NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 492

HOUSE BILL 431

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE CALENDARING DATES FOR INCOMPETENCY HEARINGS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 35-1.16(b) is amended by rewriting the ninth paragraph to read:

"The hearing shall be held no earlier than seven and no later than 30 days after notice of the hearing is served and not before the clerk receives the multidisciplinary evaluation, if any."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and applies to hearings petitioned for on or after this date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of June, 1981.