GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 316

HOUSE BILL 608

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE STATE BAR AND TO ELIMINATE THE SUNSET PROVISION RELATING TO ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 84-17 is amended by deleting the first sentence of the second paragraph.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 84-18(a) is amended in the first sentence of the third paragraph by deleting the phrase "or is entitled to a councilor by virtue of the creation of a new district,".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 84-19 is rewritten to read:

"§ 84-19.  Judicial districts definition.-For purposes of this Article, the term 'judicial district' means a judicial district as in existence on January 1, 1987, and the term 'district bar' means the bar of a judicial district as defined by this section."

Sec. 4.   G.S. 84-28(h) is  amended by rewriting the fourth sentence to read:

"A final order which imposes disbarment or suspension for 18 months or more shall not be stayed except upon application, under the rules of the Court of Appeals, for a writ of supersedeas."

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 1987.