GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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HOUSE BILL 82

Short Title:  More Administer Oaths.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Mitchell; Howard, Buchanan, and Allred.

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Referred to:  State Government.

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February 1, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHAIRS OF COUNTY BOARDS OF COMMISSIONERS TO ADMINISTER OATHS OF OFFICE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 11-7.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 11-7.1.  Who may administer oaths of office.
(a)	Except as otherwise specifically required by statute, an oath of office may be administered by:
(1)	A justice, judge, magistrate, clerk, assistant clerk, or deputy clerk of the General Court of Justice, a retired justice or judge of the General Court of Justice, or any member of the federal judiciary;
(2)	The Secretary of State;
(3)	A notary public;
(4)	A register of deeds;
(5)	A mayor of any city, town, or incorporated village;
(5a)	A chairman of the board of commissioners of any county;
(6)	A member of the House of Representatives or Senate of the General Assembly;
(7)	The clerk of any county, city, town or incorporated village."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective with respect to oaths of office administered on or after December 1, 1995.