A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to give the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians the status of A state the same as provinces of Canada for the purposes of recording convictions from the cherokee tribal courts.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑4.01(45) reads as rewritten:
"(45)	State. – A state, territory, or possession of the United States, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a province of Canada, or the Sovereign Nation of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians with tribal lands, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1151, located within the boundaries of the State of North Carolina."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.