NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 497

HOUSE BILL 920

 

 

AN ACT TO REPEAL G.S. 143B-151 AND G.S. 143B-152 SO AS TO ABOLISH THE EUGENICS COMMISSION.

 

Whereas, by Chapter 1281, 1973 Session Laws (1974 Session) the procedures for sterilization of persons who are mentally ill or mentally retarded (when appropriate) were placed in the judicial system; and

Whereas, there is no longer a need nor an appropriate function for the Eugenics Commission; Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143B-151 and G.S. 143B-152 as they appear in Volume 3C of the General Statutes are repealed.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1977.