NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 810

HOUSE BILL 1168

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE STATE MAY BE EITHER A THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFF OR DEFENDANT IN CERTAIN ACTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 14(c) is amended in the first sentence by deleting the phrase "third-party plaintiff" and by substituting the following "third party".

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and applies to actions commenced on or after this date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of July, 1981.