Title: S.L. 2005-251
Subject: Session Law 2005-251
Category: Introduced Bill 2005

General Assembly of North Carolina	Session 2005

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005

SESSION LAW 2005-251
SENATE BILL 593

AN ACT to exempt attorneys appointed to represent indigent clients from the fee charged by the clerk of court for preparing copies.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑308 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(b1)	The fees set forth in subdivision (12) of subsection (a) of this section are not chargeable when copies are requested by an attorney who has been appointed to represent an indigent person at State expense, if the request is made in connection with the appointed case and during the duration of the appointment."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005, and applies to fees charged on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27^th day of July, 2005.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 7:38 p.m. this 4^th day of August, 2005

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