GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1997

SESSION LAW 1998-90
HOUSE BILL 1256

AN ACT ABOLISHING THE OFFICE OF CORONER IN ASHE, GASTON AND ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The office of coroner in Gaston County is abolished.
Section 2.  The office of coroner in Rockingham County is abolished.
Section 2.1.  The office of coroner in Ashe County is abolished.
Section 3.  Chapter 152 of the General Statutes is not applicable to Ashe County, Gaston County or Rockingham County.
Section 4.  This act becomes effective upon the expiration of the terms of the current coroners in Ashe County, Gaston County and in Rockingham County, respectively.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of August, 1998.
s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives