NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 807

HOUSE BILL 929

 

 

AN ACT TO EXPEDITE JUSTICE IN NORTH CAROLINA BY PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS FOR SOLICITORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 9 of Chapter 7A of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section to read as follows:

"§ 7A-67.  Administrative assistants. — (a) Each solicitor shall be entitled to one administrative assistant to be appointed by the solicitor and to serve at his pleasure. The assistant need not be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of North Carolina.

(b)        It shall be the duty of the administrative assistant to assist the solicitor in preparing cases for trial and in expediting the criminal court docket, and to assist in such other duties as may be assigned by the solicitor.

(c)        When traveling on official business, each administrative assistant is entitled to reimbursement for his subsistence and travel expenses to the same extent as State employees generally."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of May, 1973.