GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 762

Short Title:  Limit Appeals of Right/Supreme Court.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Rand.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II/Election Laws

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April 19, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ELIMINATE APPEALS OF RIGHT TO THE SUPREME COURT FROM DECISIONS OF THE COURT OF APPEALS IN A CASE IN WHICH THERE IS A DISSENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 7A-30 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-30.  Appeals of right from certain decisions of the Court of Appeals.
Except as provided in G.S. 7A-28, an appeal lies of right to the Supreme Court from any decision of the Court of Appeals rendered in a case which directly involves a substantial question arising under the Constitution of the United States or of this State.
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Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and applies to decisions rendered in appeals filed with the Court of Appeals on or after that date.