GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2011

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HOUSE BILL 832

Committee Substitute Favorable 6/8/11

 

Short Title:        LRC Study/Nonattorney Ownership/PC Law Firms.

(Public)

Sponsors:

 

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April 7, 2011

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize the LEGISLATIVE research commission to study nonattorney ownership of Professional Corporation Law Firms.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The Legislative Research Commission is authorized to study the issues of nonattorney ownership of professional corporation law firms. As a part of its study, the Commission shall review the issues raised by the first edition of House Bill 832, 2011 General Assembly.

SECTION 2.  The Legislative Research Commission may make an interim report to the 2011 General Assembly, including any proposed legislation, when it reconvenes in 2012 and shall make its final report, including any proposed legislation, to the 2013 General Assembly.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.