NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 102

HOUSE BILL 158

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 35 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO ALLOW THE PARENT OF A MENTALLY ILL OR MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON TO PETITION THE COURT FOR THE STERILIZATION OPERATION OF THE MENTALLY ILL OR MENTALLY RETARDED PERSON.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 35-36 is amended by adding the following phrase at the beginning of the first sentence:

"The parent or guardian of a mentally ill or mentally retarded person, or".

Sec. 2. G.S. 35-36 is further amended by deleting in the first sentence the words "supported wholly or in part" and by substituting the word "operated".

Sec. 3. G.S. 35-37 is amended by adding the following phrase at the beginning of the first sentence:

"The parent or guardian of a mentally ill or mentally retarded person, or".

Sec. 4. G.S. 35-39(4) is repealed.

Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of March, 1981.