NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 107

HOUSE BILL 265

AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL STATUTES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 15A-711(a) as the same appears in Volume 1C of the General Statutes is amended on line 4 by deleting the word "solicitor" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecutor".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 29-16(b)(4) as the same appears in Volume 2A of the General Statutes is rewritten to read as follows:

"(4)      Great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces. — To determine the share of each surviving child of a deceased grandnephew or grandniece of the intestate, divide equally among the great-grandnephews and great‑grandnieces of the intestate any property not taken under the preceding subdivisions of this subsection."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 29-16(c)(3) as the same appears in Volume 2A of the General Statutes is rewritten to read as follows:

"(3)      Grandchildren of uncles and aunts. — To determine the share of each surviving child of a deceased child of a deceased uncle or aunt of the intestate, divide equally among the grandchildren of uncles or aunts of the intestate any property not taken under the preceding subdivisions of this subsection."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 31-18.1(a)(2)d. as the same appears in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2A is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and adding the punctuation and word ";or", and; G.S. 31-18.1(a)(3)b. as the same appears in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2A is amended by deleting the period at the end thereof and adding the punctuation and word ";or".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 31A-14 as the same appears in Volume 2A of the General Statutes is amended by deleting the words and numbers "G.S. 28-161.1 through G.S. 28-161.7" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and numbers "G.S. 28A-24-1 through G.S. 28A-24-7".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 48-4(e) as the same appears in Volume 2A of the General Statutes is amended on line 3 by deleting the number "21" and inserting in lieu thereof the number "18".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 48-5(c) and (d) as the same appear in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2A are amended after the citation to "G.S. 7A-288" by adding the following "or Article 24B of Chapter 7A".

Sec. 8.  G.S. 90-8 as the same appears in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C is amended on line 1 by deleting the word "may" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "are empowered to".

Sec. 9.  G.S. 114-2(4) as the same appears in Volume 3A, Part II of the General Statutes is amended by deleting the word "solicitors" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "prosecutors".

Sec. 10.  G.S. 143B-183 as the same appears in Volume 3C of the General Statutes is amended in the fifth unnumbered paragraph by deleting the words and figures "G.S. 120‑3.1(b) and (c)" and inserting in lieu thereof the citation "G.S. 120-3.1(a)".

Sec. 11.  G.S. 143B-479(a)(10) as the same appears in Volume 3C of the General Statutes is amended by deleting the citation "G.S. 143B-339" and inserting in lieu thereof the citation "G.S. 143B-480".

Sec. 12.  G.S. 160A-234 as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes is amended in subsection (a) by deleting the words "pro rata by the tenant and the remaindermen after the life estate, or the owner in fee after the expiration of the tenancy for years according to their respective interests in the land calculated as provided in G.S. 37-13" and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "in accordance with G.S. 37-36(b)"; and is further amended by deleting subsection (b).

Sec. 13.  G.S. 160A-399.8 as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes is amended on line 6 by deleting the words and figures "G.S. 160-200(1), (2), (4) and (5)" and inserting in lieu thereof the citation "G.S. 160A-11"; and on line 7 by deleting the words and figures "G.S. 153-2(2), (3), and (4) and by G.S. 153-9(13) and (14)" and inserting in lieu thereof the citation "G.S. 153A-11"; and on line 13 by deleting the citation "G.S. 160‑200(40)" and inserting in lieu thereof the citation "G.S. 160A-488".

Sec. 14.  G.S. 163-227.2(a) as the same appears in the Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3D is amended on line 4 by deleting the words and figures "G.S. 163-227(a)(2) or G.S. 163-227(a)(4)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "G.S. 163-226(a)(2) or G.S. 163-226(a)(4)".

Sec. 15.  G.S. 163-278.12 as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes is amended on line one by deleting the citation "G.S. 163-278.16(e)" and inserting in lieu thereof the citation "G.S. 163-278.16(f)".

Sec. 16.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of March, 1979.