NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1410

SENATE BILL 1015

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE STATUTES DEALING WITH PARTNERSHIPS IN ORDER TO CONFORM PERIODS OF LIMITATION TO THOSE EXISTING IN THE CURRENT LAW DEALING WITH ADMINISTRATION OF DECEDENTS' ESTATES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 59-78 is hereby amended by deleting from the fourth line thereof the word "twelve" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "six".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 59-78 is hereby further amended by rewriting lines 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 thereof to read as follows: "The notice shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper qualified to publish legal advertisements, if any such newspaper is published in the county. If there is no newspaper published in the county, but there is a newspaper having general circulation in the county, then at the option of the surviving partner the notice shall be published in the newspaper having general circulation in the county and posted at the courthouse or the notice shall be posted at the courthouse and four other public places in the county."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 59-80 is hereby amended by deleting from the second line thereof the word "twelve" and by inserting in lieu thereof the word "six".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 59-82 is hereby amended by deleting from the third line thereof the word "twelve" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "six".

Sec. 5.  This act shall be in full force and effect on and after October 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1974.