A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify the authorization for nonprofit corporations to render legal services.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 84‑5.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 84‑5.1.  Rendering of indigent legal services by nonprofit corporations.
Subject to the rules and regulations of the North Carolina State Bar, as approved by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, a nonprofit corporation, organized or operating under Chapter 55A of the General Statutes of North Carolina for benevolent or charitable purposes or for the  purpose of rendering indigent legal services, may render  legal services through attorneys duly licensed to practice law in North Carolina."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.