A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to restrict court-ordered nonbinding arbitration to district court actions in which claims do not exceed ten thousand dollars.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A-37.1(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	This procedure may be employed in civil actions in district court where claims do not exceed  ten thousand dollars ($10,000), except that it shall not be employed in actions in which the sole claim is an action on an account, including appeals from magistrates on such actions."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2003, and applies to actions and cases filed on or after that date.