NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 389

SENATE BILL 564

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 7A TO VALIDATE ALL OFFICIAL ACTIONS OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGES OF THE 25TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT PERFORMED AFTER MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 1B, Chapter 7A of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section thereto to be designated as G.S. 7A-4.21 to read as follows:

"§ 7A-4.21.  Validation of official actions of district court judges of the 25th Judicial District performed after mandatory retirement age. — No official action performed by any judge of the 25th Judicial District of the district court division of the General Court of Justice shall be declared to be invalid by reason of the fact that the judge was beyond the mandatory retirement age set out in G.S. 7A-4.20 at the time of his performing any such act; provided this section shall only apply to those official actions performed prior to May 1, 1977."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of May, 1977.