§ 120-20.1. Coded bill drafting. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 120‑20.1.  Coded billdrafting.

(a)        Whenever in anyact:

(1)        It is stated that:

a.         A law "reads asrewritten:"; or

b.         Laws "read asrewritten:"; and

(2)        The law is set outshowing material struck through or underlined, or both

the material struck through isbeing deleted from the existing law, and the material underlined is being addedto the existing law.

(b)        Notwithstandingsubsection (a) of this section, underlining in a column heading is existinglaw, and a double underline shows a column heading being added to existing law.

(b1)      In any part of a lawenacted in the format provided by this section, the material deleted fromexisting law and the material being added to existing law are the only changesmade, the setting out of material not deleted or added is for illustrationonly, and the fact that two different acts amend the same law, when one or moreof those is in the format provided by this section, does not in itself create aconflict.

(b2)      In any act ratifiedon or after January 11, 1989, when a new section, subsection, or subdivision isadded to the General Statutes, and that section, subsection, or subdivision isunderlined, the underlining is not part of the law, but merely an illustrationthat the material in the bill which enacted the law is new.

(c)        As used in thissection "act" and "law" also includes joint and simpleresolutions.

(d)        This sectionapplies to acts ratified on or after February 9, 1987. (1987, c. 138; c. 485, s. 4;1989, c. 770, s. 40; 2001‑487, s. 78.)