A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for the adoption of the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule into state law.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 15A‑974 reads as rewritten:
"§ 15A‑974.  Exclusion or suppression of unlawfully obtained evidence.
Upon timely motion, evidence must be suppressed only if its exclusion is required by the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of North Carolina.
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SECTION 2.  The General Assembly respectfully requests that the North Carolina Supreme Court reconsider, and overrule, its holding in State v. Carter that the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule which exists under federal law does not apply under North Carolina State law.  
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to all hearings or trials commencing on or after that date.