§ 7A-6. Appellate division reporters; reports. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 7A‑6.  Appellate division reporters; reports.

(a)        The Supreme Court shall appoint one or more reporters forthe appellate division, to serve at its pleasure. It shall be the duty of thereporters to prepare for publication the opinions of the Supreme Court and theCourt of Appeals. The salary of the reporters shall be fixed by theAdministrative Officer of the Courts, subject to the approval of the SupremeCourt.

(b)        The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall contract forthe printing of the reports of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals, andfor the advance sheets of each court. He shall select a printer for the reportsand prescribe such contract terms as will insure issuance of the reports assoon as practicable after a sufficient number of opinions are filed. He shallmake such contract after consultation with the Department of Administration andcomparison of prices for similar work in other states to such an extent as maybe practicable. He shall also sell the reports and advance sheets of theappellate division, to the general public, at a price not less than cost normore than cost plus ten percent (10%), to be fixed by him in his discretion.Proceeds of such sales shall be remitted to the State treasury.

(b1)      In addition to and as an alternative to the provisions forthe publication and sale of the appellate division reports of subsection (a)and subsection (b) of this section, the Supreme Court may designate acommercial law publisher's reports and advance sheets of the opinions of the SupremeCourt and the Court of Appeals as the Official Reports of the AppellateDivision, or the Administrative Officer of the Courts, with the approval of theSupreme Court, may contract with a commercial law publisher or publishers toact as printer and vendor of the reports and advance sheets of the SupremeCourt and the Court of Appeals upon such terms as the Supreme Court deemsadvisable after consultation with the Department of Administration.

(c)        The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall furnish, withoutcharge, one copy of the advance sheets of the appellate division to eachjustice and judge of the General Court of Justice, to each superior courtdistrict attorney, to each superior court clerk, to each district courtprosecutor, to each special counsel at regional psychiatric facilities, and, insuch numbers as may be reasonably necessary, to the Supreme Court library. (1967, c. 108, s. 1; c. 691, s. 57; 1969, c. 1190, s.1; 1971, c. 377, s. 2; 1975, c. 879, s. 46; 1977, c. 721, s. 1; 1987, c. 404.)