NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 650

HOUSE BILL 895

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 90-96, G.S. 90-113.14 AND G.S. 15-223 TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS SHALL MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIAL FILES CONTAINING THE NAMES OF PERSONS GRANTED CONDITIONAL DISCHARGES OR RECORD EXPUNCTION AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE NORTH CAROLINA DRUG AUTHORITY SHALL MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIAL FILES CONTAINING THE NAMES OF PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRUG RELATED OFFENSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 90-96(b), as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting the words "North Carolina Department of Justice" from line 5 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Administrative Office of the Courts".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 90-96(c), as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting from lines 2 and 3 the words "North Carolina Department of Justice", substituting therefor the words "North Carolina Drug Authority", and by deleting from lines 5 and 7 the words "North Carolina Department of Justice", substituting therefor the words "Administrative Office of the Courts".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 90-113.14(b), as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting the words "North Carolina Department of Justice" from line 5 thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Administrative Office of the Courts".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 90-113.14(c), as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 2C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting from lines 2 and 3 the words "North Carolina Department of Justice", substituting therefor the words "North Carolina Drug Authority", and by deleting from lines 5 and 7 the words "North Carolina Department of Justice", substituting therefor the words "Administrative Office of the Courts".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 15-223, as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting the words "North Carolina Department of Justice" wherever the same appear therein and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Administrative Office of the Courts".

Sec. 6.  All expunction records presently maintained in the North Carolina Department of Justice in accordance with G.S. 90-96, G.S. 90-113.14 and G.S. 15-223 will be transferred to the Administrative Office of the Courts at the time this act becomes effective. All files containing the names of all persons convicted under Article 5 and 5A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes will be transferred to the North Carolina Drug Authority at the time this act becomes effective.

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of June, 1975.