AN ACT to increase the fee paid to local medical examiners for each investigation conducted.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑387 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A‑387.  Fees.
For each investigation and prompt filing of the required report, the medical examiner shall receive a fee paid by the State. However, if the deceased is a resident of the county in which the death or fatal injury occurred, that county shall pay the fee. The fee shall be  one hundred dollars ($100.00)."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to deaths investigated on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of August, 2005.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2005