A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND LEGISLATION TO CHANGE STATUTORY REFERENCES TO HANDICAP AND HANDICAPPED TO APPROPRIATE REFERENCES TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The General Statutes Commission shall recommend legislation to amend the General Statutes to delete the words "handicap" and "handicapped" whenever they appear and substituting the appropriate phrase to describe persons with disabilities, unless the words are required by federal law or describe some other situation. The report shall be made no later than April 1, 2004.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.