NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1215

HOUSE BILL 428

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 111 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PERSON RESIDING IN NORTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME OF HIS APPLICATION WHO IS OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE, IS ELIGIBLE FOR AID TO THE BLIND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (3) of G.S. 111-15 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"(3)      who, at the time his application is filed, is living in the State of North Carolina voluntarily with the intention of making his home in the State and not for a temporary purpose."

Sec. 2.  The last sentence of the third paragraph of G.S. 111-6.1, as it appears in the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"Visually handicapped persons as defined in G.S. 111-11, who are physically present in North Carolina may enjoy the benefits of this section or any other related rehabilitation benefits under the Barden-Rehabilitation Act."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 111-11 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 111-11.  Definition of visually handicapped person. — For purpose of this Chapter, visually handicapped persons are those persons who are totally blind or whose vision with glasses is so defective as to prevent the performance of ordinary activity for which eyesight is essential."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.