H224 - Administrative Office of the Courts-Omnibus Changes (SL 2015-40)

Overview: S.L. 2015-40 amends laws related to the Administrative Office of the Courts as follows: (i) allows State agencies and other organizations to opt for no hard copies or fewer hard copies of the appellate reports; (ii) authorizes the clerk of superior court to transfer no longer needed acts of the General Assembly or the appellate reports to State Surplus; (iii) requires all clerks of superior court to report the names of persons granted a dismissal upon completion of a conditional discharge to the Administrative Office of the Courts (effective December 1, 2015); (iv) clarifies that Community Corrections may supervise the probation of any conditional discharge or deferred prosecution; (v) eliminates various reports; and (vi) provides that the Office of State Budget and Management has the duty to calculate the limitation on damages for non-economic losses in medical malpractice actions.

Except as otherwise provided, this act became effective July 1, 2015.