GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

CHAPTER 693

HOUSE BILL 938

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 143-295 TO INCREASE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL IN TORT CLAIMS FROM FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-295(a) is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "five thousand dollars ($5,000)" appearing therein in lines 4 and 6 and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-295(b) is hereby amended by striking the words and figures "five thousand dollars ($5,000)" and substituting the words and figures "ten thousand dollars ($10,000)".

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of July, 1985.