GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 482

Short Title:  Handicapped Persons Signature.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Culp; Barbee, Clary, Decker, Dickson, Jeffus, Kiser, McComas, Preston, Reynolds, Rogers, Russell, Sexton, Sherrill, Shubert, Sutton, Watson, Weatherly, Wood, and Yongue.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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March 10, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW ALL HANDICAPPED PERSONS TO USE A REGISTERED SIGNATURE FACSIMILE AS A MARK OF THEIR LEGAL SIGNATURE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 22A-1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 22A-1. Use of a signature facsimile by a handicapped person.
A handicapped person, as defined in G.S. 168A-3(4), may use a registered signature facsimile as a proper mark of the person's legal signature. An example of the signature facsimile shall be registered by the handicapped person with the clerk of the superior court in the county where the person lives. The registered signature facsimile may be revoked at any time in writing by the handicapped person."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.