GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 300

Short Title:  Counties Defend Actions.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Bowman.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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February 21, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW COUNTIES TO REPRESENT DOCTORS AND DENTISTS IN CERTAIN ACTIONS BROUGHT BY PRISONERS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 153A-97 reads as rewritten:
"§ 153A-97. Defense of officers, employees and others.
A county may, pursuant to G.S. 160A-167, provide for the defense of:
(1)	Any county officer or employee, including the county board of elections or any county election official;
(2)	Any member of a volunteer fire department or rescue squad which receives public funds; and 
(3)	Any person or professional association who at the request of the board of county commissioners provides medical or dental services to inmates in the custody of the sheriff and who is sued pursuant to the Federal Civil Rights Act of 1871."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.