A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the effective date of the lab accreditation requirements of the forensic Sciences Act of 2011 as they apply to laboratories other than the north Carolina state crime laboratory.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 11 of S. L. 2011‑19 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 11. Sections 1 through 5 and 9 through 11 are effective when this act becomes law. Section 6 becomes effective July 1, 2011. Sections 7 and 8 of this act are effective when they become law, however, until October 1, 2012, the provisions of those sections shall apply only to the North Carolina State Crime Laboratory, and on or after October 1, 2012, the provisions of Sections 7 and 8 shall apply to all laboratories conducting forensic or chemical analysis for admission in the courts of this State. Nothing in this act is intended to amend or modify either the statutory or common law applicable to discovery in criminal cases which was applicable prior to the effective date of this act. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.