NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 395
HOUSE BILL 593

AN ACT TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR FORWARDING DEATH CERTIFICATIONS TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS FROM THE REGISTER OF DEEDS TO THE STATE HEALTH DIRECTOR.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The third paragraph of Section 163-69 of the North Carolina General Statutes is amended to read as follows:
"To the end that the permanent registration records shall be purged of the names of registrants who have died or who have become disqualified to vote since registration, the Department of Human Resources, on or before the 15th day of the months of March, June, September and December, shall furnish free of charge to each county board of elections a certified list of the names of deceased persons who were residents of that county, such certified list to be based upon the information supplied by death certificates received by the Department of Human Resources during the preceding quarter. Upon the receipt of such a certification from the health director, the county board of elections shall cause to be removed from its permanent registration records the name of any person appearing on the death certification."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1975.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1975.