The Daily Bulletin: 2017-06-28

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The Daily Bulletin: 2017-06-28

PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 26 (2017-2018) WORKERS' COMP/APPROVAL OF DISPUTED LEGAL FEES. Filed Jan 26 2017, AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT AN INJURY NOT IDENTIFIED IN AN AWARD ARISING OUT OF G.S. 97-18(b) OR G.S. 97-18(d) IS NOT PRESUMED CAUSALLY RELATED, AND TO AMEND THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT REGARDING APPROVAL OF DISPUTED LEGAL FEES BY THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.

Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Amends the long title.

Adds whereas clauses.

Amends GS 97-82(b). Provides that payment under GS 97-18(b), or payment under GS 97-18(d) as currently specified, constitutes an award of the Commission on the question of compensability of and the insurer's liability for the injury as reflected on a form prescribed by the Commission for which payment was made (currently, no reference to a form). Provides that an award of the Commission under GS 97-18(b) or (d) does not create a presumption that medical treatment for an injury or condition not identified in the form prescribed by the Commission under those statutes is causally related to the compensable injury. An employee may request a hearing under GS 97-84 to prove that an injury or condition is causally related to the compensable injury. Effective when the bill becomes law, and applies to claims accrued or pending prior to, on, or after that date.

Specifies that the intent of the General Assembly is to clarify that an injury not identified in an award arising out of GS 97-18(b) or (d) is not presumed to be causally related to the compensable injury.

Effective when the bill becomes law, and applies to claims accrued or pending prior to, on, or after that date.

Intro. by Watford, Zachary.GS 97
H140 DENTAL PLANS PROVIDER CONTRACTS/TRANSPARENCY. Filed Feb 21 2017, AN ACT TO APPLY DISCLOSURE AND NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO INSURER FEE SCHEDULES, CLAIMS SUBMISSION, AND REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES TO STAND ALONE DENTAL INSURANCE.

Senate amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 2nd edition. 

Amends GS 58-57-90, concerning credit property insurance. Modifies the definitions of single interest credit property and dual credit property to refer to personal property of the debtor instead of personal household property of the debtor. Defines personal property coverage to mean household furniture, furnishings, appliances designed for household use, and other personal property of the debtor, exclusive of an automobile, not used by the debtor in a business trade or profession. Makes conforming changes to the statute's title.

Amends GS 58-57-110, directing the Commissioner of Insurance to prescribe a minimum incurred loss ratio standard requirement to develop a premium rate reasonable in relation to the benefits provided by credit unemployment insurance coverage, to require the Commissioner to prescribe the minimum incurred loss ratio beginning September 1, 2018, and every third year thereafter (currently, required to prescribe the ratio each year). Adds that this minimum incurred loss ratio standard is effective on January 1 in the year after it is prescribed and must remain in effect until a new minimum incurred loss ratio standard requirement is prescribed.

Intro. by Bert Jones.GS 58
H 205 (2017-2018) WC CHANGES/LEGAL NOTICE MODERNIZATION (NEW). Filed Feb 28 2017, AN ACT AMENDING A PROVISION OF THE WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT RELATING TO PRISONERS AND PROVISIONS OF CERTAIN BENEFITS FOR NEWSPRINT EMPLOYEES.

The conference report is to be summarized.

Intro. by McNeill, Zachary.
H 256 (2017-2018) 2017 APPOINTMENTS BILL (NEW). Filed Mar 6 2017, AN ACT TO APPOINT PERSONS TO VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICES UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES.

Senate amendment make the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amendment #1 corrects the spelling of the name of one of the Speaker of the House's appointees to the  North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors. Adds an appointee upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore to the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors.

Amendment #2 duplicates the changes made by amendment #1 and also corrects the name of an appointee to the East Carolina University Board of Trustees by the Speaker of the House.

Intro. by Lewis.UNCODIFIED
H 256 (2017-2018) 2017 APPOINTMENTS BILL (NEW). Filed Mar 6 2017, AN ACT TO APPOINT PERSONS TO VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICES UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE, AND THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATE AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES.

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

Deletes the previous provisions. Changes the act's long and short titles, and now provides the following.

Includes several whereas clauses.

Part I appoints the specified persons to the following boards and commissions upon the recommendation of the Speaker, effective on the specified dates, with terms expiring as provided: the Acupuncture Licensing Board; the NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching Board of Trustees; the African-American Heritage Commission; the NC Agricultural Finance Authority; the Alarm Systems Licensing Board; the NC Appraisal Board; the NC Board of Athletic Trainer Examiners; the NC State Banking Commission; the NC Brain Injury Advisory Council; the State Building Commission; the NC Capital Facilities Finance Agency Board of Directors; the NC Cemetery Commission; the Centennial Authority; the NC Charter Schools Advisory Board; the NC Child Care Commission; the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners; the Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees; the Coastal Resources Commission; the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission; the Criminal Justice Information Network Governing Board; the NC Board of Dietetics/Nutrition; the Domestic Violence Commission; the NC Education and Workforce Innovation Commission; the NC Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; the NC State Board of Fee-Based Practicing Pastoral Counselors; the NC Board of Funeral Service; the Board of Directors of the NC Global TransPark Authority; the Governor's Crime Commission; the NC Home Inspector Licensure Board; the the NC Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors; the State Human Resources Commission; the Board of Directors of the NC Institute of Medicine; the NC Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board; the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children State Council; the NC Irrigation Contractor's Licensing Board; the Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; the Local Government Commission; the NC Locksmith Licensing Board; the NC State Lottery Commission; the NC Marine Industrial Park Authority; the NC Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy; the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services; the NC Carolina Museum of Art; the NC On-Site Wastewater Contractors and Inspectors Certification Board; the Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council; the NC Parks and Recreation Authority; the Board of Directors of the NC Partnership for Children, Inc.; the Permanency Innovation Initiative Oversight Committee; the NC State Ports Authority; the NC Principal Fellows Commission; the Private Protective Services Board; the NC Board of Proprietary Schools; the Public Officers and Employees Liability Insurance Commission; the NC Railroad Company Board of Directors; the NC Real Estate Commission; the NC Recreational Therapy Licensure Board; the Roanoke Island Historical Commission; the Rules Review Commission; the Rural Infrastructure Authority; the NC Board of Science, Technology, and Innovation; the NC Board for Licensing of Soil Scientists; the Board of Trustees of the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees; the Board of Trustees for the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System; the Umstead Act Unfair Competition Panel; the Board of Trustees of the UNC Center for Public Television; the NC Veterinary Medical Board; the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High-Speed Rail Compact Commission; the State Water Infrastructure Authority; and the NC Wildlife Resources Commission.

Part II appoints the specified persons to the following boards and commissions upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore, effective on the specified date, with terms expiring as provided: the NC Criminal Justice Information Network Governing Board; the NC Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors; the NC Railroad Board of Directors; the NC Environmental Management Commission; the NC Global TransPark Authority Board of Directors; the Local Government Commission; the NC Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council; the NC Institute of Medicine Board of Directors; the License to Give Trust Fund Commission; the Permanency Innovation Initiative Oversight Committee; the NC Board of Athletic Trainer Examiners; the NC Cemetery Commission; the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees; the NC On-Site Wastewater Contractors and Inspectors Certification Board; the NC Dispute Resolution Commission; the NC Housing Partnership; the Well Contractors Certification Commission; the Rural Infrastructure Authority; the NC Board for Licensing Soil Scientists; the NC Charter Schools Advisory Board; the NC School of Science and Mathematics Board of Trustees; the African-American Heritage Commission; the NC State Building Commission; the Private Protective Services Board; the NC Recreational Therapy Licensure Board; the NC Real Estate Commission; the NC Board of Dietetics/Nutrition; the NC Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy; the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services; the North Code Officials Qualification Board; the State Water Infrastructure Authority; the NC Criminal Justice Education and Trainings Standards Commission; the Domestic Violence Commission; the Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Task Force; the Roanoke Island Historical Commission; the Rules Review Commission; the NC Board of Science, Technology, and Innovation; the Board of Trustees for the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees; the NC Wildlife Resources Commission; the NC Child Care Commission; the Public Television Board of Trustees; the NC Parks and Recreation Authority; the NC Interpreter and Transliterator Licensing Board; the Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council; the NC State Ports Authority; the NC Museum of Art Board of Trustees; the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System; the NC State Commission on Indian Affairs; the NC Marine Industrial Park Authority; the NC Board of Funeral Services; the 911 Board; the NC Board of Electrolysis Examiners; the State Human Resources Commission; the State Board of Proprietary Schools; the Crime Victims Compensation Commission; the Judicial Standards Commission; the NC State Lottery Commission; the NC Irrigation Contractors' Licensing Board; the NC Appraisal Board; the Economic Investment Committee; the NC State Board of Fee-Based Practicing Pastoral Counselors; the NC Partnership for Children, Inc.; the Education Commission of the States; the Governor's Crime Commission; the NC Board of Nursing; the NC Turnpike Authority Board; the NC Veterinary Medical Board; and the Board of Review.

Part III appoints the specified persons to various Boards of Trustees of the Constituent Institutions of UNC upon the recommendation of the Speaker, effective on the specified dates, with terms expiring as provided.

Part IV appoints the specified persons to various Boards of Trustees of the Constituent Institutions of UNC upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore, effective on the specified dates, with terms expiring as provided.

Part V appoints the specified persons to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Partnership for Children, Inc., upon the recommendation of the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and the Minority Leader of the Senate, effective on the specified dates, with terms expiring as provided.

Part VI makes the following changes.

Amends SL 2015-254 to extend the expiration of the term of Lawrence F. Baldwin on the Coastal Resources Commission from June 30, 2018, to June 30, 2019.

Amends SL 2016-70 to extend the expiration of the term of Marvin N. Arrington on the African-American Heritage Commission from September 30, 2016, to September 30, 2019. Also corrects the names of appointees to the North Carolina Locksmith Licensing Board and the Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council. Shortens the term of T. Scott Aman on the North Carolina Turnpike Authority, setting it to expire on January 14, 2021 instead of January 14, 2023.

Changes the expiration of the term of Sheriff Samuel S. Page on the North Carolina Industrial Hemp Commission from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2018, in accordance with GS 106-568.52(b).

Intro. by Lewis.UNCODIFIED
H 283 (2017-2018) DHHS RECOMMEND TELEMEDICINE POLICY (New) Filed Mar 8 2017, AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES TO STUDY AND RECOMMEND A TELEMEDICINE POLICY.

Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Directs the Department of Health and Human Services to study the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact and its impact on the delivery of psychology services via the telehealth model, and to make recommendations on whether North Carolina should enact legislation related to the PSYACT. Directs the Department to include, with its report containing findings on telemedicine/Telehealth laws in other states, a recommendation on the PSYACT to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.

Intro. by Lambeth, Insko, Murphy, Dobson.STUDY
H 284 (2017-2018) 25-YEAR LEO RETIREMENT OPTION. Filed Mar 8 2017, AN ACT TO ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE TEACHERS' AND STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO RETIRE AFTER ACHIEVING TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF CREDITABLE SERVICE, TO ALLOW FOR SEPARATION BUYOUTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND TO ALLOW TRANSFERS UNDER THE SPECIAL RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE TO BE PAID IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITH EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS.

House committee substitute makes the following change to the 2nd edition.

Modifies proposed amendments to GS 135-5(b19). Makes the calculation of service retirement allowance under current law apply to members who retire before July 1, 2018 (was, January 1, 2018). Makes new provisions in subsection (b21) applicable those retiring on or after July 1, 2018 (was, January 1, 2018).

Makes identical modifications to proposed GS 128-27(b21) and proposed GS 128-27(b22).

Makes Sections 2 and 3 of the bill effective July 1, 2018 (was, January 1, 2018). The rest of the bill remains effective when it becomes law.

Intro. by Murphy, McNeill, Rogers, Malone.GS 128, GS 135
H 353 (2017-2018) AUTHORIZE STATE PARK SYSTEM EXPANSION.-AB Filed Mar 14 2017, AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITION OF BOB'S CREEK STATE NATURAL AREA, WARWICK MILL BAY STATE NATURAL AREA, AND SALMON CREEK STATE NATURAL AREA TO THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, AND TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO STUDY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE PARK ON THE BLACK RIVER.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Changes the name of the Bob's Pocket State Natural Area to Bob's Creek State Natural Area throughout the act. Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.

Intro. by Dobson, Brisson, Brenden Jones, Hunter.STUDY
H 403 (2017-2018) MEDICAID AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MODIFICATIONS (NEW). Filed Mar 16 2017, AN ACT TO MODIFY THE MEDICAID TRANSFORMATION LEGISLATION.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Part I. LME/MCO Modifications

Deletes the provisions directing three actions to occur on the date when Medicaid capitated contracts with Prepaid Health Plans (PHPs) begin.

Makes organizational changes.

Modifies and makes organizational changes to Section 7 (was, Section 8). Moves to 7(b) the provision establishing that the salary range for area directors, which was last updated by the State Human Resources Commission in 2010, is void. Adds that, beginning on the date the act becomes law and until the Office of State Human Resources and the State Human Resources Commission complete a revision and update of the job description and salary range of the area directors as required by Section 7, an LME/MCO area board cannot pay an area director a salary that exceeds by more than 30% the average salary of the area directors of the remaining LME/MCOs. Provides that for area directors who are under an employment contract with an LME/MCO area board at the time the act becomes law: (1) the salary limitation required in Section 7(c)(2) applies after the end of the current contract period or upon amendment of the contract and applies to extensions of those contracts and (2) any salary reduction required by Section 7(d) applies after the end of the current contract period or upon amendment of the contract and applies to contract extensions (previously, provided that Section 7(d) applies to contracts with area directors beginning on or after the date that the State Human Resources Commission revises the salary range for area directors as provided in Section 7(b)). Makes conforming change to now provide that the Office of State Human Resources can recommend adjustments to the salary range for area directors to the State Human Resources Commission after the date the State Human Resources Commission revises the salary range for area directors required by Section 7(b)(3) and until four years after the date Medicaid capitated contracts with Prepaid Health Plans begin in accordance with SL 2015-245, as amended (previously, until the LME/MCOs are dissolved pursuant to the directive in Section 1 of the act, which is deleted by this committee substitute).

