A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to eliminate the fees charged by the register of deeds to file a power of attorney or the revocation of a power of attorney made by an actIVE DUTY military member 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 161‑10.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 161‑10.1.  Exemption of armed forces discharge documents, powers of attorney filed or revoked by active duty military members, and certain other records needed in support of claims for veterans' benefits.
(a)	Any schedule of fees that is now or may be prescribed in Chapter 161 of the General Statutes or in G.S. 161‑10 shall not apply to nor shall the same repeal any of the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 47 of the General Statutes. Any schedule of fees which is now or may be hereafter prescribed in Chapter 161 of the General Statutes or as may appear in G.S. 161‑10 shall not apply to nor shall the same repeal any of the provisions of G.S. 165‑11.
(b)	Any schedule of fees that is now or may be prescribed in Chapter 161 of the General Statutes or in G.S. 161‑10 shall not apply to powers of attorney or revocations of powers of attorneys filed by members of the armed forces of the United States or filed by members of the North Carolina National Guard when called into the service of the United States."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.