GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 228
HOUSE BILL 757

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN TORT CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE FROM TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143-295(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any claims except claims of minors pending or hereafter filed against the various departments, institutions and agencies of the State may be settled upon agreement between the claimant and the Attorney General for an amount not in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), without the approval of the Industrial Commission. The Attorney General may also make settlements by agreement for claims in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) and claims of infants or persons non sui juris, provided such claims have been subject to review and approval by the Industrial Commission."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-295(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	In settlements under twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), agreed upon between the Attorney General and the claimant, the filing of an affidavit as set forth in G.S. 143-297 shall not be required."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 1989.