GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

HOUSE BILL 243

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT to clarify that the fee charged by the clerk of superior court for certificates under seal is waived for appointed attorneys representing indigent clients.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A-308(b1) reads as rewritten:

"(b1)    The fees set forth in subdivisionsubdivisions (9) and (12) of subsection (a) of this section are not chargeable when copies or certificates under seal are requested by an attorney who has been appointed or who is under contract with the Office of Indigent Defense Services to represent an indigent person at State expense, if the request is made in connection with the appointed case or the contract and during the duration of the appointment or the contract."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011, and applies to fees assessed or collected on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15^th day of June, 2011.

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                                                                         Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

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                                                                         Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

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                                                                         Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2011