GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
RATIFIED BILL

RESOLUTION 17
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1394

A JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE 1995 GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 1996 SESSION, TO CONSIDER A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGES CONTRACTED OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE BETWEEN PERSONS OF THE SAME GENDER ARE NOT VALID.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:

Section 1.  The 1995 General Assembly, Regular Session 1996, may consider "A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGES CONTRACTED OUTSIDE OF THIS STATE BETWEEN PERSONS OF THE SAME GENDER ARE NOT VALID."
Sec. 2.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of June, 1996.

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	Dennis A. Wicker
	President of the Senate

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	Harold J. Brubaker
	Speaker of the House of Representatives