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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Legislative Reporting Service, Box 7294 State Legislative Building, Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone 919.733.2484 Fax 919.715.3464
Vol. 2004, No. 42
Friday, August 6, 2004
LEGISLATION ENACTED
SL 2004-127 (H 1119). ELECTION LAW CHANGES. AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ELECTION
LAWS. Summarized in Daily Bulletin
4/10/03, 4/22/03, 4/29/03, 7/9/04,
and
7/12/04.
Enacted July 26, 2004.
Effective July 26, 2004, except as otherwise provided.
SL 2004-128 (S 577). ADJUST COURT JURISDICTION/AMEND MAGISTRATE TERM. AN ACT TO RAISE
THE JURISDICTIONAL AMOUNT FOR SMALL CLAIMS ACTIONS TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS , TO
CLARIFY JURISDICTION FOR REVOCATION OF PROBATION WHEN PLEAS WERE ENTERED IN DISTRICT
COURT, TO DEFINE DRUG TREATMENT COURT AS AN INTERMEDIATE PUNISHMENT, TO REQUIRE THE
COURT TO GIVE NOTICE OF RIGHTS TO CONTEST MECHANICS' LIEN STORAGE CHARGES OF
VEHICLES SEIZED UNDER THE DWI FORFEITURE LAWS, TO PERMIT CLERKS OF COURT TO GRANT
DIVORCES IN UNCONTESTED ABSOLUTE DIVORCE ACTIONS, TO TERMINATE AS A MATTER OF LAW
CERTAIN PARENTAL RIGHTS OF A PERSON CONVICTED OF CERTAIN CRIMES THAT RESULT IN THE
VICTIM BECOMING PREGNANT, AND TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH CAROLINA TO CHANGE
THE TERM OF OFFICE OF MAGISTRATES FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF TWO YEARS AND SUBSEQUENT
TERMS OF FOUR YEARS. Summarized in Daily Bulletin
3/31/03, 4/28/03, 4/30/03,
and
7/17/04.
Enacted July
26, 2004. Sections 1 and 4-6 are effective October 1, 2004. Sections 7-15 are effective December 1, 2004.
Sections 2, 3, 16-18, and 20 are effective July 26, 2004. Section 19 becomes effective only upon approval by the
voters of the constitutional amendment proposed in Section 16. If this amendment is approved, Section 19
becomes effective January 1, 2005.
SL 2004-129 (S 991). IMPROVE STATE IT EFFICIENCY AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT. AN ACT TO
IMPROVE STATE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLANNING, ADOPT STANDARDS, MAKE
PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MORE EFFICIENT REDUCE COST OVERRUNS, PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
STATE AGENCIES, AND INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY. Summarized in Daily Bulletin
7/1/04
and
7/16/04.
Enacted July 27, 2004. Effective July 1, 2004.
SL 2004-130 (S 1058). UNC AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION/MILITARY STUDENTS. AN ACT TO
PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY OR A DEPENDENT RELATIVE OF A MEMBER OF THE
MILITARY WHO ATTENDS A CONSTITUENT UNIVERSITY OR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE SHALL BE
CHARGED ONLY THE IN-STATE TUITION RATE AND TO AUTHORIZE IN-STATE TUITION FOR
NONRESIDENT MEMBERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD AND TO CLARIFY LAWS
PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WHO SERVE IN THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL
GUARD. Summarized in Daily Bulletin
5/13/04, 7/7/04,
and
7/17/04.
Enacted July 29, 2004. Effective August 1,
2004.
SL 2004-131 (S 1144). “IN GOD WE TRUST” SPECIAL PLATES. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION
OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE AN "IN GOD WE TRUST" SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE WITH THE
PROCEEDS GOING TO THE AUBREY MCLELLAN SOLDIER AND AIRMAN ASSISTANCE FUND FOR
FAMILIES OF DEPLOYED NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARDSMEN. Summarized in Daily Bulletin
5/18/04.
Enacted July 29, 2004. Effective July 29, 2004.
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