Bill Summary for H 1072 (2019-2020)

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Jun 9 2020

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View NCGA Bill Details2019-2020 Session
House Bill 1072 (Public) Filed Thursday, May 14, 2020
AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE GENERAL STATUTES AND SESSION LAWS AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE REGISTER OF DEEDS DOES NOT NEED TO VERIFY THE CAPACITY OR AUTHORITY OF THE PERSON LISTED AS THE DRAFTER OF A DEED OR DEED OF TRUST, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.
Intro. by Davis.

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House committee substitute adds the following to the 2nd edition. 

Amends GS 1A-1829 by clarifying that the statute's provisions are subject to GS Chapter 1A, Article 20 (North Carolina Uniform Foreign-Country Money Judgments Recognition Act), instead of Article 18, which was repealed. Makes organizational changes.

Makes clarifying changes to GS 143B-135.234, GS 143B-1406, 

Makes organizational changes to GS 146-30 and further amends the statute by removing references to regulations adopted by the Governor and changes references to Butner Reservation to Camp Butner, Amends the exclusions from the statute by (1) clarifying that they are all notwithstanding any other provision of the Subchapter, and (2) removing the provision allowing the proceeds from the sale of any of the land owned by the State in the Camp Butner Reservation from being used to build industrial access roads to industries located or to be located on the Butner Reservation, to construct new city streets in the Butner Reservation, to extend water and sewer services on the Butner Reservation, to repair storm drains on the Butner Reservation, and for other capital uses on the Butner Reservation; and (3) defines Camp Butner as it is in GS 122C-3. Makes additional clarifying changes.

Amends GS 153A-441 to allow a county to appoint a licensed (was, registered) professional land surveyor as a county surveyor. Corrects the number of the related GS Chapter.

Amends GS 163-105 to no longer require the State to pay for printing and distributing ballots for offices required under GS 163-109(b) and requires counties to pay for printing and distributing ballots pursuant to GS 163-165.3 (was, ballots for offices required by GS 163-109(c), all to reflect the repeal of GS 163-109.

Amends GS 163-234 by correcting statutory cross-references and making additional technical and clarifying changes.

Amends GS 164-16 by making language gender neutral.

Amends Section 4.1 of SL 2018-80 by removing the change made in the 1st edition that changed the effective dates of Section 2.1 of the act (amending GS 47-17.1 concerning the designation of draftsmen of registered documents) to July 1, 2020, applicable to deeds and deeds of trust presented for registration on or after that date, and Section 2.2 of the act (amending GS 47-18.3 concerning the execution of corporate instruments) to July 1, 2020, applicable to all instruments entered into on or after that date. Instead, makes the act, other than Section 1.2, 1.3, and 3.1, applicable to instruments under GS 47-18.3 that were executed before, on, or after August 1, 2020. Makes that change and the changes to GS 47-17.1 effective August 1, 2020.