A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT clarifying the law pertaining to legal deadlines falling on a holiday.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 103‑5(a) reads as rewritten:
"§ 103‑5.  Acts to be done on Sunday or holidays.
(a)	Where the day or the last day for doing any act required or permitted by law to be performed in a public office or courthouse falls on a day when the public office or courthouse is closed, the act may be performed on the next day that the public office or courthouse is open."
SECTION 2.  Article 2A of Chapter 45 is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 45-21.27A.  Sales on Sundays and holidays.
Where the last day for performing any act required under this Article falls on a day when the courthouse is closed, the act may be performed on the next succeeding day when the courthouse is open."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2003, and applies to any act required or permitted by law to be done on or after that date.