Part II. Medicaid Transformation Modifications

Modifies the proposed changes to Section 4 of SL 2015-245, as amended.

Amends the changes to the definition of prepaid health plan (PHP), maintaining existing language that requires a majority of a provider-led entity's governing body to have experience treating beneficiaries of the NC Medicaid program, as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

Deletes the proposed changes to subsubdivision (4)a., prohibiting capitated PHP contracts from covering Medicaid services currently covered by the LME/MCOs for Medicaid recipients with a serious mental illness, a serious emotional disturbance, a substance use disorder, an intellectual/development disability, or who have survived a traumatic brain injury for four years after the date capitated contracts begin (currently, not to cover behavioral health services for Medicaid recipients currently covered by LME/MCOs for four years after the date capitated contracts begin; the previous edition deleted the provision entirely). Eliminates the proposed deletion of subsubdivision (4)b, maintaining existing language prohibiting capitated PHP contracts from covering dental services.

Eliminates the proposed changes to subdivision (6a), instead maintaining existing language directing PHPs to comply with GS Chapter 58, to the extent allowed by federal law.

Deletes the proposed elimination of the provision stating that this requirement does not require PHPs to cover services not covered by the Medicaid program, and instead amends subdivision (9) to require LME/MCOs to continue to manage the Medicaid services that are currently covered by the LME/MCOs, for four year after the date capitated PHP contracts begin, for Medicaid recipients with a serious mental illness, a serious emotional disturbance, a substance use disorder, an intellectual/developmental disability, or who have survived a traumatic brain injury. Directs that, beginning on the date that capitated contracts begin, LME/MCOs must cease managing Medicaid services for all other Medicaid recipients. Directs that the Division of Health Benefits continue to negotiate actuarially sound capitation rates directly with the LME/MCOs, but removes the provision requiring the negotiation to be in the same manner as currently utilized. Finally, Directs DHHS to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice no later than November 1, 2017, with a plan for defining and determining whether a Medicaid recipient has a serious mental illness, a serious emotional disturbance, a substance use disorder, an intellectual/developmental disability, or has survived a traumatic brain injury, and also a plan for ensuring that recipients who experience a change in status appropriately transition between the LME/MCO delivery system and the PHP delivery system. Directs DHHS to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid and NC Health Choice no later than March 1, 2018, with a plan for providing coordinated Medicaid services to the recipients described in subsubdivision (4)a.

Deletes the proposed changes to subdivision (6) of Section 5 of SL 2015-245 as amended, maintaining existing language concerning the duty and responsibility of DHHS during Medicaid transformation to include entering into capitated PHP contracts for delivery of the Medicatid and NC Health Choice services described in Section 4, subdivision (a), of SL 2015-245. Deletes proposed new subdivision (7a), which required DHHS, within 30 days of this bill becoming law or upon CMS approval of a waiver if required, requiring providers enrolling or re-enrolling as a Medicaid or NC Health Choice provider to agree to accept 90% of the Medicaid fee-for-service rate for the services they provide to PHP enrollees if the provider has been offered a contract with a PHP but is not under a contract with that PHP, or if other conditions are met. Adds new subdivision (14), directing DHHS to study options for capitating Medicaid payments for dental services as part of the transformed Medicaid delivery system, including adding dental services coverage to capitated contracts or entering into capitated contracts with prepaid dental plans. Directs DHHS to report findings and recommendations on the options considered as well as any proposed legislation related to those findings and recommendations no later than March 1, 2018.

Intro. by Dollar, Lambeth, Dobson, White.GS 108A, GS 108D, GS 122C, GS 126
H 436 (2017-2018) LOCAL GOVERNMENT/REGULATORY FEES. Filed Mar 22 2017, AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT FEES FOR PUBLIC WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND TO CLARIFY THE APPLICABLE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

Senate amendment #1 changes the 4th edition, amending proposed GS 162A-201(5) to now define local governmental unit to mean any political subdivision of the State that owns or operates a facility, including those owned or operated pursuant to local act of the General Assembly or pursuant to Part 2 of Article 2 of GS Chapter 130A, Article 15 of GS Chapter 153A, Article 16 of GS Chapter 160A, or Articles 1, 4, 5, 5A, or 6 of GS Chapter 162A (was, any entity that owns or operates a facility pursuant to those specified statutory provisions).

Intro. by Stevens.GS 1, GS 130A, GS 153A, GS 160A, GS 162A
H 440 (2017-2018) FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK/INSURER RECEIVERSHIP. Filed Mar 22 2017, AN ACT TO CLARIFY OBLIGATIONS AND THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK AND A NORTH CAROLINA INSURANCE COMPANY DURING THE CONSERVATORSHIP AND REHABILITATION PROCESS.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amends GS 58-7-163 to provide that for an asset that is used as collateral to secure access to advances from a federal home loan bank, the amount of the asset's par value that exceeds the par amount of any outstanding obligations to the federal home loan bank shall be considered an unencumbered admitted asset (was, shall not be considered encumbered).

Intro. by Collins, Bradford, Rogers, Millis.GS 58
H 482 (2017-2018) COUNTY COMM. ROLE IN SCHOOL BLDG ACQUISITION. Filed Mar 27 2017, AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE ROLE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN SCHOOL BUILDING ACQUISITION AND TO STUDY THE FINANCIAL COSTS TO THE STATE AND LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS OF COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL MANDATES RELATED TO THE RECEIPT OF FEDERAL EDUCATION FUNDING AND TO ESTABLISH A JOINT LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST IN STUDENT ATHLETES; AND TO ALLOW PRO SE REPRESENTATION ON APPEAL; TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL CODE RECODIFICATION COMMISSION; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE CHIEF DISTRICT COURT JUDGE MAY DELEGATE AUTHORITY TO THE CLERK OF SUPERIOR COURT IN MATTERS RELATING TO JURY SERVICE EXCUSALS; AND TO CLARIFY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO SEARCH CONSULTANTS FOR OFFICERS OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

Senate amendments make the following changes to the 1st edition:

Amendments 1, 2, and 3 amend the long title.

Amendment 1.

Directs the Department of Public Instruction to study, report, and provide any supporting data to the Fiscal Research Division and the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly on the cost of compliance with federal education funding mandates to local school administrative units. Directs the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee to consider including an evaluation of the cost of compliance with federal education funding mandates for K-12 education in the 2017-18 Work Plan for the Program Evaluation Division, and if included, to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly at a date to be determined by the committee.

Creates a 7-member Joint Legislative Task Force on Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Student Athletes (Task Force). Directs the Task Force to study each of four listed topics, including the frequency of sudden cardiac arrest or other heart conditions in student athletes. Provides for the powers, governance, staffing, and compensation of the Task Force. Directs the Legislative Services Officer to assign professional and clerical staff to assist the Task Force. Directs the Directors of Legislative Assistants for the House and Senate to assign clerical support to the Task Force. Directs the Task Force to begin meeting by October 1, 2017. Directs the Task Force to submit a final report on its results by April 1, 2018, with the President Pro Tem. of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, and the Legislative Library. Provides that the Task Force terminates on April 1, 2018, or upon the filing of its final report, whichever comes first.

Amendment 2.

Amends GS 7A-222 (General trial practice and procedure). Provides that a party in a small claim action is not required to obtain legal representation. Effective October 1, 2017.

Amends GS 7A-228 (New trial before magistrate; appeal for trial de novo; how appeal perfected; oral notice; dismissal). Provides that any party in a small claim action appealed for a trial de novo under that statute is not required to obtain legal representation. Effective October 1, 2017.

Establishes a 26-member Criminal Code Recodification Commission (Commission), with members appointed by the President Pro Tem. of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the North Carolina Chamber Legal Institute, and the Chief Justice, with the chair appointed by the Chief Justice. Directs the Commission to create a fully drafted new criminal code, official commentary to the new code, conversion tables to compare current law to the draft code, and offense grading tables, as specified and according to nine listed standards, including that the Commission eliminate unnecessary, inconsistent, or unlawful provisions in the current code. Provides for seeking funding for the Commission. Directs the Commission to make an interim report no later than December 1, 2018, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety, and to make a final report of its findings and recommendations no later than December 1, 2019, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety and the General Statutes Commission. Provides that the Commission expires upon the submission of its final reports. Directs all agencies, boards, and commissions with the power to establish criminal penalties in the NC Administrative Code to provide the Commission with a list of all criminal penalties currently in effect or pending implementation, by December 1, 2017.

Amends GS 9-6 (Jury service a public duty; excuses to be allowed in exceptional cases; procedure). Authorizes a chief district court judge to delegate the duty to promulgate procedures for receiving, hearing, and passing on applications for excuses from jury duty to the clerk of superior court.

Makes conforming changes to GS 9-6.1 (Requests to be excused).

Amendment 3.

Amends GS 115D-20 (Powers and duties of trustees), as amended. Further prohibits individuals employed by State-level community college boards of trustees associations or organizations from serving as search consultants to assist with the election of a president or chief administrative officer of a community college. Effective July 1, 2017, and applicable to consultant contracts entered into on or after that date.

Intro. by Blackwell.STUDY, GS 7A, GS 9, GS 115C, GS 115D
H 501 (2017-2018) DOT/SURVEYING INFORMATION IN PLANS. Filed Mar 28 2017, AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INCLUDE SURVEYING INFORMATION IN ANY PLANS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING CERTAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS, TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESIDUE PROPERTY DISPOSAL PROCEDURE, AND TO MODIFY THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LIMITS FOR TAXICABS.

Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amends the long title.

Amends GS 20-280 (Filing proof of financial responsibility with governing board of municipality or county). Amends the definition ofproof of financial responsibility to raise the required limit on an insurance policy for each vehicle required to be insured under that statute from $30,000 to $100,000 for bodily injury or death to one person, from $60,000 to $300,000 for death or bodily injury to two or more people, and from $25,000 to $50,000 for injury to or destruction of property (however, the amendment retains the figures concerning the current $25,000 limit). Deletes the provisions deeming every person, firm, or corporation who engages in the taxicab business who is a member of a trust fund or sinking fund, as specified, to be in compliance with the financial responsibility provisions of this section, and the exception to that provision.

Intro. by Brody.STUDY, GS 20, GS 136
H 501 (2017-2018) DOT/SURVEYING INFORMATION IN PLANS. Filed Mar 28 2017, AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INCLUDE SURVEYING INFORMATION IN ANY PLANS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING CERTAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS, TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RESIDUE PROPERTY DISPOSAL PROCEDURE, AND TO MODIFY THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LIMITS FOR TAXICABS.

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

Amends the long title.

Enacts new GS 136-19.6 (Residue property disposal; Department authority; definitions; classification and valuation; disposition method; proceeds; approvals required). Declares state policy that the Department of Transportation (DOT) dispose of its residue real property as expeditiously as possible for the benefit of citizens and taxpayers. Authorizes DOT to manage, control, and dispose of real property acquired in fee simple that DOT determines to be residue property. Defines 10 terms as they are used in the statute. Directs DOT to adopt criteria to guide itself in classifying residue property according to its highest potential benefit to DOT or potential purchasers. Once classified, residue property that has not been disposed of within five years shall be reviewed and reclassified if appropriate. Provides three classes (A, B, and C) for residue property, as defined by potential for development or value to adjacent property, and a fourth (D) for property that has yet to be classified or may be needed by DOT for future use. Directs DOT to create and maintain a single comprehensive and up-to-date inventory of residue property owned in fee simple by the department. Directs DOT to utilize best efforts to dispose of Class A, B, and C residue property, with specific means of disposition authorized for each class of property. Provides that no service charge into the State Land Fund shall be deducted from or levied against the proceeds of any disposition of residue property under this statute. Net proceeds from disposition of residue property under this statute, minus any apportionment required by federal law or regulation, shall be deposited in the State Highway Fund. Conveyances of residue property require DOT and Board of Transportation approval. Conveyance of residue property with a residue property value of $10,000 or more additionally requires approval of the Governor and Council of State. Directs DOT to record all conveyances of residue property under this statute in accordance with GS 47-27 and other applicable state law. Authorizes DOT to adopt, amend, or repeal rules necessary to carry out the duties of this statute. Does not preclude reconveyance of condemned property to its former owner. Directs DOT to report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight committee on the classification and sale of residue properties under this statute, as specified, by March 1 of each year, beginning in 2019.

Directs DOT to establish a pilot program for disposing of residue property, as under new GS 136-19.6. Provides specifications for the pilot program, including directions for a request for proposals to select three real estate brokers and three real estate auctioneers to dispose of residue property under the program. Directs DOT to review the progress of residue property disposition under each contract awarded through the pilot program. The pilot program terminates on January 1, 2019. Directs DOT to report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on the classification and sale of residue properties under the pilot program, as specified, by March 1, 2018, and again by March 1, 2019.

Makes the act effective October 1, 2017 (was, July 1, 2017).

Intro. by Brody.STUDY, GS 136
H 511 (2017-2018) GAME NIGHTS/NONPROFIT FUND-RAISER. Filed Mar 28 2017, AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO OPERATE "GAME NIGHTS," TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGULATION OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HOLDING "GAME NIGHTS," AND TO ALLOW THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AT "GAME NIGHTS," TO INCREASE THE ABILITY OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HOLD FUND-RAISING RAFFLES AND TO AUTHORIZE REISSUANCE OF CERTAIN ONE-TIME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL COMMISSION PERMITS.

