TO MODERNIZE PROCUREMENT METHODS USED BY THE SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION AND STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES.

TO ADJUST THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF WOODFIN AND THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE, AS REQUESTED BY THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF THOSE MUNICIPALITIES, BY (1) ANNEXING INTO THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE CERTAIN STATE-OWNED PROPERTY, (2) REMOVING CERTAIN STATE-OWNED PROPERTY FROM THE TOWN OF WOODFIN AND ANNEXING IT INTO THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE, (3) REMOVING CERTAIN STATE-OWNED AND PRIVATE PROPERTY FROM THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE AND ANNEXING IT INTO THE TOWN OF WOODFIN, AND (4) UPON PETITION OF THE OWNER AND WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE TOWN OF WOODFIN, ALLOWING THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE TO ANNEX CERTAIN PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF WOODFIN THAT, AS A RESULT OF THE OPERATION OF THIS ACT, IS SURROUNDED BY THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE OR A COMBINATION OF THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE AND UNINCORPORATED AREA, AND PROVIDING FOR THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE AND THE TOWN OF WOODFIN TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS REGARDING THE PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO CERTAIN PROPERTIES IN EACH OTHER'S JURISDICTION.

HONORING THE FOUNDERS OF THE TOWN OF EDENTON ON THE OCCASION OF THE TOWN'S THREE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.

TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATUTES; AND TO ESTABLISH THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.

TO DIRECT THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION TO STUDY THE DESIRABILITY AND THE FEASIBILITY OF CONSOLIDATING THE STATE’S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING, RULE-MAKING, AND QUASI-JUDICIAL FUNCTIONS INTO ONE COMPREHENSIVE FULL-TIME ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION.