AN ACT to clarify that the fee charged by the clerk of superior court for certificates under seal is waived for appointed attorneys representing indigent clients.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 7A‑308(b1) reads as rewritten:
"(b1)	The fees set forth in subdivisions (9) and (12) of subsection (a) of this section are not chargeable when copies or certificates under seal are requested by an attorney who has been appointed or who is under contract with the Office of Indigent Defense Services to represent an indigent person at State expense, if the request is made in connection with the appointed case or the contract and during the duration of the appointment or the contract."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2011, and applies to fees assessed or collected on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 2011.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 4:24 p.m. this 24th day of June, 2011