GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 404

SENATE BILL 689

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE SUPREME COURT TO DESIGNATE A COMMERCIAL PUBLICATION AS THE OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE APPELLATE DIVISION, OR ALLOW A CONTRACT FOR PUBLICATION OF THOSE REPORTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 7A-6 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(b1)    In addition to and as an alternative to the provisions for the publication and sale of the appellate division reports of subsection (a) and subsection (b) of this section, the Supreme Court may designate a commercial law publisher's reports and advance sheets of the opinions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals as the Official Reports of the Appellate Division, or the Administrative Officer of the Courts, with the approval of the Supreme Court, may contract with a commercial law publisher or publishers to act as printer and vendor of the reports and advance sheets of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals upon such terms as the Supreme Court deems advisable after consultation with the Department of Administration."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 1987.