979.