As title indicates. Directs each agency with control over the State Legislature and the State Government Complex to purchase and use security measures, as specified, and to improve emergency medical services. Appropriates $1 million from the General Fund to the Legislative Services Commission to cover the State Legislature, and appropriates $5 million to the Department of Administration to cover the State Government Complex, with up to $1 million spent to build a covered walkway between the Legislative Building and the Legislative Office Building. Effective July 1, 2011.

As title indicates.

As title indicates. Amends GS 20-11(e), clarifying that a Level 2 limited provisional license holder may drive without supervision, among other times under existing law, when driving directly to or from work, or directly to or from a specified volunteer activity. Amends GS 20-11(f), adding that a person may obtain a full provisional license after, among other requirements, completing a driving log with at least 120 hours of applicable driving time. Specifies additional requirements for the log, and revokes the license for one year if the DMV determines the log was falsified. Enacts new subsection (o) to GS 20-11 (limited learner’s permit and provisional drivers license to persons under 18 years old) to revoke a provisional license if the licensee is charged with any of the specified violations. Enacts new subsection (n) to GS 20-11, requiring law enforcement officers to immediately notify the DMV that a provisional licensee has been charged with a specified violation. Directs the DMV to study the effectiveness of this act by evaluating five listed figures, and to report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee by February 1, 2013. Applies to provisional licenses issued and offenses committed on or after October 1, 2011.

Enacts new Part 12 to Article 21 in GS Chapter 143, establishing the Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program (Program) in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, with implementation by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission (Commission). Places joint responsibility for the Program in the Commission and the Board of Agriculture. States that the Program’s purpose is to help farmers and agricultural landowners: (1) increase water use efficiency, availability, and storage (2) conserve and protect water resources and increase water use efficiency through best management practices and (3) increase water storage and availability for agricultural purposes. Details six requirements and limitations of the Program. Creates the 15- member Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program Advisory Committee, which will meet quarterly to assist and advise the Commission on the Program. Directs the Commission and the Board of Agriculture to report to the Environmental Review Commission and the Fiscal Research Division by March 31 each year, with the first report due by March 31, 2013. Establishes the Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Account in the Division of Soil and Water Conservation to fund the Program.
Makes conforming changes to GS 14-234(d3), exempting applications and grants under the Program from the provisions regarding public officer or employee benefit from public contracts, as detailed. Makes conforming changes to GS 139-4(d) and (e) (pertaining to the Commission) and GS 139-8(b) (powers of soil and water conservation districts and supervisors).
Effective July 1, 2011.

As title indicates, amends GS 105-130.29 (appears to amend GS 105-130.34) to increase the maximum credit amount from $500,000 to $2 million, effective beginning January 1, 2011. Amends GS 105-130.34 to decrease the maximum credit amount from $2 million to $500,000, effective beginning January 1, 2013.

Establishes the 21- member Medical Malpractice Review Board (Board) to review allegations of violations of the standard of health care by health care providers and to make a determination. Details Board membership, appointing authority, term limits, and administration. Defines determination as a finding by the Board based on the greater weight of the evidence that care provided by the health care provider violated the standard of health care. Includes additional applicable definitions. Requires any complaint alleging medical malpractice by a health care provider for failing to comply with the standard of health care to be dismissed unless the complainant first received a Determination from a Board panel. Directs the panel to consider whether, based on the complainant’s evidence and counsels’ written arguments, it is more likely than not that the health care provider violated the standard of health care. Details the types of evidence that may be presented, and provides for deposition of witnesses. Allows the panel to request additional evidence if necessary. Specifies criteria requiring the panel to issue or not issue a Determination. Directs the panel to issue a default Determination if the panel determines that the health care provider did not participate in good faith in the review proceeding. States that the claimant will not be taxed costs for failure to obtain a judgment in any subsequent civil action, if the panel issues a Determination, but will be taxed costs if the panel does not issue a Determination and the claimant fails to obtain a judgment. Tolls any applicable statute of limitation or repose from the time the claim is presented until the Board issues a Determination. Makes the Board’s findings and Determination, as detailed, immune from discovery or subpoena in any civil action alleging the violation that was the subject of the Board’s review. Requires that initial Board members be appointed by September 1, 2011, with terms commencing on October 1, 2011.

Enacts new GS 108A-50.3, as title indicates.

