NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1085

SENATE BILL 1004

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 110-119 TO DISPENSE WITH REPORTS TO THE SOLICITOR UNLESS ABUSE OF A CHILD HAS BEEN FOUND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 110-119(3), as it appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting the first line thereof consisting of the words "Whether or not the director finds any child to be an abused child, he" and by substituting therefor the words "If the director finds evidence that a child has been abused, he", so that G.S. 110-119(3) will read as follows:

"(3)      If the director finds evidence that a child has been abused, he shall immediately make a report in writing containing his findings along with a copy of the report of child abuse to the district attorney who shall determine whether criminal prosecution is appropriate and who may request the director to sign the appropriate criminal warrant."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of April, 1974.