NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1202

HOUSE BILL 1165

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND HOUSE BILL NO. 827, RATIFIED JUNE 6, 1961, AND TO BE CODIFIED AS CHAPTER 661 OF THE 1961 SESSION LAWS RELATING TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON NONRESIDENT OPERATORS OF WATERCRAFT.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  House Bill No. 827, ratified on June 6, 1961, entitled "An Act Providing for Service of Process Upon Nonresident Operators of Watercraft and Upon the Personal Representatives of Deceased Nonresident Operators of Watercraft," and to be codified as Chapter 661 of the 1961 Session Laws, is hereby amended by inserting a new Section immediately following Section 3 and to be known as "Section 3a" and to read as follows:

"Sec. 3a.  The provisions of this Act shall not apply to any boat, ship, barge, or other watercraft having a valid marine document issued by the United States or a foreign government."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1961.