AN ACT abolishing the office of coroner in columbus And Cleveland Counties.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  The office of coroner in Columbus County is abolished.
SECTION 1.(b)  Chapter 152 of the General Statutes is not applicable to Columbus County.
SECTION 2.(a)  The office of coroner in Cleveland County is abolished. 
SECTION 2.(b)  Chapter 152 of the General Statutes is not applicable to Cleveland County.
SECTION 2.(c)  This section is effective on the earlier of a vacancy in the office of coroner in Cleveland County or the expiration of the current elected term of office.
SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of May, 2017.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives