AN ACT abolishing the office of coroner in wilkes county.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  The office of coroner in Wilkes County is abolished.
SECTION 2.  Chapter 152 of the General Statutes is not applicable to Wilkes County.
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective upon the expiration of the term of the current coroner in Wilkes County.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 6th day of July, 2004.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Richard T. Morgan
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives