AN ACT to authorize principals in the carteret county public schools to administer oaths for student admission.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115C‑366 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(i)	Principals and their designees are authorized to administer oaths to those persons giving affidavits, statements made under oath, or affirmations under this section. Principals and their designees may not administer any other oath for any other purpose unless otherwise authorized by law. Each statement made under oath or affirmation to a principal or the principal's designee under this section shall be made under the penalty of perjury in G.S. 14‑209."
SECTION 2.  This act applies only to the Carteret County School System.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 2010.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives