A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the court's discretion to allow court costs.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 6‑20 reads as rewritten:
"§ 6‑20.  Costs allowed or not, in discretion of court.
In other actions, costs may be allowed or not, in the discretion of the court, unless otherwise provided by  law and subject to the limitations on allowable costs set forth in G.S. 7A-305(d)."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.