NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 85
HOUSE BILL 117

AN ACT TO REPEAL G.S. 105-101 WHICH IMPOSES A TAX ON THOSE REQUESTING OFFICIAL SEALS ON DOCUMENTS; AND TO AMEND THOSE PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CHARGE FEES FOR PRODUCING COPIES OF DOCUMENTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 105-101 is repealed.
Sec. 2.  G.S. 147-37 is rewritten to read as follows:
"§ 147-37.  Secretary of State; fees to be collected. — When no other charge is provided by law, the Secretary of State shall collect such fees for copying any document or record on file in his office which in his discretion bears a reasonable relation to the quantity of copies supplied and the cost of purchasing or leasing and maintaining copying equipment. These fees may be changed from time to time, but a schedule of fees shall be available on request at all times. In addition to copying charges, the Secretary of State shall collect a fee of two dollars ($2.00) for certifying any document or record on file in his office or for issuing any certificate as to the facts shown by the records on file in his office."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 147-38 is repealed.
Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of February, 1979.