GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S. L. 1997-136
HOUSE BILL 456

AN ACT TO REPEAL THE LAW REQUIRING THE REGISTER OF DEEDS TO DISTRIBUTE INFORMATION ON THE DANGERS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE DURING PREGNANCY WITH EACH MARRIAGE LICENSE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 161-11.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 161-11.1.  Fees for Children's Trust Fund.
	Five dollars ($5.00) of each fee collected by a register of deeds on or after October 1, 1983, for issuance of a marriage license pursuant to G.S. 161-10(a)(2) shall be forwarded, as soon as practical but no later than 60 days after collection by the register of deeds, to the county finance officer, who shall forward same to the State Treasurer for deposit in the Children's Trust Fund.
	."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of May, 1997.
s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 9:52 p.m. this 4th day of June, 1997