Current law states that a person commits the offense of habitual impaired driving if the person drives while impaired and has been convicted of three or more offenses involving impaired driving within 10 years of the offense. Amends GS 20-138.5 to provide that a person also commits habitual impaired driving if the person drives while impaired and has previously been convicted of habitual impaired driving. Makes a conforming change. Applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2013.

Amends GS 14-190.9, regarding the offense of indecent exposure, to clarify that the term private parts, as used in the statute, means external organs of sex and of excretion, including the nipple or any portion of the areola of the human female breast.

Additionally, providesthatregardless of any other provision of law, a woman may breastfeed in any public or private location where she is authorized to be even if the mother's nipple or areola is uncovered incidental to the breastfeeding.

As title indicates.

Appropriates $14 million from the General Fund to the Department of Justice for the 2013-14 fiscal year to build a Western Regional Crime Laboratoryon the campus of the Western Justice Academy in Edneyville, NC.

Also appropriates $1.9 million from the General Fund to the Department of Justice for the 2013-14 fiscal year, and $1.9 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year to establish 19 staff positions at the Western Regional Crime Laboratory upon completion of its construction.

Effective July 1, 2013.

Amends GS 20-17.8(b), requiring, as a condition of restoration ofa driver's license to a person convicted of driving while impaired, the installation of anapproved ignitioninterlock system to prohibit the person from driving with an alcohol concentration of 0.00 or greater (was, 0.04 or greater) providing that the interlock ignition system was required because the convicted person had an alcohol concentration of 0.15.

Amends GS 20-19(c3), requiring, as a conditionfor the first restoration of a driver's license for a person convictedof driving while impaired or a license revoked under GS 20-23 or GS 20-23.2, that the person not operate a vehicle if the person has an alcohol concentration of 0.00 or more (was, 0.04) at any relevant time after the driving.

Effective December 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Amends GS 20-179.3(b) (eligibility for a limited driving privilege) to require the privilege issued to have an ignition interlock requirement that includes the following conditions: (1) the applicant may operate only a designated motor vehicle; (2) the vehicle must be equipped with an ignition interlock system, set to prohibit driving with an alcohol concentration greater than 0.00; and (3) the applicant must personally activate the system before driving. Makes conforming changes to GS 20-16.2(e1) (concerning privilege after license revocation for refusal to submit to chemical analysis), GS 20-138.3(d) (concerning privilege after license revocation for persons under 21 driving while impaired), and GS 20-17.8(a) (ignition interlock applicability). Amends GS 20-17.8(b) to prohibit the person from driving with an alcohol concentration greater than 0.00 (previously provided different alcohol concentrations based on the reason for revocation). Requires proof of installation and provides for revocation of license if system is disabled or removed. Makes conforming changes. Repeals GS 20-179.3(g5) (ignition interlock requirements when person has alcohol concentration of 0.15 or more). Makes a conforming change, amending GS 20-16.2(c1) to delete requirement that officer or chemical analyst submit an affidavit when a driver has an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or more.

Enacts new GS 20-179.5 to require that all of the ignition interlock costs be paid by the person ordered to have the system installed. Authorizes the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to assess an ignition interlock administrative fee between $30 and $60 on any ignition interlock installed by a vendor. Fee is to be collected by the vendor installing the ignition interlock system at the time of installation. Directs the vendor to remit the collected fees to the DMV on a quarterly basis. Provides that 50% of the money collected will be used to pay for administrative costs incurred by the DMV and the remaining 50% will be deposited in the Ignition Interlock Device Fund. Creates the Ignition Interlock Device Fund in the Department of Transportation to be used to pay the costs of installing and removing ignition interlock devices on vehicles of persons deemed indigent by the court. Requires the person deemed indigent to agree to pay the required costs for system monitoring as a condition of assistance from the DMV for installation cost. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2013.

Appropriates $100,000 for the 2013-14 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for use as the title indicates, effective July 1, 2013.

Directs the State Board of Education to, by December 1, 2013, (1)  report on the results of its inventory of wireless and bandwidth capacity of public schools in the state, (2) make recommendations on methods for achieving a sufficient standard of wireless access and bandwidth in all classrooms, and (3) report on the cost of achieving that sufficient standard.

Directs the Department of Commerce (Department) to conduct a survey assessing existing community broadband connectivity, and to identify ways to assist in expanding accessible internet in all North Carolina counties. Requires the Department to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee and the Joint Legislative Committee on Information Technology by December 1, 2013, on the survey results, its recommendations on expanding access across the state, and the cost of such expansion.

As title indicates. 

Enacts new GS 14-409.41 as the title indicates.

Provides a definition of motor vehicle to include any automobile, truck, minivan, sports utility vehicle, motorcycle, motor scooter, and any other vehicle required to be registered under GS Chapter 20. Provides entities and facilities to which this prohibition does not apply including certain facilities owned or leased by a U.S. Department of Defense Contractor; those involving natural gas or electricity; those for water storage or supply;and those where transport or storage of a firearm is prohibited by state or federal law or regulation.

Provides that a person who is injured or the survivors of a person killed as a violation of this section's prohibition on restricting the transportation or storage of a firearm and ammunition in a locked vehicle in a manner otherwise in compliance with state law may bring a civil action in the appropriate court against the employer, commercial enterprise, or business who committed or caused such a violation.