Senate amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 5th edition.

Renames proposed GS 14-309.34 as Applicability to employer paid events. Deletes the proposed language and now provides the following. Establishes that it is lawful for an employer to hold a game night event for employees and guests or a trade association to hold a game night event for its members and guests, so long as (1) there is no cost or charge to attendees; (2) the employer or trade association obtains a permits and pays the required fee set out in new GS 14-309.27; and (3) the game night event is held at a qualified facility, as defined in new GS 14-309.25(4). Adds that verification of tax-exempt status and licensure or exemption under GS Chapter 131F required by GS 14-309.27(b)(3) and (4) are not required from an applicant for a permit if the applicant is required to obtain the permit pursuant to the provisions of GS 14-309.34 as amended and the applicant is not an exempt organization as defined in GS 14-309.25.

Intro. by Boles, Lucas, Saine, Floyd.GS 14, GS 18B
H 528 (2017-2018) BUDGET TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (NEW) Filed Mar 29 2017, AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL, CLARIFYING, AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017.

Senate amendments make the following changes to the 4th edition.

Amendment #4 amends Section 34.6A(h) of SB 257 of the 2017 Regular Session if SB 257 becomes law. Changes the effective dates for subsections (a) and (b) of Section 34.6A (amending GS 136-18(29a) and enacting GS 160A-307.1, both concerning road improvements adjacent to schools) to August 1, 2017 (was, October 1, 2017).

Amendment #5 amends SB 257 of the 2017 Regular Session, if it becomes law. Amends the effective date for Section 17.4, regarding human trafficking laws, to make that section become effective January 1, 2018 (was, effective when the bill becomes law). 

Intro. by Millis, Torbett.APPROP, STUDY, GS 7A, GS 7B, GS 20, GS 115C, GS 136, GS 143, GS 143B, GS 160A
H 528 (2017-2018) BUDGET TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (NEW) Filed Mar 29 2017, AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL, CLARIFYING, AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017.

Senate amendments makes the following changes to the 4th edition.

Amendment 1.

If S 257, from the 2017 Regular Session, becomes law, deletes the provisions in GS 7A-305(a5)(3), GS 7A-306(a)(2), and GS 7A-307(a)(2), which direct the State Treasurer to remit $1.50 from each specified fee received under those subdivisions to the NC State Bar for the legal services programs described in GS 7A-474.

Amendment 2.

If S 257, from the 2017 Regular Session, becomes law, then amends that act to add two new sections. New Section 34.44(a) directs the Department of Transportation, upon the reopening and operation of the visitor center in Fair Bluff, to continue to provide funding for the operation of the visitor center. Directs the Department to continue to provide funding for the operation of a visitor center in Tabor City so long as the visitor center remains open and operational.

Amendment 3.

If S 266, from the 2017 Regular Session, becomes law, then amends Section 1 of that bill by replacing one of the parcels of land from the list of parcels in that section with another parcel.

Intro. by Millis, Torbett.APPROP, STUDY, GS 7A, GS 7B, GS 20, GS 115C, GS 136, GS 143, GS 143B
H 528 (2017-2018) BUDGET TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (NEW) Filed Mar 29 2017, AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL, CLARIFYING, AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Deletes all previous provisions. Changes the long and short titles, and now provides the following.

Part I. General Provisions

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Amends Section 2.1 of SB 257, adjusting the appropriations from the General Fund to the following departments and agencies for the 2017-18 fiscal year: the Community Colleges System Office, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, the Department of Administration, and the Office of State Budget and Management. Makes conforming changes to the total current operations figure.

Amends Section 5.3 of SB 257, adding a new provision directing the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations to appoint a committee to study the Needs-Based Public School Capital Fund program established in Section 5.3. Directs the committee to study (1) the obstacles to counties' ability to participate in or achieve maximum benefit from the program and (2) potential uses of program funds to facilitate participation and school capital construction. Requires the committee to submit a report and any recommendations to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations on or before February 1, 2018.

Part II. Education

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Adds to Part VII of SB 257, specifying that it is the intent of the General Assembly to use the data collected in accordance with the reporting requirements set out in Section 2 of SL 2017-9 (reporting requirements and accountability measures concerning class size requirements) to fund a new allotment for program enhancement teachers for local school administrative units beginning with the 2018-19 fiscal year. 

Amends Section 7.23A(a)(2) of SB 257, removing building security programs from the security advisory and consulting services that are to be included in the expansion of the School Connectivity Initiative.

Amends GS 115C-64.28(b), as enacted by Section 7.23I of SB 257, to provide that the Associate Superintendent can be removed from the position by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (currently, qualified removal to instances of the Associate Superintendent's incapacity to serve).

Amends Section 7.23J(b) of SB 257, pertaining to the annual report that must be submitted by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) by December 1 of each year, containing aggregated information from the annual reports submitted by each local school administrative unit pursuant to GS 115C-105.25. Adds that the report DPI must submit by December 1, 2017, pursuant to GS 115C-105.25(d) must include information on uses of funds pursuant to GS 115C-105.25(c), as amended (requiring descriptions of certain allotment transfers that must be included in local unit annual reports), for the 2014-15, 2015-16, and 2016-17 fiscal years (previously, only noted that the revisions to GS 115C-105.25 applies beginning with the use of funds during the 2014-15 fiscal year).

Amends GS 115C-83.15, as amended by Section 7.26 of SB 257, concerning school achievement, growth, performance scores, and grades. Removes existing language requiring the State Board of Education (State Board) to enter all necessary data into the Education Value-Added Assessment System (EVAAS) in order to calculate school performance scores and grades. Clarifies that the State Board must calculate the overall school performance score by adding the school achievement score as set out in subsection (b), and the school growth score as determined using EVAAS as provided in subsection (c), earned by the school (existing language directs the State Board to use EVAAS to calculate the overall performance score as specified). Makes conforming changes. Removes language directing the State Board to calculate school performance scores and grades for certain subgroups of students served by a school by using EVAAS.

Adds to Section 7.27 of SB 257, directing that of the funds appropriated to DPI by SL 2015-241 (Appropriations Act of 2015) for the Excellent Public Schools Act in the 2016-17 fiscal year, up to $5 million must remain available until the end of the 2017-18 fiscal year instead of reverting at the end of the 2016-17 fiscal year. Directs that these funds be allotted to local school administrative units for the purchase of computers or other electronic devices used for the administration of the formative and diagnostic reading assessments made available by the State Board pursuant to GS 115C-174.11. Provides that this new provision is effective June 30, 2017.

Amends Part VII of SB 257. Requires that students enrolled in Halifax County Schools be permitted to participate in the residential STEM enrichment program for traditionally underserved students. Adds that the program is to be supported by $300,000 in nonrecurring funds appropriated by SB 257 to DPI for the 2017-18 fiscal year to be used by the State Board to contract for administration of the program.

Prohibits DPI from either eliminating the specified Education Consultant III position, or reducing the funds by the sum of $111,042 in each fiscal year to correspond with the elimination of that specified position, for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium.

Directs DPI to eliminate the specified Social/Clinical Research Specialist position and to reduce the funds by $67,649 in each fiscal year to correspond with the elimination of that specified position, for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium. Further directs DPI to reduce funds by the sum of $43,393 in each fiscal year to decrease support for the operating costs of DPI for the 2017-19 biennium. 

Amends Section 8.26(n) of SL 2015-241 as amended, to remove the directive requiring DPI to implement an anonymous safety tip line application as required under GS 115C-105.51, as amended, by July 1, 2018.

Amends Section 8.8B(d) of SB 257, which sets out the application provisions for Section 8.8B, amending Section 9.7 of SL 2016-94, which created the Third Grade Read to Achieve Teacher Bonus Program. Now provides that subsections (a) and (b) of Section 9.7 of SL 2016-94, setting out general provisions of the program, apply for bonuses awarded in January 2018, 2019, and 2020, based on data from the 2016-17, 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years, respectively. Adds that subsection (c), directing the State Board to study and report on the effect of the program, applies only for bonuses awarded in January 2018, based on data from the 2016-17 school year (previously, provided that Section 8.8B applies beginning with bonuses awarded in January 2018).

Amends Section 8.8C of SB 257, pertaining to the administration of the Third Grade Read to Achieve Teacher Bonus Program. Removes language limiting the program to the 2018-19 fiscal year. Changes the reporting requirements concerning the program to now require the State Board to report on the program, as previously specified, by March 15 of each year (was, by March 15, 2019). Adds a new provision establishing that Section 8.8C applies for bonuses awarded in January 2019 and 2020, based on data from the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years, respectively.

Amends Section 9.3(a) of SB 257, removing the requirement that the State Board of Community Colleges include an assessment of space requirements in its study of the costs of workforce training and academic instruction delivered by the community colleges.

Adds to Part IX of SB 257. Directs the Community Colleges Systems Office to allocate $526,119 of the funds allocated to the Systems Office in SB 257 for the 2017-18 fiscal year, to Forsyth Technical Community College to support instructional programs and services at the Transportation Technology Center.

Amends Section 10.8(c) of SB 257, directing the University of North Carolina to report to the Office of State Budget and Management and the Fiscal Research Division on the implementation of the management flexibility reduction in Section 10.8 no later than April 1, 2019 (previously, directed two separate reports, one for the 2017-18 fiscal year to be submitted by April 1, 2018, and one for the 2018-19 fiscal year to be submitted by April 1, 2019).

Adds to Part X of SB 257, specifying that the revised net appropriation for the NC State Cooperative Extension is $39,095,231 for the 2017-18 fiscal year, and $39,195,231 for the 2018-19 fiscal year.

Amends Section 10A.1(c) of SB 257, removing language specifying that the $1.8 million the State Education Assistance Authority is authorized to use for the 2017-18 fiscal year to purchase software to support the administration of the Opportunity Scholarship Grant Program and the Special Education Scholarships for Children with Disabilities Program is in nonrecurring funds.

Amends Section 10.23 of SB 257 that amends Section 27.6 of SL 2016-94, to more specifically direct that up to $4 million in nonrecurring funds of the funds appropriated in SL 2016-94 to the Office of State Budget and Management, Special Appropriations for the 2016-17 fiscal year, be allocated to the UNC Board of Trustees for the repair and renovations of certain laboratories of the Department of Applied Physical Sciences (currently, for the operation of the Department of Applied Physical Sciences). Provides that the allocations are to be matched by UNC-Chapel Hill (currently, by the Board of Trustees) on the basis of $1 in allocated funds for $1 in non-State funds provided by UNC-Chapel Hill by June 30, 2018, for the purposes of repairing and renovating certain laboratories of the Department of Applied Physical Sciences (currently, matched by funds raised by the Board of Trustees by June 30, 2019, and used for the purpose of operation of the Department). Specifies that these funds are not to revert, but are to continue to be available as matching funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year to be used for the specified purposes (currently, available for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium). Effective June 30, 2017.

Amends Part X of SB 257, directing that the additional nonrecurring funds appropriated by SB 257 in the amount of $500,000 for the NC State Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) be used only to support training and education. 

Amends Section 7.26(a) of SB 257, amending GS 115C-12(9)c1.3, to require the annual report card for high schools to include measures of Cambridge Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) Program participation and Cambridge AICE examination participation and performance. Applies beginning with the 2017-18 school year.

Part III. Health and Human Services

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Adds to Part XI of SB 257, directing that recurring funds appropriated in SB 257 to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Central Management and Support, for each fiscal year of the 2017-19 biennium to support the development of an Alzheimer's Registry, is to be accomplished through the Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Duke University Medical Center. 

Amends Section 11A.8(d) of SB 257, specifying that the annual reporting to the Office of Rural Health by recipients of community health grant funds set forth in Section 11A.8 begins July 1, 2018.

Adds to Part XI of SB 257, permitting that nonrecurring funds appropriated in SB 257 to DHHS, Division of Public Health, for the 2017-18 fiscal year for allocation to the H.E.L.P. Center, Inc., to be used to support all nonsectarian services and all recipients of nonsectarian services provided by the H.E.L.P. Center, Inc.

Amends Section 11L.1(ff) of SB 257, directing that of the $451,809 allocated in Section 11L in the Preventative Health Services Block Grant in each year of the 2017-19 biennium to DHHS, Division of Public Health, Oral Health Preventative Services, $120,286 must be used to establish a Public Health Epidemiologist II position and a Dental Equipment Technician I position.

Part IV. Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Amends Section 13.13(d), extending the date by which the NC Policy Collaboratory must report its recommendations concerning economic development to promote the State's shellfish harvesting heritage, as specified, from March 1, 2018, to December 31, 2018.

Amends Section 13.22(a), removing language specifying that the allocations to the Division of Water Infrastructure of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for water and sewer infrastructure grants are made from nonrecurring funds. 

Amends Section 14.19 of SB 257, directing that the funds appropriated to the Division of North Carolina Aquariums in the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) for a satellite aquarium facility be used for planning of the Black Farms satellite aquarium area in Scotts Hill, NC (currently, directs that a specified amount in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year appropriated to the Division be allocated for this purpose).

Adds to Part XIII of SB 257, specifying that the Division of Marine Fisheries positions authorized in SB 257 and supported by receipts from the sales of Coastal Recreational Fishing Licenses are authorized in the marine Resources Fund. Further specifies that funds appropriated in SB 257 to DEQ for university energy centers are to be divided evenly between NC A&T, Appalachian State, and NC State.

