NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 9

SENATE BILL 38

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE EXEMPTION PROCEDURE FOR JURY DUTY FOR PERSONS AGED SIXTY-FIVE OR OVER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 9-6.1 is amended by deleting the following words "chief judge of the district court of the judicial district", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "chief district judge of that district, or the district judge designated by him pursuant to G.S. 96(b)".

Sec. 2. G.S. 9-6.1 is amended by adding at the end the following language: "In case the chief district judge, or the judge designated by him pursuant to G.S. 96(b), shall reject the request for exemption, the prospective juror shall be immediately notified by telephone, letter, or personally."

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.

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