A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to appropriate funds to establish three pilot self-serve centers.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Judicial Department the sum of one hundred sixty‑five thousand dollars ($165,000) for the 2005‑2006 fiscal year to establish three pilot Self-Serve Centers in locations to be designated by the Administrative Office of the Courts. These funds shall be used to develop forms and instructions to address the increasing numbers of persons who either cannot afford representation or choose to represent themselves in family law matters and in some civil litigation.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.