Adds to Part XIV of SB 257, establishing that the revised net appropriation for grants-in-aid to local history museums within the specified Fund Code is $160,000, and the funds appropriated in SB 257 for a grant-in-aid for the Oxford Museum of History is instead to be provided to the Granville County Historical Society, Inc. Provides that the funds provided for in SB 257 for the North Carolina Museum of Art can be used to establish up to 25 positions. Reduces the funds appropriated for grants-in-aid for local libraries by $100,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year, and specifically directs that no funds be provided to Caldwell County for a bookmobile. Directs that the funds for grants-in-aid for the Aberdeen Library be provided to the Friends of Aberdeen Library and not to the Town of Aberdeen.

Repeals Section 15.5(b)(1) of SB 257, which directed the Office of State Budget and Management to move the Site and Building Development Fund within the Budget Code.

Amends Section 15.8(b) of SB 257, increasing the funds appropriated to the Rural Economic Development Division of the Department of Commerce that must be used to provide grants-in-aid for downtown revitalization from $5,775,000 to $5,875,000. Adds to the counties and municipalities to which the grants-in-aid  are to be provided to now include $33,334 to the Town of Summerfield, and $33,333 each to the Towns of Stokesdale and Oak Ridge for downtown revitalization projects.

Increases the appropriation for downtown revitalization grants within the Rural Economic Development Division by $100,000 in nonrecurring funds. Establishes that the revised net appropriation for downtown revitalization grants is $8,630,000.

Amends Section 15.18(a) to authorize the NC Industrial Commission to carry forward up to $250,000 previously appropriated, encumbered, or designated (currently, up to $250,000 appropriated) in the 2015-16 fiscal year for legal services. 

Increases the appropriation to the Department of Commerce for State Aid to Non-State Entities in the specified Fund Code by $200,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year to be provided as a grant-in-aid to Cleveland County ALWS Baseball, Inc., the nonprofit organization responsible for hosting the 2017 American Legion Baseball World Series, for the expansion of the facility and marketing and national promotion for the home site in Shelby, NC. Establishes that the revised net appropriation for State Aid to Non-State Entities is $20,300,810 for the 2017-18 fiscal year. 

Amends Section 15A.2(c) to include Cleveland County ALWS Baseball, Inc., in the listed entities that must comply with the reporting requirements of Section 15A.2(c).

Amends GS 143-215.73F(c)(4), concerning cost-share of projects funded by the revenue from the Shallow Draft Navigation Channel Dredging and Aquatic Weed Fund (Fund), to now require (currently, permit) the cost-share for the dredging of the access canal around the Roanoke Island Festival Park be paid from the Historic Roanoke Island Fund established in GS 143B-131.8A.

Amends GS 143B-135.234(a), to now provide that the Clean Water Management Trust Fund be administered by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (currently, administered by DEQ).

Part V. Justice and Public Safety

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Amends Section 16B.10(e) of SB 257, clarifying that there is to be no reduction (currently, no changes) to the total authorized budget to the State Capitol Police Section, as it existed on March 1, 2017, prior to the transfer of the State Capitol Police from the State Highway Patrol to the Department of Public Safety, not including changes to the total authorized budget of the State Capitol Police that are expressly required by the Committee Report described in Section 39.2 of SB 257.

Adds to Subpart XVI-B of SB 257, directing that of the funds appropriated to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) in the 2017-18 fiscal year, including funds appropriated for Alcohol Law Enforcement, the SBI is authorized to use up to $125,000 for Operation Medicine Drop.

Amends Section 16D.4(e) of SB 257, to amend GS 7B-2200.5(a)(1) as enacted, to provide for the transfer of jurisdiction of a juvenile at least 16 years of age to superior court upon notice to the juvenile and a finding by the court that a bill of indictment has been returned against the juvenile charging the commission of an offense that constitutes a Class A, B1, B2, C, D, E, F, or G felony (previously, E felony omitted) if committed by an adult (conforms to (a)(2)).

Makes technical and clarifying changes to specifically refer to subsections (ee), (gg), (hh), and (ii) of Section 16D.4 in Section 16D.4(jj) of SB 257 concerning the effective date of those provisions.

Part VI. General Government

Adds to Part XIX of SB 257, directing the Office of State Budget and Management to realign the base budget as specified for the 2017-19 fiscal biennium to include five FTE positions, increase receipts, and include any other necessary operational costs for the Eastern Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Goldsboro. Prohibits the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) from closing any of the State's veterans' cemeteries. Directs DMVA to continue to operate the State's veteran cemeteries and maintain the current level of operations using any or all of the following financial supports: (1) receipts generated by any of the State owned veterans' cemeteries, (2) carryforward funding, and (3) reserve account fund balances under the purview of DMVA.

Amends Section 22.2 of SB 257 to also repeal Section 8 of SL 2009-474, which established four new Engineering/Agricultural Technician - Advanced positions within the Department of Administration.

Adds to Part XXVI of SB 257. Directs that of the funds appropriated in SB 257 to the Office of State Budget and Management, Special Appropriations, the sum of $100,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year be allocated to Caldwell County for EMS services, in addition to grant-in-aid funds appropriated as described in the Committee Report in Section 39.2 allocated to Caldwell County for EMS services for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Establishes that the revised net appropriations for fire and rescue grants-in-aid is $645,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year.

Further adds to Part XXVI, directing that of the funds appropriated to the Department of Administration in the specified Budget Code, the sum of $250,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year be allocated to the Indian Affairs Commission for operational support. Establishes that the funds are to be used to expedite the recognition review process of NC tribes and commissions. Establishes that the revised net appropriation for the Indian Affairs Commission is $682,336 for the 2017-18 fiscal year. 

Adds to Part XXXI of SB 257, reducing the funds appropriated to the Office of State Budget and Management, Special Appropriations, for the dinosaur project at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences to improve the visitor experience by $1,226,119 in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year. Establishes that the revised net appropriations for this project is $273,881.

Further adds to Part XXXI, directing that of the funds appropriated to the Office of State Budget and Management, Special Appropriations, $150,000 in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year be allocated to Halifax County for redevelopment of the Joseph Montfort Amphitheater for the First for Freedom Outdoor Drama. Establishes that the revised net appropriation for this project is $150,000 for the 2017-18 fiscal year only.

Further adds to Part XXXI, directing that of the funds appropriated to the Office of State Budget and Management, Special Appropriations, $2.5 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year be allocated to the North Carolina Civil War History Center (Center). Directs that an additional $2.5 million of the same appropriations in nonrecurring funds for the 2017-18 fiscal year be allocated to the Center as a matching grants. Directs the Office of State Budget and Management to match one dollar for every private dollar provided in kind or otherwise of up to $2.5 million for the matching grant described, upon verification of the collection of $2.5 million in private donations by the Center.

Part VII. Transportation

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Amends Section 34.10 of SB 257, amending GS 136-76.2(c) as enacted, adding the installation of culverts described in subsection (b) of GS 136-76.2 in cases of emergency only to those bridge projects that do not have to be outsourced to private contractors.

Amends Section 34.26(a) of SB 257, delaying the date by which the Global TransPark Authority must establish and implement a strategic plan for the Global TransPark from January 1, 2018, to March 1, 2018, and the date by which the Global TransPark Authority must submit a report, as specified, from January 15, 2018, to March 15, 2018.

Amends Section 34.32 of SB 257, amending GS 20-4.03(a) as enacted, to authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to charge a fee to any person who requests (previously, to individuals who request) an administrative hearing before the DMV in accordance with GS Chapter 20. Effective January 1, 2018.

Part VIII. Salaries and Benefits

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Amends Section 35.21 of SB 257 to rename the committee established as the State Employee Compensation and Benefits Committee (was, the State Employee Total Compensation Committee). Makes changes directing the Committee to study the compensation and benefits of State employees. Provides that benefits include the value of health care, retirement, leave, and other flexible benefits (previously, provided that total compensation included cash compensation, as well as those benefits listed). Makes conforming changes.

Part IX. Capital

Provides for the following if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law.

Amends Section 36.5(e) of SB 257, specifying that of the funds allocated from the Reserve for Repairs and Renovations for the 2017-18 fiscal year, $750,000 is to be allocated to create a plan for the energy production facility replacement project (currently, allocated for the energy production facility replacement project) at Western Carolina University, notwithstanding GS 143C-3-3, and for the 2017-18 fiscal year only (currently, does not clarify the provision controls notwithstanding GS 143C-3-3, and does not limit the provision to the 2017-18 fiscal year).

Amends Section 36.10 of SB 257, making technical and clarifying changes. Provides that the Department of Public Safety must accommodate any new requirements resulting from the enactment of Section 16D.4 of SB 257 (increasing the age of juvenile jurisdiction, except for certain felonies) by maximizing the use of existing facilities (currently, the provisions rest on whether HB 280, the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law, and involve the enactment of that act).

Amends Section 37.9 of SL 2016-94, authorizing the construction of the business school of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke to be funded by up to $13 million from receipts or from other non-General Fund sources available to the University raised or made available by the University prior to December 31, 2018 (currently, December 31, 2017).

Directs that the funds appropriated to the Department of Public Safety for the Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center be used to construct fencing around the dilapidated buildings at the facility.

Amends Section 36.2 of SB 257, eliminating the appropriation from the General Fund of $5 million for the 2017-18 fiscal year for the Fayetteville Civil War Museum project under the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Makes conforming adjustments to the total Capital Improvements - General Fund figure. Makes conforming changes to delete Section 36.2(c) of SB 257.

Part X. Information Technology

Repeals Section 37.12 of SB 257, which directed the Department of Information Technology to use a competitive RFP process as necessary during the 2017-19 fiscal biennium to continue the work of the FirstNet program for wireless broadband networking capabilities, and directed the Department to submit a report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology and the Fiscal Research Division on the outcome of the RFP process. Effective when the act becomes law.

Part XI. Effective Date

Provides that the act becomes effective July 1, 2017, except as otherwise provided. 

Intro. by Millis, Torbett.APPROP, STUDY, GS 7B, GS 20, GS 115C, GS 136, GS 143, GS 143B
H 577 (2017-2018) LSC CRIM. CHECK/FELONIOUS GAMING MACHINES (NEW). Filed Apr 5 2017, AN ACT AUTHORIZING CRIMINAL RECORD CHECKS OF ANY CURRENT OR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES, VOLUNTEERS, OR CONTRACTORS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMISSION AND TO CLARIFY FELONIOUS POSSESSION OF ELECTRONIC SWEEPSTAKES MACHINES OR DEVICES.

Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Deletes the proposed changes to GS 14-297. Amends GS 14-306.4 by adding that in addition to any other penalties, if any person operates or places into operation more than four electronic machines or devices, that person must forfeit the machines or devices and will be guilty of a Class G felony. Effective October 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Intro. by Lewis.GS 14, GS 120, GS 143B
H 584 (2017-2018) REAL PROP./ERROR CORRECTION & TITLE CURATIVE. Filed Apr 5 2017, AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE PROCESS FOR CORRECTING NONMATERIAL ERRORS IN RECORDED INSTRUMENTS OF TITLE, TO CREATE A CURATIVE PROCEDURE FOR OBVIOUS DESCRIPTION ERRORS IN DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, AND TO CREATE A SEVEN-YEAR CURATIVE PROVISION FOR CERTAIN DEFECTS IN RECORDED INSTRUMENTS OF TITLE.

Senate amendment makes the following change to the 3rd edition.

Amends the long title to more accurately reflect the bill's content.

Intro. by Jordan, Stevens, Dulin.GS 47, GS 161
H 704 (2017-2018) DIVIDE SCHOOL SYSTEMS/STUDY COMMITTEE. Filed Apr 10 2017, AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMITTEE ON THE DIVISION OF APPROPRIATE SIZE OF LOCAL SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS.

Senate amendment makes the following change to the 1st edition.

Amends the long title.

Replaces the provision directing the Joint Legislative Study Committee on the Appropriate Size of Local School Administrative Units to conduct a study. Directs the committee to study instead whether there is an appropriate size for local school administrative units, and to consider financial and administrative efficiencies as they relate to the size of local school administrative unit. Directs the Committee to consider possible estimated savings or additional appropriations that may result from changes to the size of local school administrative units. Directs the Committee to study possible avenues to consolidate or divide local school administrative units.

Intro. by Brawley, Malone, Bradford.STUDY
H 740 (2017-2018) SAR RENAME/DISPUTED COUNTY BOUNDARIES/MAPPING. Filed Apr 11 2017, AN ACT TO MODIFY THE NAME OF SEARCH AND RESCUE SERVICES, TO ALLOW THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY TO RATIFY RESULTS OF COUNTY BOUNDARY RESURVEYS, AND TO CLARIFY THAT PROTECTIVE RIDGELINE MAPS ARE HOUSED WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA GEODETIC SURVEY RATHER THAN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

Senate amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 2nd edition. 

Amends the proposed definition of affected party set out in GS 153A-18 (Uncertain or disputed boundary), previously defined as the governing body of a county that the reestablished boundary denotes the extent of its jurisdiction. Adds that the term also means a property owner whose real property has been placed in whole or in part in another county due to the reestablished boundary.

Intro. by McNeill, R. Turner.GS 113A, GS 153A, GS 166A
H 800 (2017-2018) VARIOUS CHANGES TO CHARTER SCHOOL LAWS. Filed Apr 11 2017, AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE LAWS AFFECTING CHARTER SCHOOLS.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 4th edition.

Deletes the proposed changes to GS 115C-218.7(b), and proposed new subsection (b1) in GS 115C-218.7, which authorized the State Board of Education (State Board) to approve additional enrollment growth of 20% for any charter school identified as low-performing, and additional enrollment growth of 25% for any charter school not identified as low-performing, so long as the specified criteria are met. 

