GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1040

SENATE BILL 1837

 

AN ACT TO EXTEND AN ACT PERMITTING GRAND JURIES TO INVESTIGATE DRUG TRAFFICKING, AND CONCERNING CRIMINAL CONTEMPT AND IMMUNITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 6 of Chapter 843, Session Laws of 1985, is amended by deleting the year "1988" and substituting the year "1991" in lieu thereof.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 5A-12(a) is amended by deleting "18" and substituting "6".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 15A-622(h) is amended in the first sentence by inserting after "district attorney," a new phrase to read: "with the approval of a committee of at least three members of the North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys, and".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 15A-623(h) is amended as follows:

(1)       By inserting immediately after the first sentence, a new sentence to read:  "The record shall be transcribed.";

(2)       In the sixth sentence by inserting after the words "law-enforcement officers" the following:  ", the witness or his attorney"; and

(3)       In the fifth sentence of the last paragraph by inserting immediately after "G.S. 15A-801" a new phrase to read:  "and Article 43 of Chapter 15A."

Sec. 5.  Sections 2, 3, and 4 of this act shall become effective October 1, 1988.  The remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of July, 1988.