NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 555

HOUSE BILL 946

 

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MONETARY JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 7A-210(1), as found in the 1979 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B, is amended in line 2 by substituting the words and figures "one thousand dollars ($1,000)" for the words and figures "eight hundred dollars ($800.00)".

Sec. 2. G.S. 7A-219, as found in the 1979 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1B, is amended in line 3 by substituting the words and figures "one thousand dollars ($1,000)" for the words and figures "eight hundred dollars ($800.00)".

Sec. 3. G.S. 7A-273(6) and G.S. 7A-273(8) are both amended by deleting "four hundred dollars ($400.00)", and inserting in lieu thereof "five hundred dollars ($500.00)".

Sec. 4. G.S. 42-28 is amended in line 8 by substituting the words and figures "one thousand dollars ($1,000)" for the words and figures "eight hundred dollars ($800.00)."

Sec. 5. G.S. 42-30 is amended in line 8 by substituting the words and figures "one thousand dollars ($1,000)" for the words and figures "eight hundred dollars ($800.00)."

Sec. 6. G.S. 7A-305(a)(2), as it appears in the 1980 Interim Supplement, is amended by deleting the words "eight hundred dollars ($800.00)", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "one thousand dollars ($1,000)".

Sec. 7. This act shall become effective October 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of June, 1981.