A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the existing law on administration of oaths.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 11‑2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 11‑2.  Administration of oaths.
(a)	Persons empowered to administer oaths shall  first require the party to be sworn to place the party's hand upon the Bible or any text sacred to the party's religious faith. If appropriate to the person's religious faith, the words "so help me God" may be deleted.
(b)	Officials empowered to administer oaths are not required to provide sacred texts other than the Bible, but copies of sacred texts donated for that purpose may be maintained by the officials responsible for administering oaths under the laws of this State."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.