Current GS 115C-218.7(b) provides that enrollment growth of greater than 20% is considered a material revision of a charter, and authorizes the State Board to approve the additional enrollment growth of greater than 20% if it finds five criteria are met. Amends GS 115C-218.7(b) to now provide that enrollment growth of greater than 20% is considered a material revision of the charter if the charter school is currently identified as low-performing. Prohibits the State Board of Education from approving a material revision for enrollment growth of greater than 20% for a charter that is currently identified as low-performing. Establishes that enrollment growth of greater than 25% is considered a material revision of the charter for any charter school that is not identified as low-performing. Authorizes the State Board to approve additional enrollment growth of greater than 25% if it meets the existing specified criteria. Makes conforming changes to the proposed changes to GS 115C-218.8. Applies to approvals for material changes on or after the date the act becomes law.

Amends GS 115C-218.7(b), as amended by the act, to increase the enrollment growth considered a material revision to any charter school not identified as low-performing from 25% to 30%. Effective July 1, 2018, and applies to approvals for material changes on or after that date.

Intro. by Bradford, Saine, Stone, Grange.GS 115C
H 894 (2017-2018) VETERANS/HEALTH CARE/YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION. (NEW) Filed Apr 25 2017, AN ACT TO DEVELOP A PILOT PROGRAM IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO VETERANS AND TO PROVIDE FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM ON YOUTH SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION AND RISK REFERRAL PROTOCOL FOR SCHOOL PERSONNEL.

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

Amends the long and short titles.

Deletes the provisions specifying the termination date of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) pilot program for providing health care services to veterans in Cumberland County. Deletes the provision directing DHHS to conduct an evaluation of the pilot program. Deletes the provision appropriating $400,000 for 2017-18 and $200,000 for 2018-19 for the pilot program.

Directs DHHS to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services (Committee) on its planning activities for the pilot program by March 1, 2018.

Amends GS 115C-5, which defines terms for GS Chapter 115C (Elementary and Secondary Education), to definepublic school unit.

Enacts new GS 115C-375.10 (Youth suicide awareness and prevention training and risk referral protocol for school personnel). Directs the State Board of Education in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, to develop a youth suicide awareness and prevention training program and a model risk referral protocol to provide to school personnel who work directly with students in grades 6-12. Requires the training to consist of at least two hours of evidence-informed instruction to increase awareness of suicide, identification of risk factors and signs, and information for suicide prevention resources and support. Directs that the model risk referral protocol provide guidelines on identification of at-risk students, suicide prevention procedures, and referral sources. Directs the training program and model risk referral protocol be periodically reviewed and updated as necessary.

Directs each public school unit to provide the training program and model risk referral protocol, or a locally developed plan that meets the requirements of this statute, to school personnel who work directly with students in grades 6-12 at no cost to the employee. Directs that school employees who work directly with students in grades 6-12 shall receive the training within 12 months of employment and annually thereafter while employed with that public school unit. Authorizes several methods of administering the training.

Authorizes a public school unit to develop local plans that include, at minimum, (1) conveying information on State and national data on suicide rates, methods, and at-risk populations; (2) myths and attitudes about suicide; (3) warning signs and symptoms; (4) identification of at-risk students and steps for referral to support services; (5) protective factors for suicide prevention; and (6) safe messaging to children. Also requires that a local plan shall include at least (1) a plan to include specialized training for specified student support personnel; (2) a safety plan for the school in the event of identification of an at-risk student and suicide or suicide attempt by a student enrolled in the school; (3) designation of a school employee as the school suicide prevention responder; (4) a plan for communication with at-risk students' parents or legal guardians; and (5) a plan for post-intervention for at-risk students, including reentry into the classroom.

Directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to periodically randomly audit public school units to ensure compliance with the training and prevention requirements of this statute. Authorizes DPI to audit a public school unit upon reasonable belief that the public school unit is not in compliance. Directs DPI to report on the results of its audits each year by December 15 to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committees on Health and Human Services and Education.

Does not impose an obligation or responsibility on public school units to provide referral, treatment, follow-up, or other services related to identification of students at risk of suicide and suicide prevention procedures beyond what may be required by other State or federal law.

Prevents civil liability for public school unit boards and their members, employees, designees, agents, and volunteers for acts or omissions of acts relating to the training program or protocol required by this statute unless those acts or omissions amount to gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing.

Amends GS 115C-218.75 to subject charter schools to the requirements of new GS 115C-375.10.

Amends GS 115C-238.66 to subject regional schools to the requirements of new GS 115C-375.10.

Amends GS 116-239.8 to subject lab schools to the requirements of new GS 115C-375.10, and to provide that a lab school is a public school unit for the purposes of that statute.

Changes the effective date of the act from July 1, 2017, to when the act becomes law and all amendments in this bill to GS Chapter 115C and GS Chapter 116 apply beginning with the 2018-19 school year.

Intro. by Szoka, Lewis, Dollar, Dobson.Cumberland, GS 115C, GS 116
H 925 (2017-2018) CREATION OF HOUSE SELECT INVESTIGATORY COM'T. Filed Jun 28 2017, A HOUSE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A SELECT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE, REPORT FINDINGS, AND, IF WARRANTED, FILE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT REGARDING SECRETARY OF STATE ELAINE F. MARSHALL PURSUANT TO ARTICLE IV OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION.

Includes several whereas clauses.

Directs the Speaker of the House to appoint a select committee of 15 House members to conduct a comprehensive investigation relating to alleged misconduct by Secretary of State Elaine Marshall. Directs the Speaker to designate an appointee to serve as chair. Directs the select committee to submit a report to the House as to whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its power to impeach Secretary Marshall pursuant to Article IV of the NC Constitution (Section 4 grants the sole power of impeaching to the House, establishes the court for the trial of impeachment to be the Senate, and dictates that a majority of members is necessary for a quorum and no person can be convicted without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators present). 

Directs the Speaker to instruct the select committee to: (1) organize, adopt rules and procedures, and hire special counsel and other personnel necessary to carry out the committee's responsibilities; (2) review and investigate the facts and circumstances relating to alleged misconduct of Secretary Marshall; and (3) submit to the House the findings and recommendations in a final report, including if it concludes the action is warranted, a resolution embodying articles of impeachment describing the acts and omissions with which Secretary Marshall is charged. 

Directs the select committee to investigate, consider, and report upon four specific allegations of misconduct by Secretary Marshall: (1) that Secretary Marshall granted notary public commissions to several hundred persons who did not reside legally in the United States in violation of GS 10B-5 and who were not qualified aliens in violation of 8 USC 1624; (2) that Secretary Marshall granted the notary commissions to ineligible aliens surreptitiously, without means for the public or the General Assembly to have knowledge of the action; (3) that Secretary Marshall made untrue statements to the press and public involving the grant of the notary commissions to ineligible aliens; and (4) that senior staff of the office of the Secretary of State, in furtherance of Secretary Marshall's actions, misrepresented the facts surrounding the granting of these notary commissions to ineligible aliens to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government.

Grants the select committee the powers provided in Article 5 and 5A of GS Chapter 120, specifically including the power to administer oaths and compel attendance and testimony of persons and the production of papers, documents, and other evidence.

Directs that the select committee continue in existence after adjournment of the 2017 Regular Session. Authorizes the select committee to meet at any time during the 2017-18 biennium, including during the interims. 

Directs the select committee to submit a final report to the House, including, if it concludes the action is warranted, a resolution embodying articles of impeachment describing the acts or omission with which Secretary Marshall is charged.

Intro. by Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House.HOUSE RES

The Daily Bulletin: 2017-06-28

PUBLIC/SENATE BILLS
S 63 (2017-2018) MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMISSION/STRATEGIC PLAN. Filed Feb 8 2017, AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE NORTH CAROLINA MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND THEIR MISSIONS.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMISSION TO ADOPT A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN TO ENHANCE NORTH CAROLINA MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AND THEIR MISSIONS. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by D. Davis, Brown.GS 143B
S 64 (2017-2018) VETERANS' HISTORY AWARENESS MONTH. Filed Feb 8 2017, AN ACT TO ESTABLISH VETERANS' HISTORY AWARENESS MONTH IN NOVEMBER.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH VETERANS' HISTORY AWARENESS MONTH IN NOVEMBER. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017. 

Intro. by D. Davis, Barefoot, Brown.GS 115C
S 82 (2017-2018) ACHIEVING BUSINESS EFFICIENCIES (NEW). Filed Feb 14 2017, AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE EMPLOYMENT LAWS.

Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amends the long title.

Deletes proposed amendments to GS 96-1(b)(12) and GS 95-25.24A.

Intro. by Brock, Tillman, Tucker.GS 95
S 114 (2017-2018) ANNUAL REPORT MODERNIZATION. Filed Feb 21 2017, AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS GOVERNING THE SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL REPORTS BY VARIOUS BUSINESS ENTITIES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; CONFORMING THE TREATMENT OF LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN EXEMPT PROPERTY TO THAT OF OTHER TYPES OF INTANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX; AND CREATING THE CRIMINAL CODE RECODIFICATION COMMISSION.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 5th edition.

Amends Part X. Increases the number of members appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to the Criminal Code Recodification Commission from 10 to 11, adding a member who is a sitting clerk of superior court.

Intro. by Wells, Tarte.STUDY, GS 55, GS 55A, GS 57D, GS 59, GS 105
S 114 (2017-2018) ANNUAL REPORT MODERNIZATION. Filed Feb 21 2017, AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS GOVERNING THE SUBMISSION OF ANNUAL REPORTS BY VARIOUS BUSINESS ENTITIES TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE; CONFORMING THE TREATMENT OF LEASEHOLD INTERESTS IN EXEMPT PROPERTY TO THAT OF OTHER TYPES OF INTANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY FOR PURPOSES OF THE PROPERTY TAX; AND CREATING THE CRIMINAL CODE RECODIFICATION COMMISSION.

House amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 6th edition.

Amends the effective date provision to provide that for entities having gross revenues of at least $175,000 in their fiscal year ending in 2018 (was, 2017), Parts I, II, and IV of this act become effective January 1, 2019 (was, 2018), and apply to annual reports due on or after that date. For entities having gross revenues less than $175,000 in their fiscal year ending in 2018 (was, 2017), Parts I, II, and IV of this act become effective January 1, 2020 (was, 2019), and apply to annual reports due on or after that date. Parts III and V of this act become effective January 1, 2020 (was, 2019), and apply to annual reports due on or after that date. Section 6(a) of Part VI of this act becomes effective January 1, 2020 (was, 2019), and applies to requests for refunds submitted on or after that date. Section 7 and the remainder of the act remain effective when it becomes law.

Intro. by Wells, Tarte.STUDY, GS 55, GS 55A, GS 57D, GS 59, GS 105
S 244 (2017-2018) COASTAL CRESCENT TRAIL/STATE PARKS SYSTEM. Filed Mar 13 2017, AN ACT TO ADD THE COASTAL CRESCENT TRAIL TO THE MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA STATE TRAIL.

AN ACT TO ADD THE COASTAL CRESCENT TRAIL TO THE MOUNTAINS-TO-SEA STATE TRAIL. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by B. Jackson.UNCODIFIED
S 257 (2017-2018) APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017. Filed Mar 14 2017, AN ACT TO MAKE BASE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS OF STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

AN ACT TO MAKE BASE BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT OPERATIONS OF STATE DEPARTMENTS, INSTITUTIONS, AND AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective July 1, 2017, except as otherwise provided.

S 312 (2017-2018) SURPLUS COMPUTERS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS. Filed Mar 16 2017, AN ACT TO ALLOW THE STATE SURPLUS PROPERTY AGENCY TO DISTRIBUTE STATE SURPLUS COMPUTERS TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES THAT REFURBISH AND DONATE COMPUTERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AND HOUSEHOLDS.

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE STATE SURPLUS PROPERTY AGENCY TO DISTRIBUTE STATE SURPLUS COMPUTERS TO NONPROFIT ENTITIES THAT REFURBISH AND DONATE COMPUTERS FOR THE BENEFIT OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AND HOUSEHOLDS. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Tarte, Brock, Hise.GS 143
S 315 (2017-2018) MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES REGARDING HIGHER ED (NEW). Filed Mar 16 2017, AN ACT TO DIRECT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO IMPLEMENT THE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT PLAN; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEMWIDE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF CREDIT FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM TO A UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION; TO DIRECT THE PRESIDENT, OR THE PRESIDENT'S DESIGNEE, AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO CONSIDER AND EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING FOR AND IMPLEMENTING THE UTEACH PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CURRICULA OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO SET THE EXPENDITURE BENCHMARK FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT AN AMOUNT CONSISTENT WITH THE MAXIMUM BENCHMARK SET FOR CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE BY WHICH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SHALL BEGIN REPORTING ANNUALLY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND APPLIED FOR ADMISSION TO A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION.

AN ACT TO DIRECT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO IMPLEMENT THE UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT PLAN; TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SYSTEMWIDE ARTICULATION AGREEMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF CREDIT FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM TO A UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION; TO DIRECT THE PRESIDENT, OR THE PRESIDENT'S DESIGNEE, AND THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO CONSIDER AND EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPLYING FOR AND IMPLEMENTING THE UTEACH PROGRAM AS PART OF THE CURRICULA OFFERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SYSTEM; TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO SET THE EXPENDITURE BENCHMARK FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT AN AMOUNT CONSISTENT WITH THE MAXIMUM BENCHMARK SET FOR CONSTITUENT INSTITUTIONS; AND TO CHANGE THE DATE BY WHICH THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SHALL BEGIN REPORTING ANNUALLY THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED FROM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL AND APPLIED FOR ADMISSION TO A CONSTITUENT INSTITUTION. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Barefoot, Curtis, Tarte.STUDY, GS 116, GS 143
S 326 (2017-2018) CLARIFY HUT & IMPROVE VEHICLE TITLING PROCESS. Filed Mar 21 2017, AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF THE HIGHWAY USE TAX TO OUT-OF-STATE VEHICLES TITLED IN THIS STATE, TO IMPROVE THE VEHICLE TITLING PROCESS BY ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE REQUIREMENTS, AND TO DIRECT DMV TO TITLE AND REGISTER HIGH-MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLES.

AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE APPLICATION OF THE HIGHWAY USE TAX TO OUT-OF-STATE VEHICLES TITLED IN THIS STATE, TO IMPROVE THE VEHICLE TITLING PROCESS BY ELIMINATING DUPLICATIVE REQUIREMENTS, AND TO DIRECT DMV TO TITLE AND REGISTER HIGH-MOBILITY MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLES. Enacted June 28, 2017. Section 2 is effective July 1, 2017. The remainder is effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Tillman, Meredith.GS 20, GS 58, GS 105
S 338 (2017-2018) DISASTER RECOVERY ACT OF 2017. (NEW) Filed Mar 21 2017, AN ACT TO ENACT THE DISASTER RECOVERY ACT OF 2017.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition. Deletes the contents of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.

Provides that if S257 (Appropriations act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law, then $100 million reserved as Supplemental Disaster Recover Funds will be allocated as follows: (1) $25 million to specified agencies and entities in specified amounts for housing related matters; (2) $30 million to Golden L.E.A.F. to provide grants to local governments and nonprofits for assistance and relief from Hurricane Matthew, the western wildfires, and Tropical Storms Julia and Hermine, requiring that the funds be used for specified infrastructure purposes; (3) $20 million to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Divisions of Soil and Water Conservation for stream debris removal and nonfield farm road repairs and for supplemental funding of the Agricultural Water Resources Assistance Program to support disaster-related farm pond and dam repairs; these funds apply to 20 counties in western North Carolina that have been declared a federal disaster due to prolonged drought; (4) $2.7 million to the Community College System Office for 2017-18, to be transferred into a budget stabilization reserve to be used to offset the impact of community college enrollment declines related to Hurricane Matthew; and (5) $22.3 million to the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund to provide the State match for federal disaster assistance programs. These funds remain available to implement the provisions of this act until the General Assembly directs the reversion of any unexpended and unencumbered funds. Exempts these funds from GS 143C‑6‑23(f1)(1) (which requires a grantee or subgrantee to return to the State all affected grant funds and interest earned on those funds if the funds are in the possession or control of a grantee and are not expended, made subject to an encumbrance, or disbursed to a subgrantee by August 31 immediately following the fiscal year in which the funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, or a different period set forth in the terms of the applicable appropriation or federal grant).

Specifies that the act applies to counties in the State that were: (1) declared a major disaster by the President of the United States under the Stafford Act (P.L. 93‑288) as a result of Hurricane Matthew, wildfires in the western part of the State, Tropical Storm Julia, or Tropical Storm Hermine or (2) part of the emergency area set forth in any of the following gubernatorial executive orders: Executive Order No. 97 (September 1, 2016), Executive Order No. 103 (September 22, 2016), Executive Order No. 107 (October 3, 2016), Executive Order No. 115 (November 16, 2016), or Executive Order No. 116.

Specifies the following actions and policies that are to be taken to implement the act. Allows the Governor to establish personnel positions to implement this act as well as advisory councils to advise relevant State agencies on hurricane relief and recovery efforts and to ensure input from representatives of affected communities and groups. Provides that if a person's home is relocated or purchased with funds from the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program or the State Acquisition and Relocation Fund, the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund is subrogated to the person's rights under any insurance coverage for the damage to the home and any monies received from the insurance coverage must be paid to the State Emergency Response and Disaster Relief Fund. States the General Assembly's intent to continue to review the funds appropriated by Congress and to consider actions needed to address any remaining unmet needs and to review the adequacy of the measures funded in this act and SL 2016‑124. Prohibits expending State funds appropriated in this act for the construction of any new residence within the 100‑year floodplain unless the construction is in an area regulated by a unit of local government pursuant to a floodplain management ordinance and the construction complies with the ordinance. Requires homeowners in the 100‑year floodplain who receive homeowner's housing assistance pursuant to this act to have federal flood insurance, if available, as a precondition to receipt of State homeowner's housing assistance for losses resulting from future flooding.

Prohibits the Governor from using the funds described in this act to make budget adjustments under GS 143C‑6‑4 (budget adjustments authorized) or to make reallocations under GS 166A‑19.40(c) (which allows the Governor to reallocate other funds as may reasonably be available within the appropriations of the various departments when the specified emergency-related conditions are satisfied). Requires the Governor to ensure that funds allocated in this act are expended in a manner that does not adversely affect any person's or entity's eligibility for federal funds that are made available, or that are anticipated to be made available, as a result of Hurricane Matthew, the western North Carolina wildfires, or Tropical Storms Julia and Hermine. Requires the Governor, to the extent practicable, to avoid using State funds to cover costs that will be, or likely will be, covered by federal funds.

Requires the Office of State Budget and Management to report monthly to the chairs of the House of Representatives and Senate Appropriations Committees and to the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly on the implementation and provide any additional reports or information requested by the Fiscal Research Division. Specifies what is to be included in each report.

Makes conforming changes to the act's short and long titles.

Intro. by Meredith, Britt, Bishop.APPROP
S 338 (2017-2018) DISASTER RECOVERY ACT OF 2017. (NEW) Filed Mar 21 2017, AN ACT TO ENACT THE DISASTER RECOVERY ACT OF 2017.

House amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Previous provisions direct that, of the $100 million directed to be reserved as Supplemental Disaster Recovery Funds if SB 257 (Appropriations Act of 2017) of the 2017 Regular Session becomes law, $5 million is to be allocated to the Lumber River Council of Government to be used to develop and construct low-income multifamily housing units in the Town of Fair Bluff. Amendment #1 adds several provisions to govern the funds allocated to the Lumber River Council of Government (COG) in the act, as follows.

Directs the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) to coordinate with the Lumber River COG to create a 30- to 35-unit multifamily affordable housing complex within the Town of Fair Bluff town limits. Limits funds allocated to the COG to be used for the development, management, maintenance, and preservation of the housing complex. Requires priority to be given to low-income residents of Fair Bluff affected by the flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Matthew when filling units in the housing complex. Directs the COG to create an entity to hold the ownership interest in the housing complex, and directs the HFA to advise the COG on the creation of the ownership entity. Details the duties of the ownership entity and the HFA concerning the complex.

Requires all funds generated by the housing complex through fees and rents to remain with the ownership entity for the maintenance, repair, upkeep, and continuation of the housing complex. Directs the ownership entity to submit biannual reports on the status of the housing complex to the Town of Fair Bluff and the HFA. Directs the HFA to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government and the Fiscal Research Division on or before April 1 of each year. Sets out the information that must be included in the report.

Intro. by Meredith, Britt, Bishop.APPROP
S 344 (2017-2018) COMBINE ADULT CORRECTION & JUVENILE JUSTICE. Filed Mar 21 2017, AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE THE DIVISION OF ADULT CORRECTION AND THE DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE INTO A SINGLE DIVISION WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY AND TO EXEMPT THE FABRICATION OF EYEGLASSES FROM CAPITATED PREPAID HEALTH PLAN CONTRACTS UNDER MEDICAID TRANSFORMATION.

House amendments make the following changes to the 1st edition.

Amendment #1 changes the effective date of the act to December 1, 2017 (was, effective retroactively to July 1, 2013) and makes conforming deletions of the qualifiers in the effective date provision.

Amendment #2 

Makes the existing parts of the act effective retroactively to July 1, 2013.

Adds a new Part IV, which is effective when the act becomes law, which provides as follows. Amends SL 2015-245, as amended, to prohibit capitated contracts for Medicaid and NC Health Choice Services from covering the fabrication of eyeglasses, including complete eyeglasses, eyeglass lenses, and ophthalmic frames. Makes conforming changes to the act's long title. 

S 384 (2017-2018) CRIMINAL LAW CHANGES. (NEW) Filed Mar 23 2017, AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE USE OF MOTIONS FOR APPROPRIATE RELIEF; TO CLARIFY THE DEFINITION OF "FELONY OFFENSE" FOR PURPOSES OF THE HABITUAL FELON LAW AND TO REMOVE THE SUNSET ON DRIVERS LICENSE ELIGIBILITY FOR PERSONS CONVICTED OF HABITUAL IMPAIRED DRIVING; TO INCLUDE BREAKING AND ENTERING WITH THE INTENT TO TERRORIZE AS A HABITUAL BREAKING AND ENTERING STATUS OFFENSE; TO CLARIFY THAT WHEN A PERSON IS CHARGED WITH AN OFFENSE WHICH REQUIRES MANDATORY FINGERPRINTING, FINGERPRINTING WILL BE ORDERED BY THE COURT IF THE OFFENDER WAS NOT ARRESTED AND FINGERPRINTED AT THE TIME OF THE OFFENSE; AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PRIVATE CITIZEN'S SHOWING OF PROBABLE CAUSE TO THE MAGISTRATE SHALL INCLUDE SUFFICIENT INFORMATION SUPPORTED BY OATH OR AFFIRMATION THAT A CRIME HAS OCCURRED AND SHALL ISSUE AS A SUMMONS UNLESS A SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD EXISTS THAT THE DEFENDANT WILL NOT RESPOND TO A SUMMONS; AND TO AMEND THE SHERIFF'S SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION FUND.

House amendments make the following changes to the 4th edition.

Amendment #1 deletes the previously proposed changes to GS 15A-304, concerning warrants for arrest. Instead, amends GS 15A-304 as follows. Eliminates existing language in subsection (b), detailing the circumstances to be considered by the judicial official in determining whether a person should be taken into custody. Enacts two new subdivisions to subsection (b):

New subdivision (b)(1) directs the issuing official to issue a criminal summons instead of a warrant upon a finding of probable cause pursuant to existing subsection (d), unless the official finds that the accused should be taken into custody. Delineates circumstances to be considered in determining whether the accused should be taken into custody that include, but are not limited to: (1) the accused has a history of failure to appear before the court as required, or there is other evidence that the person is unlikely to appear in response to a summons for the current proceeding; (2) there is evidence that the accused is likely to escape or otherwise flee the State in order to avoid prosecution for the offense alleged; (3) there is evidence of imminent danger of harm to persons or property if the accused is not taken into custody; (4) the location of the accused is not readily discoverable, so that a criminal summons would be unlikely to be served before any court date assigned at the time of issue; (5) a relevant statute provides that arrest is mandatory for an offense charged; and (6) the seriousness of the offense, so long as the fact the offense is a felony cannot by itself constitute grounds for issuance of a warrant.

New subsection (b)(2) directs that if the finding of probable cause pursuant to existing subsection (d) is based solely upon the testimony of a person who is not a sworn law enforcement officer, the issuing official is prohibited from issuing a warrant for arrest, and instead must issue a criminal summons, unless either: (1) there is corroborating testimony of the facts establishing probable cause from a sworn law enforcement officer or at least one disinterested witness, (2) the official finds that obtaining investigation of the alleged offense by a law enforcement agency would constitute a substantial burden for the complainant, or (3) the official finds substantial evidence of one or more grounds listed in new subdivision (b)(1).

Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to warrants issued on or after that date.

Amendment #2 removes the application provision for the proposed changes to GS 15A-502 (Photographs and fingerprints).

Amendment #4 changes the act's long title and adds a new Part to the act.

Enacts new GS 15A-1340.16E. Increases the minimum term of imprisonment for a violent felony by 24 months and increases the corresponding maximum term when it is found that the offender intentionally posted a clip depicting the commission of the violent felony on the internet. Refines violent felony as a Class A, B1, B2, C, D, or E felony. Requires the indictment or information for the felony to allege facts that the offender posted the clip, and requires the State to prove that the offender posted the clip beyond a reasonable doubt unless the defendant pleads guilty or no contest, in which case a jury must be impaneled. Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Makes conforming organizational changes.

Amendment #5 amends GS 14-54, establishing that if any person is in actual occupation of any part of a the building at the time a person commits the crime of breaking or entering, the person committing the crime is punished as a Class F felon. Increases the offense of breaking and entering with the intent to terrorize or injure an occupant of the building from a Class H to a Class F felony. Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Amendment #6 further amends the act's long title and adds a new Part to the act.

Amends GS 143-166.82 (Assets), adding a new subsection directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to calculate, at the beginning of each year, the amount of additional funds needed for that year to pay the pension benefits under the Article, and bill each county for that amount on a pro-rata basis based on the most recent population estimates by the Office of State Budget and Management for each county. Requires that each county pay the amount billed no later than March 1 of that year to DOJ to be deposited into the Sheriffs' Supplemental Pension Fund (Fund). Authorizes counties to use the following to fund the Fund contributions: (1) the portion of the civil process service fee per GS 7A-311(a)(1) that is not required by statute to be used to ensure the timely service of process within the county (50% of the $30 fee), (2) other funds, or (3) both a portion of the civil process service fee and other funds.

Amends GS 143-166.83 (Disbursements) to include the amounts pursuant to new GS 143-166.82(a1) to those assets to be disbursed by the DOJ as monthly pension payments as specified. Modifies the existing provisions in subsection (e), providing that if the Fund is insufficient to pay pension benefits owed under the Article (currently, to pay any pensions benefits) or other charges, then all benefits or payments are to be reduced pro rata for as long as the deficiency exists.

Amends GS 143-166.85 (Benefits), changing the method for calculating the annual pension benefit for retired sheriffs that is payable in equal monthly installments. Provides for the benefit to be equal to an amount that, when added to a retirement allowance at retirement from the Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System or to the amount the sheriff would have been eligible to receive if service had not been forfeited by the withdrawal of accumulated contributions, is equal to 75% of a sheriff's equivalent annual salary immediately preceding retirement computed on the latest monthly base rate, to a maximum amount that does not exceed: (1) $1,500 or (2) the sheriff's equivalent annual salary immediately preceding retirement computed on the last monthly base rate when the benefit described is added to the amount of the benefit the sheriff received under GS 143-166.42 and the amount of the sheriff's retired allowance at retirement from the Local Governmental Employee's Retirement System or the amount the sheriff would have been eligible to receive if service had not been forfeited by the withdrawal of accumulated contributions. 

