House committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.

Deletes proposed changes to GS 20-171.16, which required wearing eye protection and a helmet when operating an all-terrain vehicle, and to GS 153A-245 and GS 160A-300.6, concerning the regulation of all terrain-vehicles by counties and cities.

Adds new Article 34 in GS Chapter 120, establishing the 12-member Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government (Committee), to examine the services provided by the specified departments and agencies in order to make ongoing recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of state government services. Specifies the Committee's powers and duties. Requires a department or agency that is required to report to the General Assembly or its committees to also give a copy of the report to the cochairs of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government.

Changes the effective date of the act from December 1, 2013, to when the act becomes law.

Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.