Bill Summary for S 514 (2011-2012)

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Bill: DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE (NEW).

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Sep 12 2011
S.L. 2011-409

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
Senate Bill 514 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 5, 2011
TO PROVIDE THAT A NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT PLAN SHALL NOT BE DEVELOPED, ADOPTED OR IMPLEMENTED FOR SURFACE WATERS OF THE STATE UNLESS THOSE WATERS HAVE FIRST BEEN CLASSIFIED AS NUTRIENT SENSITIVE WATERS.
Intro. by Brunstetter.

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House committee substitute deletes all provisions of 2nd edition and replaces them with AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN IS THE ONLY DOMESTIC LEGAL UNION THAT SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE. Subject to a vote at the statewide election held on the first primary in 2012, enacts new Section 6 to Article 14 of the North Carolina Constitution. States that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that is valid or recognized in North Carolina. Specifies that a private party is not prohibited from entering into contracts with another private party, and provides that courts may adjudicate rights pursuant to such contracts.