Additionally provides for the right to bring a civil action to enjoin any employer, commercial enterprise, or business from violating this section. Provides remedies for an employee who is discharged in violation of a policy or rule controlling firearms that is prohibited by this section.

Prohibits holding any employer, business, commercial enterprise, or property owner liable in any civil action for damages, injuries, or death resulting for another person's actions involving a firearm or from ammunition transported or stored under the provisions of this act.

Effective December 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Identical to S 14, filed 1/30/13.

Amends GS 115C-12 as the title indicates. Directs the State Board of Education (SBE) to report annually on the impact of awarding the career and college endorsements on high school graduation, college acceptance and remediation, and post high school employment rates beginning September 1, 2016.

Requires that the SBE make these endorsements available to students who graduate from high school beginning with the 2014-15 school year. Amends GS 115C-296.7(d) to specify that the SBE identify local school administrative units with unmet recruitment needs for career and technical education teachers. Additionally directs the SBE to increase accessibility to the licensure process for career and technical education teachers while maintaining quality of instruction, to develop strategies to increase the number of students engaging in career and technical education, and to increase the enrollment of students in coursework leading to skills in occupations that have a high number of employment opportunities.

Includes requirements specifying when the SBE is to make reports to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on its progress with the teacher licensure and student enrollment goals.

Subject to approval by voters at the election in October 2013, amends Article I of the North Carolina Constitution in the following ways. Adds new Section 38 to declare as the public policy of North Carolina that the right to work will not be denied or abridged due to membership or nonmembership in a labor organization. Adds new Section 39 to make any agreement or contract between a unit of government and a labor organization as bargaining agent illegal. Adds new Section 40 to provide that the right to vote by secret ballot for employee representation by a labor organization is guaranteed where law permits or requires such elections.  

Makes conforming statutory amendments to various provisions in Article 10 (Declaration of Policy as to Labor Organizations) in GS Chapter 95.

 

As title indicates.

Amends GS 115C-450 as the title indicates. Defines indirect costs as the term is defined in the United States Office of Budget and Management Circular A-87, as revised, and uses the term cost of operation as defined in GS 115C-264(c).

Appropriates $80,000 in recurring funds for 2013-14 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction, Division of School Support, Child Nutritional Services Section, for purposes as the title indicates. Requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to make annual reports to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee beginning on October 1, 2014, and each subsequent year that DPI receives this appropriation. Effective July 1, 2013.

Amends Article 3A of GS Chapter 20 by eliminating the requirement that a motor vehicle be subject to a safety inspection. Makes conforming changes to eliminate all provisions referencing or applying to safety inspections in GS Chapter 20. Retains the vehicle emissions inspection program.

Amends GS 20-183.7 to establish fees for an emissions inspection as follows: (1) $9.13 for a vehicle emissions inspection (was, $23.75 for emissions and safety) and (2) $7.27 for the issuance of an electronic inspection authorization (was, $6.25 for emissions and safety). Deletes that the fee for an inspection sticker does not apply to a replacement inspection sticker for use on a windshield replaced by a business registered with the Division of Motor Vehicles (Division).

Clarifies that a certified (was, safety inspection) mechanic is required to inspect after-factory tinted windows. Amends GS 20-183.7 to provide that the clear proceeds of all civil penalties, civil forfeitures, and civil fines collected by the Division pursuant to this statute are to be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund (was, civil penalties collected are to be credited to the Highway Fund as non-tax revenue).

Eliminates the fee distributions, resulting from the collection of electronic authorizations for emissions and safety inspections combined, to the Highway Fund, the Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund, and the Rescue Squad Worker's Relief Fund. Increases amounts that are to be distributed to the Inspection Program Account, the Telecommunication Account, and the Division of Air Quality.Effective October 1, 2011. Amends GS 20-87 to add an additional $1 passenger vehicle registration fee to be distributed as follows: (1) 78΢ to the Highway Fund, (2) 13΢ to the Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund, and (3) 9΢ to the Rescue Squad Workers' Relief Fund. Amends GS 20-88 to add an additional $1 property hauling vehicle registration fee to be distributed as follows: (1) 78΢ to the Highway Fund, (2) 13΢ to the Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund, and (3) 9΢ to the Rescue Squad Workers' Relief Fund.

Above provisions are effective October 1, 2013.

Amends GS 20-122.1 to eliminate the following possible defenses to a charge of operating a motor vehicle with unsafe tires: (1) that a person obtained a certificate from an official safety inspection equipment station within 15 days after the arrest; (2) that the tires had been made to conform to the requirements of the statute; or (3) that the vehicle had been sold, destroyed, or permanently removed from the highways. Requires that the Division, with the assistance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Air Quality, develop and implement a management improvement plan for the Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection program to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve customer service. Specifies information to be included in the plan, including that it meets both federal and state reporting requirements. Requires the Division to present the plan to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee and the Joint Environment and Natural Resources Oversight Committee by December 31, 2013.

The Division must also report annually to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee by January 15 of each year on the prior fiscal year and include recommendations on legislation to improve the program. Requires the Fiscal Research Division to conduct a fiscal review of the Motor Vehicle Emissions Inspection program. Specifies factors to be reviewed. Requires the Fiscal Research Division to report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee, the Joint Environment and Natural Resources Oversight Committee, the Joint Program Evaluation Oversight Committee, and the Program Evaluation Division by May 1, 2014.

Makes a conforming change to GS 20-127(d) (window tinting violations). Effective when the act becomes law unless otherwise noted.