Bills Ratified by the 1998 N.C. General Assembly
That Affect N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 97
During the 1998 Session, the N.C. General
Assembly ratified the following bills affecting N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 97:
House Bills
None.
Senate Bills
- Senate Bill 882—Civil Penalties Law Clarified (An Act to Require State
Agencies to Deposit the Clear Proceeds of Civil Penalties and Civil Forfeitures into the
Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund)—Ratified on October 23. Signed by
Governor Jim Hunt on October 31. CH. SL 98-0215.
- Senate Bill 1279—1998 Technical Corrections (An Act to Make Technical
Amendments to the General Statutes as Recommended by the General Statutes Commission, to
Make Other Technical Corrections, to Clarify That the Attorney General May Exempt Certain
Business Combinations from the Shareholder Protection Act, to Authorize the Industrial
Commission to Issue Writs of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum, to Restore a Provision on
Community Service Passed But Not Codified in 1997, to Extend the Time to Obtain Voluntary
Easements for Certain Structures Over State-Owned Lands by Three Years, to Prohibit
Candidates for Superior Court from Running for Another Office at the Same Time, to Revise
the Applicability Clause of the Workplace Harassment Law Concerning Cases Dismissed
Without Prejudice Prior to August 15, 1998, to Provide for the Licensing of Third-Party
Administrators Serving Workers’ Compensation Self-Insured Groups, to Clarify the Law
Governing Vehicle Forfeiture to Schools for DWI Offenses, to Extend the Date for the Rural
Transportation Planning Organization Study, to Provide for Proof of Compliance with the
Medical Malpractice Expert Witness Rule Through Limited Interrogatories Verified by the
Expert, to Correct a Reference to Probationary Teachers in the Budget, to Resolve a
Conflict with the Effective Date of Legislation Involving Municipal Incorporation
Procedures, and to Correct an Inadvertent Omission in the Budget Concerning
Receipt-Supported Positions in the State Treasurer’s Office)—Ratified on
October 29. Signed by Governor Jim Hunt on October 31. CH.
SL 98-0217.
- Senate Bill 1366—Appropriations Act of 1998 (An Act to Modify the Current
Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 1997 and to Make Other Changes
in the Budget Operation of the State)—Ratified on October 28. Signed by
Governor Jim Hunt on October 30. CH. SL 98-0212.
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