House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Deletes all provisions of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.

Enacts new GS 14-362.4 requiring a person who owns, has custody of, or maintains 10 or more female dogs over six months of age that are capable of reproduction and kept primarily for purposes of breeding and selling the offspring as pets to meet 12 specified standards of care including daily exercise, appropriate veterinary care, primary enclosures that meet specified requirements, and protection from adverse or extreme weather. Requires that the facilities and primary enclosures be kept clean and free from debris and odor. Makes violations a Class 3 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of no less than $25 per animal and no more than $1,000 unless the person has previously pled guilty or nolo contendere to, or been found guilty of, a violation of the statute, in which case the violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. Exempts kennels or boarding facilities where the majority of the dogs are (1) bred or trained primarily for hunting, sporting, field trials, or show; (2) being maintained for hunting, sporting, field trials, or show; or (3) kept primarily for purposes other than the sale of offspring as pets. Specifies issues that the statute does not address.

Includes a severability clause.

Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2015.

Changes the act's titles.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends GS 42-36.2(a) to require the sheriff to return a writ for possession of real property unexecuted upon receiving a statement from the landlord that the landlord does not want to eject the tenant because the tenant has paid all court costs charged to the tenant and has satisfied the tenant's indebtedness to the landlord (was, also to be returned upon receiving a statement from the landlord that the tenant's property can remain on the premises).

Amends GS 1-474(c) to require the sheriff to collect a fee deposit upon issuance of an order of seizure and delivery (was, the clerk of court must collect an amount not to exceed $100, with guidelines for determining the amount, to be given to the sheriff).

Deletes proposed changes to GS 42-25.9.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Adds other relevant state agencies and private sector stakeholders to those parties that are to assist the Office of the State Chief Information Officer in developing the state broadband plan. Amends the components of the plan as follows: (1) to include identifying the most effective and efficient means for deployment, utilization, and adoption of broadband throughout the state (was, analysis of the most effective and efficient mechanisms for ensuring broadband access by state citizens); (2) remove a strategy for achieving maximum use of broadband infrastructure and services by citizens; and (3) add recommendations to foster the deployment, use, and adoption of broadband for specified purposes (was, include a plan for the use of broadband infrastructure and services in advancing specified issues).

House amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition:

Amends the effective date to clarify that in addition to being effective January 1, 2016, it applies to acts committed on or after that date. 

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition. 

Amends GS 14-45.1 as follows. No longer requires that the physician performing the abortion be an obstetrician or gynecologist. Makes the provisions concerning items the physician must record, including an ultrasound of the unborn child depicting measurements, applicable to abortions performed after the eighteenth (was, sixteenth) week of pregnancy. Makes clarifying changes.

Deletes proposed changes to GS 116-36.1, which made all trust funds subject to GS 143C-6-5.5 (Limitation on use of State funds for abortions). 

Deletes proposed GS 116-36.7, which prohibited state medical school departments from allowing employees to perform abortions.

Deletes the changes to GS 116-37, which prohibited using money from the UNC Health Care System for abortions and prohibited state facilities created, owned, controlled, or managed by the UNC Health Care System from being used in the performance of abortions. 

Deletes amendments to GS 116-37.2(e), which made University of North Carolina Hospitals at Chapel Hill Funds subject to GS 143C-6-5.5 (Limitation on use of State funds for abortions). 

Make conforming changes.

Amends the act's short and long titles.

House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.

Adds the Town of Caswell Beach to and deletes the Towns of Marshville and Wadesboro from the bill's coverage.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Under current law, cities (GS Chapter 160A, Article 19) and counties (GS Chapter 153A, Article 18) are authorized to adopt subdivision control ordinances to regulate the subdivision of land within their territorial jurisdiction. To assure compliance with these and other ordinance requirements, cities and counties are authorized to provide for performance guarantees to assure successful completion of any required improvements.

Amends GS 160A-372(c) (pertaining to cities) and GS 153A-331(e) (pertaining to counties) to clarify that a subdivision control ordinance may provide for a performance guarantee at the time that the plat is recorded.

Amends new subsection GS 160A-372(g), which applies to cities, and also new GS 153A-331(g), applicable to counties, which require that any performance guarantee must comply with (g). Defines performance guarantee as any of the following: (1) a surety bond issued by any company authorized to do business in this state (deletes language requiring that the bond be among those listed annually as acceptable sureties on federal bonds in Circular 570 of the US Treasury); (2) a letter of credit issued by any financial institution (was, any bank) licensed to do business in this state; or (3) other form of guarantee of equivalent (was, equivalent or greater) security than a surety bond or letter of credit.

Provides that if the improvements are not complete, the performance guarantee must be extended, and that the form of the guarantee would remain the choice of the developer.

Sets a cap on the amount of a performance guarantee at 125% of the reasonably expected cost of completion at the time the performance guarantee is issued (was, set the cap at 110% of the cost of completion at the time the performance guarantee is issued). Clarifies that the performance guarantee must only be used for the completion of the required improvements (was, development) shown on the plat, and not for repairs or maintenance after completion.

Clarifies that neither a city nor a county may withhold the issuance of a building permit or a certificate of occupancy to compel completion of work for a separate permit or compliance with land use regulations with respect to another property or parcel.

Deletes amendments to GS 113A-61 and to GS 143-214.6A, which added a new subsection to each declaring that any performance guarantee required under the section had to comply with GS 160A-372(g), amended in this act.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amends proposed GS 147-33.95(e1) to require the Office of Information Technology Services to evaluate the responses and award contracts to qualified responders (was, contracts must be awarded to all manufacturers, suppliers, or vendors who are qualified under the request for proposals).

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Clarifies the definitions that apply in new GS 14-118.8 (Online impersonation). Deletes the definition for credible impersonationand instead adds a definition for impersonateand incorporates the definition from the 1st edition for credible impersonation into the definition for impersonate. Also adds definitions for (1) misrepresented person, meaning a person who is impersonated by an imposter and (2) imposter, meaning any person who knowingly and without consent impersonates another person for purposes of harming, intimidating, threatening, or defrauding another person, including the misrepresented person.

Makes clarifying and conforming changes to subsections (b) and (c) to incorporate the changes made to the definitions that apply in GS 14-118.8.

Removes an exception that protected a person licensed under GS Chapter 74D (alarm systems) and engaging in the discharge of the person's professional duties from a civil cause of action under GS 14-118.8.

House committee substitute makes the following change to the 1st edition.

Provides in GS 1E-5 that the Department of Public Safety may enter into a memorandum of understanding addressing the specifics of transferring information to the Cherokee Tribal Courts.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition:

Amends proposed GS 7B-2408.5 to provide that the provisions of GS 15A-974 (Exclusion or suppression of unlawfully obtained evidence) apply to the section. 

Amends GS 7B-2510, making clarifying changes. 

Amends GS 7B-3200 and proposed subsection (e1), making technical and clarifying changes.

Amends GS 7B-1903 concerning secure custody review hearings, adding language that provides that such hearings can be waived for not more than 30 calendar days and only with the consent of the juvenile or through the counsel for the juvenile. Also requires the order for continued secure custody to be in writing with appropriate findings of fact. Makes a technical change to subsection (f).