Effective January 1, 2018.

Makes conforming organizational changes.

Intro. by Britt, Rabon, Meredith.GS 7A, GS 14, GS 15A, GS 143
S 407 (2017-2018) EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION/IC CHANGES (NEW). Filed Mar 28 2017, AN ACT TO ENACT THE EMPLOYEE FAIR CLASSIFICATION ACT, TO REQUIRE THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT RULES RELATED TO OPIOIDS AND PAIN MANAGEMENT, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION STUDY CAUSES OF INJURY AND RECOMMEND WAYS TO PREVENT INJURIES, AND TO DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR A REQUIREMENT THAT EMPLOYERS RESPOND TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS IN TEN DAYS.

House amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Changes the act's long title.

Deletes the proposed changes to GS 97-12, amending the 10% reduction in workers' compensation for injuries caused by willful breach of employer-adopted rules and regulations to apply that reduction to reasonable rules and reasonable regulations, and eliminating the current requirement that the rules and regulations be approved by the Industrial Commission. Makes conforming changes. 

Intro. by Wells.GS 95, GS 97, GS 105, GS 143
S 407 (2017-2018) EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION/IC CHANGES (NEW). Filed Mar 28 2017, AN ACT TO ENACT THE EMPLOYEE FAIR CLASSIFICATION ACT, TO REQUIRE THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT RULES RELATED TO OPIOIDS AND PAIN MANAGEMENT, TO REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION STUDY CAUSES OF INJURY AND RECOMMEND WAYS TO PREVENT INJURIES, AND TO DELAY THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR A REQUIREMENT THAT EMPLOYERS RESPOND TO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CLAIMS IN TEN DAYS.

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

Amends the long and short titles.

Amends proposed GS 143-762 (Definitions; scope). Amends the definition ofemployee to include one defined as such by GS 96-1(b)(10) [was, GS 96-1(10)].

Modifies proposed changes to GS 95-25.15(c). Amends the required contents of the poster summarizing the major provisions of GS Chapter 95, Article 2A (Wage and Hour Act), regarding statutory references to which workers are defined and treated as employees, and where notice of employee misclassification may be reported.

Directs the Industrial Commission to adopt rules and guidelines for the utilization of opioids, related prescriptions, and pain management treatment.

Exempts the Industrial Commission from the fiscal note requirement of GS 150B-21.4 in developing and implementing the rules and guidelines for opioids, related prescriptions, and pain management treatment.

Repeals GS 97-81(c), which requires the Industrial Commission to make certain studies and recommendations to the General Assembly.

Amends GS 97-12 (Use of intoxicant or controlled substance; willful neglect; willful disobedience of statutory duty, safety regulation or rule). Amends the 10% reduction in workers' compensation for injuries caused by willful breach of employer-adopted rules and regulations to apply that reduction to reasonable rules and reasonable regulations, and to delete the current requirement that the rules and regulations be approved by the Industrial Commission.

Makes proposed GS Chapter 143, Article 82, and amendments to GS 105-259(b), GS 95-25.15(c), and GS 97-12 effective October 1, 2017. Makes amendment to GS 97-12 applicable to injuries or deaths occurring after that date. The remainder of the act is effective when it becomes law.

Intro. by Wells.GS 95, GS 97, GS 105, GS 143
S 419 (2017-2018) PLANNING/DEVELOPMENT CHANGES. Filed Mar 28 2017, AN ACT TO REORGANIZE AND CLARIFY STATUTES REGARDING LOCAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATION.

Senate amendment makes the following change to the 3rd edition.

Amends proposed GS 160D-8-2(c) to provide that a local government (was, a county) may require only a plat for recordation for the division of a tract or parcel of land in single ownership, if the already specified criteria is met.

Intro. by Lee, McKissick.GS 113A, GS 130A, GS 143, GS 153A, GS 160A, GS 160D
S 468 (2017-2018) QZAB USE MODIFICATION. Filed Mar 29 2017, AN ACT TO MODIFY THE USES FOR QUALIFIED ZONE ACADEMY BONDS.

House amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amends SL 2017-57, Section 5.3(e). Creates an exception to the prohibition on use of grant funds under that provision for real property acquisition or operational lease agreements, for funds used for projects when a pre-development agreement for an operational lease was entered into on or before June 30, 2017. Effective July 1, 2017.

Intro. by Brown.GS 115C
S 582 (2017-2018) BUDGET & AGENCY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS (NEW). Filed Apr 3 2017, AN ACT (I) TO MAKE TECHNICAL, CLARIFYING, AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017 AND TO RELATED LEGISLATION AND (II) TO MAKE AGENCY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

House amendments makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Amendment #1 deletes proposed GS 58-3-226 (Reimbursement contracts and assignment of benefits). Makes conforming changes.

Amendment #2 repeals GS 93B-1(b)(25) and GS 93B-1(b)(50) as enacted by HB 701 (OLB Uniform Discipline and Increase Oversight) of the 2017 Regular Session if HB 701 becomes law, removing the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission from the comprehensive list of occupational licensing boards in the State set forth in GS 93B-1(b).

Amends GS 150B-38(a), adding the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission to the scope of Article 3A (Other Administrative Hearings).

S 582 (2017-2018) BUDGET & AGENCY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS (NEW). Filed Apr 3 2017, AN ACT (I) TO MAKE TECHNICAL, CLARIFYING, AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT OPERATIONS APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017 AND TO RELATED LEGISLATION AND (II) TO MAKE AGENCY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

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

Amends the long and short titles.

Deletes all provisions of the 1st edition.

Repeals GS 14-27.23(c) and GS 14-27.28(c), which authorize a court to sentence a defendant found guilty of statutory rape of a child or statutory sexual offense with a child to a greater term of months of imprisonment than is allowed under GS 15A-1340.17 in certain circumstances.

Amends GS 14-208.18(c). Further prohibits registered sex offenders from knowingly being within 300 feet ofany location intended primarily for the use, care, or supervision of minors when the place is located on premises that are not intended primarily for the use, care, or supervision of minors, when the offender has committed an offense in violation of GS 14-202.3 (Solicitation of child by computer or certain other electronic devices to commit an unlawful act).

Amends GS 14-313(d), which prohibits sending or assisting a person less than 18 years to purchase or receive tobacco products or cigarette wrapping papers. Creates an additional exception to this prohibition for the Department of Health and Human Services, when it enlists persons under the age of 18 to test compliance under 21 USC 9, Subchapter IX, under the supervision of the FDA and with parental consent. Makes clarifying and technical changes.

Amends GS 18B-1000 (Definitions concerning establishments) to definesports and entertainment venue.

Amends GS 18B-1001 (Kinds of ABC permits; places eligible). Authorizes the issuance of an on-premises malt beverage permit, an on-premises unfortified wine permit, and a mixed beverage permit to sports and entertainment venues.

Amends GS 18C-112(a). Provides that the Governor-appointed member of the NC State Lottery Commission that has at least five years' experience in law enforcement may be an elected law enforcement official.

Amends GS 28A-2B-2 (Venue). Clarifies that the venue for a petition for living probate of a will under GS 28A-2B-1 is the county in which the petitioner whose will or codicil is the subject of the petition resides (was, is domiciled).

Appears to recodify GS 39-35 as GS 31D-5-505. Amends caption of recodified GS 31D-5-505 to read Requisites of release as against creditors and purchasers for value. Deletes all references to limitations of powers of appointments. Contingent upon the enactment of H 229 from the 2017 Regular Session, directs the Revisor of Statutes to print all explanatory comments of the drafters of this section, as the Revisor deems appropriate.

Amends GS 36C-5-505 (Creditor's claim against settlor). Amends the description at GS 36C-5-505(c)(1)c. of a class of inter vivos trusts, the property of which is considered not to have been contributed by a settlor, when a beneficiary of the trust is only the settlor's spouse, or the settlor's spouse and the settlor's issue, to replace the provision that refers to the settlor's issue with a provision that refers to issue of the settlor, the settlor's spouse, or both. Directs the Revisor of Statutes to print all explanatory comments of the drafters of this section, as the Revisor deems appropriate.

Makes a technical change to GS 42A-37.

Amends GS 45-10 (Substitution of trustees in mortgages and deeds of trust). Provides that an attorney who serves as the trustee or substitute trustee shall not represent either the noteholders or the interests of the borrower while initiating a foreclosure proceeding. Makes a clarifying change.

Enacts new GS 58-3-226 (Reimbursement contracts and assignment of benefits). Defines five terms. Requires a reimbursement contract between a health care provider and an insurer or a third-party administrator to require that reimbursement shall be made directly to the health care provider for any service provided by the health care provider under the reimbursement contract and covered under the health benefit plan. Directs an insurer or third-party administrator to accept and honor a valid, completed assignment of benefits agreement that assigns the insured's reimbursement benefits to a health care provider, if there is no reimbursement contract between a health care provider and an insurer or third-party administrator. Effective October 1, 2017, and applicable to reimbursement contracts and assessment of benefit agreements entered into or amended on or after that date.

Amends GS 58-10-345(g). Deletes that the provision that applies GS 58-2-160 (Reporting and investigation of insurance and reinsurance fraud and the financial condition of licensees; immunity from liability)to investigations conducted by outside legal, financial, and audit services at the direction of the Commissioner of Insurance under that statute.

Amends GS 58-10-355 (Organizational audit). Provides that an organizational audit (was, investigation or audit) may be performed before an applicant business entity is licensed under GS Chapter 58, Article 10, Part 8 (NC Captive Insurance Act). Provides that such investigation or audit shall consist of a general review (was, general survey) of the applicant's records, as currently specified.

Amends GS 58-10-385(a). Provides that a change in a captive insurance company's executive officers or directors is deemed approved unless it is disapproved within 30 days from the completion of the Commissioner's review of the biographical affidavit.

Amends GS 58-57-90. Amends caption to read Credit property insurance; personal property coverage. Amends the definitions ofsingle interest credit propertyanddual credit property to refer topersonal property instead ofpersonal household property. Amends the definition of the termpersonal household property, renaming the termpersonal property, and including all personal property of the debtor, except an automobile, not used by the debtor in a business trade or profession.

Amends GS 58-57-110(a). Directs the Commissioner to prescribe a minimum incurred loss ratio every three years (currently: every year), beginning September 1, 2018. Provides that the minimum incurred loss ratio standard is effective January 1, the year after it is prescribed, and remains in effect until a new minimum incurred loss ratio standard requirement is prescribed.

Amends GS 66-58 (Sale of merchandise or services by governmental units). Replaces the provision that this statute does not prohibit the operation of lunch counters by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) with one that this statute does not prohibit the operation of food and vending services under GS Chapter 111, Article 3 (Operation of Vending Services on State Property).

Enacts new GS 111-47.4 (Food service at certain state properties or facilities). Authorizes DHHS to operate or contract for the operation of food or vending services at State property or State facilities allocated to the Department of Administration or the Department of Insurance. Provides that net proceeds of revenue generated by food and vending services at such property or facilities shall be credited to the Division of Services for the Blind of DHHS for the purposes specified in GS 111-43. Does not remove an exemption granted in GS 111-42(c).

Amends GS 146-29.1 (Lease or sale of real property for less than fair market value). Provides that this statute does not apply to leases entered into by DHHS for the operation of food and vending services under GS Chapter 111, Article 3.

Amends GS 90-92(a). Designates one new class of substances to be a Schedule IV narcotic. Contingent upon the passage of H 464, from the 2017 Regular Session, repeals GS 90-92(a)(5)c., which is added by that act. Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

Amends GS 90-113.74 (Confidentiality). Authorizes DHHS to release data in the controlled substances reporting system to the NC State Opioid Treatment Authority for purposes of approving, denying, or evaluating programs.

Repeals SL 2008-107, Section 7.18(b), which directs the Department of Public Instruction to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee by April 15 of each year on the effectiveness of the Plant Operation Section of the School Support Division's efforts to assist local school administrative units in managing environmental issues.

Amends SL 2015-241, Section 31.7(b). Amends the due date of the reports of each State agency on the status of agency capital projects semiannually to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, and quarterly to the Fiscal Research Division and the Office of State Budget and Management, to begin on October 15, 2017 (was, October 1, 2015), and periodically thereafter as specified.

Amends GS 143-47.7 (Notice and record of appointment required). Deletes the provision requiring written notice of appointments to the State Library.

Recodifies GS 143-320(3) as GS 143B-135.44(3a).

Recodifies GS 143-323(a) and (d) as GS 143B-135.58(a) and (b), to be entitled Additional powers and duties of the Department regarding recreation.

Amends GS 143B-135.58, as enacted by this act. Reassigns the powers and duties from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Requires federal grant funds to be expended under the State Budget Act. Designates the Director of the Division of Parks and Recreation as having the authority and responsibility to accept and administer funding through the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund or any successor fund, and the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources may designate additional personnel to assist the Director in these responsibilities.

Amends GS 143-166.13(a). Provides that sworn state law enforcement officers with the power of arrest within the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources that are subject to the Criminal Justice Training and Standards Act are entitled to the benefits of GS Chapter 143, Article 12B (Salary Continuation Plan for Certain State Law Enforcement Officers).

Amends GS 143-548 (Vocational Rehabilitation Council). Authorizes the member of the Council who is a representative of a parent training and information center to serve more than two consecutive full terms.

