NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 163

HOUSE BILL 459

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE SECRETARY OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO DESIGNATE A SUBORDINATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT AS THE STATE REGISTRAR OF VITAL STATISTICS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130-36 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 130-36.  State Registrar. — The Secretary of Human Resources shall designate a subordinate officer or employee of this department as the State Registrar of Vital Statistics who shall exercise all the authority conferred by this Article."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 130-42.1(b) is hereby amended by deleting the words "office of the Secretary of Human Resources" in line 5 and substituting the words "State Registrar of Vital Statistics".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of April, 1977.