NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1022

SENATE BILL 639

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE NORTH CAROLINA UTILITIES COMMISSION TO EMPLOY TEMPORARY COURT REPORTERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 62-71 is amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read as follows:

"(d)      The Commission shall have authority to contract with or employ on a temporary basis, when deemed necessary by the Chairman of the Commission, court reporters in addition to those employed on a full-time basis by the Commission, for the purpose of recording and transcribing testimony given at hearings before the Commission involving any Class A or B utility. The Commission is authorized to charge the cost of employing such court reporters directly to the involved utility or utilities."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of October, 1981.