GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 167
AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTES RELATING TO DISCIPLINE AND DISBARMENT OF ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 84-28(h) is hereby amended by deleting the last sentence of this section which reads:
"Any discipline imposed by such final order shall be stayed pending determination of the appeal." and substituting "During the period from the ratification of this act to October 1, 1987, a final order which imposes disbarment or suspension for eighteen months or more shall not be stayed except upon application, under the rules of the Court of Appeals, for a writ of supersedeas. A final order imposing suspension for less than eighteen months or any other discipline except disbarment shall be stayed pending determination of the appeal."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and shall apply only to those offenses or proceedings initiated on or after the date of ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of May, 1985.