Bill Summary for H 836 (2015-2016)
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE REGULATORY RELIEF FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BY AUTHORIZING CITIES TO RESERVE CERTAIN EASEMENTS WHEN PERMANENTLY CLOSING STREETS AND ALLEYS; TO REPEAL THE REQUIREMENT FOR LICENSING OF GOING OUT OF BUSINESS SALES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS; TO AUTHORIZE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF ABSENTEE BALLOT LISTS BY COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR PAPER BALLOTS; TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME TO IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENT FOR PAPER BALLOTS FROM JANUARY 1, 2018 TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2019, FOR COUNTIES THAT USE DIRECT RECORD ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES FOR CURRENT VOTING REQUIREMENTS; TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES TO CONDUCT MALT BEVERAGE AND UNFORTIFIED WINE ELECTIONS; TO REQUIRE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO NOTIFY A REGISTERED VOTER OF THE OPTION TO COMPLETE A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT AT A ONE-STOP VOTING LOCATION WHEN THE VOTER PRESENTS WITHOUT AN ELIGIBLE FORM OF PHOTO IDENTIFICATION; TO AUTHORIZE VOTERS WHO SUFFER FROM A REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT PREVENTING THE VOTER FROM OBTAINING PHOTO IDENTIFICATION TO COMPLETE REASONABLE IMPEDIMENT DECLARATIONS WHEN VOTING; TO REMOVE TERM LIMITS FOR SERVICE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ALEXANDER COUNTY; AND TO REQUIRE ELECTRONIC POLL BOOKS TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.Intro. by Robinson, Bishop, Fraley
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Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Amends the short and long titles.
Deletes the following sections from the bill: Section 1, which amended GS 160A-299, Procedure for permanently closing streets and alleys; Section 2, which repealed GS 66-77, License required; contents of applications; inventory required; fees; bond; extension of licenses; records; false statements, and amended GS 66-80, Continuation of sale or business beyond termination date; and Section 5, which amended GS 159-28, Budgetary accounting for appropriations.
Amends Section 30.8 of SL 2013-381 to prohibit the use of any direct record electronic voting systems that do not use paper ballots in any election held on or after September 1, 2019, for counties using direct record electronic voting machines on election day as of January 1, 2015, and January 1, 2018, for all other counties (was, January 1, 2018, for all counties). Amends Section 30.9 of SL 2013-381 to make Part 30 of the act, concerning simplifying ballot records, effective on those same effective dates as above for all counties that exclusively use direct record electronic voting machines for all current voting requirements (was, January 1, 2018).
Enacts new GS 18B-600(c1) to allow cities to hold a malt beverage or unfortified wine election if: (1) the county in which more than 50% of the area of the primary corporate limits of the city is located has already held such an election and the election voted down the sale of the specified alcoholic beverages, (2) the city has a population of 200 or more, and (3) that the county in which more than 50% of the area of the primary corporate limits of the city is located contains three or more cities that have voted to allow malt beverage and unfortified wine sales.