NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 691
HOUSE BILL 408

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR THE USE OF THE COURTROOM AND RELATED JUDICIAL FACILITIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 7A‑304(a)(2) is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read: "For the use of the courtroom and related judicial facilities, the sum of five dollars ($5.00) in the district court, including cases before a magistrate, and the sum of twenty‑three dollars ($23.00) in superior court, to be remitted to the county in which the judgment is rendered."
Sec. 2. G.S. 7A‑305(a)(1) is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read: "For the use of the courtroom and related judicial facilities, the sum of five dollars ($5.00) in cases heard before a magistrate, and the sum of nine dollars ($9.00) in district and superior court, to be remitted to the county in which the judgment is rendered, except that in all cases in which the judgment is rendered in facilities provided by a municipality, the facilities fee shall be paid to the municipality."
Sec. 3. G.S. 7A‑306(a)(1) is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read: "For the use of the courtroom and related judicial facilities, the sum of three dollars ($3.00), to be remitted to the county."
Sec. 4. G.S. 7A‑307(a)(1) is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read: "For the use of the courtroom and related judicial facilities, the sum of three dollars ($3.00), to be remitted to the county."
Sec. 5. This act shall become effective July 1, 1981, and shall apply to actions initiated on or after this date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1981.