Repeals Part 2 of Article 4A in GS Chapter 160A, which sets out provisions for annexation law applicable to municipalities with populations under 5,000 and, except as noted below, makes annexation standards uniform for cities of all population sizes
Amends GS 160A-46 to provide that in order to be eligible to annex territory, cities must be providing a minimum level of specified services at the time of adoption of the mandated report for provision of services to annexed areas. For cities with populations over 5,000, the minimum services provided must include police protection, fire protection, planning and zoning, and at least four of ten other services (solid waste collection, solid waste disposal, street acquisition and construction, street maintenance, parks and recreation, water treatment, water distribution, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, or public transportation). For cities with populations under 5,000, the minimum services provided must include planning and zoning, at least two of three specified services (police, fire, or solid waste collection), and at least two of nine other specified services (solid waste disposal, street construction, street maintenance, parks and recreation, water treatment, water distribution, wastewater collection, wastewater treatment, or public transportation). For cities with populations over 5,000, provides that these services may be supplied directly by the municipality, that planning and zoning services may be provided by a city-county planning agency, and the additional services (other than police and fire) may be provided by contract with a private service provider. Cities with populations under 5,000 may also count: (1) fire services provided by contract with a rural fire department; (2) planning and zoning services provided by contract with a regional council of governments; (3) street acquisition, construction, and maintenance provided by contract with the Department of Transportation, provided the city reimburses the Department in full and the city has accepted for maintenance all residential and commercial subdivision streets within its jurisdiction. For purposes of these calculations, prohibits a city from counting any service that is already provided in an area to be annexed by a county, a joint agency, or an independent authority. Amends GS 160A-31 to prohibit annexation by petition if the municipality is not eligible to annex territory under GS 160A-46.
Amends GS 160A-360 to limit exercise of extraterritorial planning and development regulation authority to those cities that meet the above criteria to be eligible for annexation authority. Requires use of most recent federal decennial census to establish the city’s population relative to size of potential extraterritorial jurisdiction (was, annual estimate of population certified by Department of Administration). Allows jurisdiction providing approval of another jurisdiction’s proposed extraterritorial jurisdiction to rescind that approval immediately if the other jurisdiction has not yet mailed the notice of the public hearing on the potential amendment of jurisdiction (current provision requires two years notice of rescission if there is not mutual agreement between the two jurisdictions).
Amends GS 120-163, which regards review of petitions for new municipal incorporations, to require that petitions for incorporation include a statement that the proposed municipality will, not later than the first day of the third fiscal year following incorporation, provide sufficient services such that the municipality would meet the annexation eligibility standards required for a municipality with a population under 5,000. The statement must include a report showing the plan for providing such services.
Amends GS 160A-47 to require report on plans to extend to annexed areas all of the municipal services offered that make the municipality eligible to annex territory (was, report on extension of police, fire, solid waste collection, and street maintenance). Allows requests for extension of water and sewer lines to be made within 30 days of hearing (was, five days). Requires assumption that all eligible property owners will request water and sewer services when calculating costs of extended water and sewer services. Requires financing and service impacts to include projections for at least five years beyond the first year of service extension. Makes other conforming changes.
Amends GS 160A-48 to prohibit “shoe-string” annexations longer than 300 feet of public streets, street rights-of-way, utility easements, or watercourses. Requires that if one lot within a final subdivision plat that has been approved is annexed, all lots within that subdivision must be annexed unless the lots are in a municipality or are in another county. Provides than any area that has been completely surrounded by the primary corporate limits of the municipality for at least ten years may be counted as land developed for urban purposes. Allows cities with populations of 5,000 or more to annex necessary land connections, provided these areas are not more than 20% (was, 25%) of the area annexed.
Amends GS 160A-49 regarding procedures to be followed for annexations. Requires adoption of resolution of consideration, which can remain effective for two years. Provides that resolution of intent to annex may be adopted six months or later after adoption of resolution of consideration. Sets notice and public meeting requirements. Requires land owners be provided a form for requesting water and sewer services and specifies content of information to be provided on that form. Requires inclusion of an annexation timeline, remedies for contesting annexation, and provision of services in the required public meetings notice and at the required public meetings. Requires that all annexations be effective on June 30 of the specified year, which must be at least 90 but not more than 455 days after passage of the annexation ordinance. Requires reports to the Local Government Commission on responses to requests for extension of services within timeline, allows the Commission to order corrective action, and prohibits future annexation until orders of the Commission have been complied with.
Amends GS 160A-50 to allow landowners 90 days (was, 60 days) to file petitions for judicial review of annexations. Makes taxation of property subject to GS 160A-58.10 upon the effective date of annexation, unless a later date is set by ordinance.
Enacts GS 160A-50.1, allowing the county board of commissioners to notify the city clerk that the board’s submitted comments and objections to the annexation report were not adequately addressed, within 30 days after adoption of the annexation ordinance. Stays the effective date of annexation upon receipt of the board’s notice, and permits the city to seek review in superior court.
Amends GS 160A-54 regarding population, area, and subdivision estimates to increase the required level of accuracy as follows: population estimates have no more than 5% error rate (was 10%) and land area and subdivision estimates have no more than 3% error rate (was, 5%).
Amends GS 160A-232 to allow water and sewer assessments made pursuant to annexation to be paid in up to twenty annual installments and tap fees in up to five annual installments.
Amends GS 160A-364 to require that the two required published notices of hearings for adoption, amendment, or repeal of all municipal land development ordinances be published on the same day of the week in successive weeks (was, published in two successive calendar weeks), effective for notices published on or after October 1, 2009.
Enacts GS 160A-58.31 to allow municipalities to enter contracts to provide water or sewer service in return for an owner’s agreement to petition for annexation or not to appeal annexation. Provides for recordation and enforcement of these annexation contracts.
Requires the Local Government Commission to report on or before January 1, 2015, as to the identities of all municipalities that are not qualified to make annexations as of July 1, 2014, because of their inability to offer the requisite services. Provides that the charters of each identified municipality will lapse and the municipality cease to exist on December 31, 2015, unless the municipality’s charter has been renewed by the General Assembly. Authorizes the Local Government Commission to dispose of the assets, liabilities, and properties of these terminated municipalities.
Amends GS 160A-58.10 regarding proration and effective dates of real and personal property taxes and privilege license taxes.
Repeals local act regarding annexation by referendum in Craven County towns with populations under 500. Makes other conforming and technical changes.
Effective when the act becomes law, but does not apply to annexations for which a resolution of intent was adopted before the date the act becomes law.