TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT FIREFIGHTERS AND RESCUE SQUAD WORKERS HAVE ONE YEAR OF CREDITABLE SERVICE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT BENEFITS UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR INJURIES INCURRED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

TO MODIFY THE CURRENT OPERATIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2011 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

TO REQUIRE THE STATE TO TERMINATE ITS LEASE OF THE INDIAN CULTURAL CENTER PROPERTY; TO DIRECT HOW THE PROPERTY IS TO BE DISPOSED OF; AND TO AMEND THE STATUTORY RECOGNITION OF THE LUMBEE TRIBE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

INITIATING REFORM OF THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, MODIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND ESTABLISHING THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM REFORM COMMITTEE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM EVALUATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PROGRAM EVALUATION DIVISION.

PROVIDING THAT AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2012, LANDLORDS SHALL, WHEN INSTALLING A NEW SMOKE ALARM OR REPLACING AN EXISTING SMOKE ALARM, INSTALL A TAMPER-RESISTANT, TEN-YEAR LITHIUM BATTERY SMOKE ALARM EXCEPT IN CERTAIN CASES, AND PROVIDING THAT LANDLORDS MAY DEDUCT FROM THE TENANT SECURITY DEPOSIT DAMAGE TO A SMOKE ALARM OR CARBON MONOXIDE ALARM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA CHILD FATALITY TASK FORCE.