Amends GS 143B-68 (Public Librarian Certification Commission--members; selection; quorum; compensation). Re-designates the seat on the commission, currently provided to the chairman of the NC Association of Library Trustees, to be for an additional individual named by the Governor upon nomination of the NC Library Association.

Amends the title of GS Chapter 143B, Article 2, to read North Carolina Zoological Park.

Enacts new GS 143B-135.204 (Powers and duties of the Secretary). Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to adopt rules governing the operation of the Zoological Park, including rules regulating its use and enjoyment by the public. Does not limit the power of the NC Zoological Park Council to establish and set admissions fees. Authorizes the Secretary to acquire, dispose of, and develop Zoological Park property, both real and personal, in accordance with generally accepted practices for zoos and aquariums accredited by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Amends GS 143B-135.234(a). Reassigns the administration of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund from the Department of Environmental Quality to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Amends GS 147-86.70 (Policy and definitions). Definesrepresentative payee.

Amends GS 147-86.71 (ABLE Program). Further authorizes a representative payee to establish an account by making an initial contribution to the ABLE Program Trust, signing an application form, and naming the designated beneficiary. Further requires the ABLE Program Board of Trustees to ensure that a representative payee appointed as a signatory of an ABLE account does not have or acquire any beneficial interest in the account and administers the account for the benefit of the designated beneficiary.

Amends GS 95-25.8 (Withholding of Wages). Prohibits an employer from withholding or diverting any portion of an employee's wages for the purpose of paying a membership fee or dues to a membership association organized under 26 USC 501(c)(5) or 26 USC 501(c)(6), except as provided in GS 143B-426.40A (Assignment of claims against State) and under federal law. Effective when the bill becomes law, and applicable to agreements between employers and employees or membership associations entered into, renewed, or extended on or after that date.

Amends GS 95-79 (Certain agreements declared illegal). Declares invalid and unenforceable, as against public policy in restraint of trade or commerce, any provision that directly or indirectly conditions the terms of an agreement not to sue or settle litigation upon an agricultural producer's status as a union or nonunion employer or entry into or refusal to enter into an agreement with a labor union or labor organization. Effective when the bill becomes law, and applicable to agreements and settlements entered into, renewed, or extended on or after that date.

Amends GS 153A-335 (Subdivision defined), as amended. Requires (currently, authorizes but does not require) a county to require only a plat for recordation for the division of a tract or parcel of land in single ownership, if each of the currently listed criteria are met. Amends the criteria regarding permanent means of ingress and egress for each lot, to require as an alternative that a lot may front an existing public right-of-way. Effective August 1, 2017.

Amends GS 160A-376 (Definition), as amended. Changes are identical to those for GS 153A-335. Effective August 1, 2017.

Amends the effective date for SL 2017-10, Section 2.5, which amended GS 153A-335 and GS 160A-276, to take effect August 1, 2017 (was, July 1, 2017). This provision, amending the effective date of SL 2017-10, Section 2.5, is effective July 1, 2017.

Amends GS 159-32 (Daily Deposits). Provides that taxes and other collected and received money by officers or employees of local governments or public authorities are to be deposited in a properly licensed and recognized cash collection service (currently, does not specify where). Amends the provision authorizing a governing board to approve delaying such deposits until moneys on hand amount to at least $250, to delete the requirement that in any case a deposit must be made on the last business day of each month. Requires money to be maintained in a secure location until deposited or officially submitted. Effective October 1, 2018.

Amends SL 2016-81, Section 3, regarding the effective date of GS Chapter 53, Article 16B (NC Money Transmitters' Act). Makes that act effective October 1, 2016 (was, October 1, 2015).

Amends SL 2017-10, Section 3.3. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to submit its report on the findings of the Division of Waste Management on whether the solid waste management activities in the State are being conducted in a manner most beneficial to State citizens on March 1, 2018 (was, March 1, 2017).

Except as otherwise provided, the act is effective when it becomes law.

S 615 (2017-2018) NORTH CAROLINA FARM ACT OF 2017. Filed Apr 4 2017, AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN LAWS GOVERNING AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.

House amendment #3 further amends the 4th edition.

Adds to GS 95-79, which declares certain documents illegal. Establishes that any provision that directly or indirectly conditions the terms of an agreement not to sue or settle litigation upon an agricultural producer's status as a union or nonunion employer, or entry into or refusal to enter into an agreement with a labor union or labor organization, is invalid and unenforceable as against public policy in restraint of trade or commerce in North Carolina. Further establishes that an agreement requiring an agricultural producer to transfer funds to a labor union or labor organization for the purpose of paying an employee's membership fee or dues is also invalid and unenforceable as against public policy in restraint of trade or commerce in NC. 

Applies to agreements and settlements entered into, renewed, or extended on or after the date the act becomes law.

Intro. by B. Jackson, Sanderson, Brock.STUDY, GS 18B, GS 20, GS 68, GS 89C, GS 95, GS 97, GS 105, GS 106, GS 113A, GS 121, GS 143, GS 153A
S 615 (2017-2018) NORTH CAROLINA FARM ACT OF 2017. Filed Apr 4 2017, AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN LAWS GOVERNING AGRICULTURAL MATTERS.

Conference report makes the following changes to the 5th edition.

Deletes the proposed changes to GS 105-277.4(c), which added to the events that disqualify a tract of land from the present-use value classification under the subsection. Makes conforming changes. 

Intro. by B. Jackson, Sanderson, Brock.STUDY, GS 18B, GS 20, GS 68, GS 89C, GS 95, GS 97, GS 105, GS 106, GS 113A, GS 121, GS 143, GS 153A
S 628 (2017-2018) VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE REVENUE LAWS. Filed Apr 4 2017, AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE REVENUE LAWS.

House amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 4th edition.

Part I. Business Tax Changes

Moves part of the proposed changes to GS 105-122(d)(3) in current Section 1.3(a) to Section 1.3(b), concerning the calculation of a corporation's total actual investment in tangible property. Maintains the proposed changes providing that the calculation of the corporation's total actual investment in tangible property in this State includes the total original purchase price or consideration to the reporting taxpayer of its tangible properties and additions and improvements thereto, less reserve for depreciation as permitted for income tax purposes, and any indebtedness specifically incurred and existing solely for and as the result of the purchase of any real estate and any permanent improvements made on the real estate from. Provides that these changes, now set out in Section 1.3(b), are effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and are applicable to the calculation of franchise tax reported on the 2019 and later corporate income tax returns. Further provides that the remaining proposed changes to GS 105-122(a) and (d), and proposed subsection (d2), set forth in Section 1.3(a), are effective when the act becomes law (previously, all changes to GS 105-122 were effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and applicable to the calculation of franchise tax reported on the 2019 and later income tax returns). Makes conforming changes.

Adds new Section 1.3(c), amending Section 38.6(a) of SB 257 of the 2017 Regular Session, which amends GS 105-122, if SB 257 becomes law. Deletes the proposed changes to GS 105-122. Instead amends GS 105-122(d2), as enacted by this act, providing that the enacted tax rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of the corporation's tax base applies to C corporations, as defined in GS 105-130.2. Adds that for an S corporation, as defined in GS 105-130.2, the tax rate is $200 for the first $1 million of the corporation's tax base and $1.50 per $1,000 of its tax base that exceeds $1 million. Makes technical changes to clarify that in no event is the tax imposed to exceed $200. As currently provided in Section 38.6(b) of SB 257, these changes are effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2019, and are applicable to the calculation of franchise tax reported on the 2018 and later corporate income tax returns. 

Adds to the proposed changes to GS 105-228.4A(f), set out in Section 1.10(a), concerning total tax liability for a captive insurance company. Adds that the maximum tax liability attributed to any one cell or series of the insurance company is limited to $100,000, while a $500,000 maximum tax liability applies to any one cell or series that acts as a direct-writing, risk-pooling mechanism for other cells, series, or captive insurers. 

Amends Section 1.14, directing the Department of Revenue (Department) to study the feasibility and cost of allowing the pass-through of a federal extension of time for filing a federal income tax return (previously, for filing a federal corporate income or individual income tax return) to serve as an application for a State extension of time for filing a corporate franchise and other income tax returns (previously, for filing a corporate franchise and income tax return or an individual income tax return). Directs the Department to report its findings, along with any legislative recommendations, to the Revenue Laws Study Committee on or before January 1, 2018 (previously, on or before March 1, 2018), specifically regarding options to eliminate the mandatory State extension time filing for corporate franchise and other income tax returns beginning January 1, 2019, for the tax year 2018 (previously, did not specify content of the report).

Part II. Sales and Use Tax

Adds to proposed GS 105-164.4G(f)(6), set out in Section 2.10(a), exempting from sales and use tax an event sponsored by a farmer that takes place on farmland and is related to farming activities (previously, did not require the event to be related to farming activities). Adds that examples of the events under the new exemption include a corn maze or a tutorial on raising crops or animals. 

Part IV. Administrative Changes

Further amends GS 105-259(b) set out in Section 4.7, to refer to GS 143B-1385 instead of GS 143B-1381 in subdivision (45), concerning disclosure of tax information to the State Chief Information Officer.

Makes technical change to the introductory language in Section 4.8.

Intro. by Tillman, Brock, Tucker.STUDY, GS 39, GS 55, GS 105, GS 119, GS 143B, GS 159
S 656 (2017-2018) ELECTORAL FREEDOM ACT OF 2017. Filed Apr 4 2017, AN ACT TO CHANGE THE DEFINITION OF A "POLITICAL PARTY" BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED FOR THE FORMATION OF A NEW POLITICAL PARTY AND FOR UNAFFILIATED CANDIDATES TO OBTAIN BALLOT ACCESS ELIGIBILITY; TO AUTHORIZE ESTABLISHMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES RECOGNIZED IN A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF STATES IN THE PRIOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; TO CHANGE TIMING OF FILING OF PETITIONS; TO REDUCE THE THRESHOLD FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PLURALITY TO THIRTY PERCENT; AND TO ELIMINATE JUDICIAL PRIMARIES FOR THE 2018 GENERAL ELECTION.

House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.

Amends the long title.

Modifies proposed changes to GS 163-96(a) to reduce the number of required signatures of qualified voters in the State to register a political party to .25% of the total number of voters who voted in the most recent general election for Governor (current law: 2%; 3rd edition: 10,000 votes, regardless of the percentage of votes in the most recent election for Governor).

Modifies proposed changes to GS 163-122(a) as follows.

For elections to statewide office: Changes the deadline by which the required number of signatures of qualified voters to print an unaffiliated candidate's name on the ballot must be filed to the date of the primary election (current law: the second Wednesday prior to the primary election; 3rd edition: the last Friday in June preceding the general election). Reduces the number of required signatures of qualified voters in the state to have an unaffiliated candidate's name printed on the general election ballot to 1.5% of the total number of voters who voted in the most recent general election for Governor (current law: 2%; 3rd edition: 5,000 votes, regardless of the percentage of votes in the most recent election for Governor). Deletes the proposed change to when the State Board of Elections must have such a timely filed petition verified.

For elections to district offices in which the district lies in more than one county: requires a petition for an unaffiliated candidate's name to be printed on the general election ballot to be filed by noon on the day of the primary election (current law: second Wednesday prior to the primary election; 3rd edition: last Friday in June preceding the general election).

For elections to county office, or single-county legislative districts: makes changes identical to those for district offices, described above. Deletes the proposed amendment to when the county board of elections must have such a timely filed petition verified.

For elections to partisan municipal office: deletes the proposed amendment to when the county board of elections have such a timely filed petition verified.

For elections to superior court judge or district court judge: also requires the petition to be filed with the Board of Elections on or before noon on the day of the primary election.

Intro. by Brock.GS 163

The Daily Bulletin: 2017-06-28

LOCAL/HOUSE BILLS
H 198 (2017-2018) CITY & COUNTY AUTHORITY (NEW). Filed Feb 27 2017, AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY AND TO ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS TO PARTICIPATE IN CITY CONTRACTS AND TO AUTHORIZE CALDWELL COUNTY TO REQUIRE THE PAYMENT OF DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES BEFORE RECORDING DEEDS CONVEYING PROPERTY.

Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Deletes the previous provisions. Changes the long and short titles, and now provides the following.

Amends the Fayetteville city charter to allow the creation of a race- and gender-neutral small business enterprise program to promote the development of small businesses in the Fayetteville Metropolitan Statistical Area and to enhance opportunity for small businesses to participate in city contracts. The authorized program supplements, and does not replace, the requirements of GS 143-128.2, GS 143-131(b), or GS 143-135.5. Specifies that goals or efforts established to promote veteran, minority, and women's businesses in pursuing public contracts, and goals or efforts established under those specified statutes take precedence over goals authorized by the authorized program. 

Amends GS 161-31 to authorize Caldwell County to require the payment of delinquent taxes before recording deeds conveying the property.

Includes a severability clause.

Intro. by B. Richardson.Caldwell, Cumberland, GS 105
H 288 (2017-2018) TOWN OF RAYNHAM/EXTEND MAYOR'S TERM OF OFFICE. Filed Mar 8 2017, AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTERS OF THE TOWNS OF RAYNHAM AND ORRUM TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE MAYOR OF RAYNHAM AND MAYOR OF ORRUM FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS; TO EXTEND FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL OF ORRUM FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS; AND TO ALLOW FOR ELECTIONS FOR ALL TOWN OFFICERS IN RAYNHAM AND ORRUM TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE SAME SCHEDULE.

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTERS OF THE TOWNS OF RAYNHAM AND ORRUM TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE MAYOR OF RAYNHAM AND MAYOR OF ORRUM FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS; TO EXTEND FOR THE TOWN COUNCIL OF ORRUM FROM TWO YEARS TO FOUR YEARS; AND TO ALLOW FOR ELECTIONS FOR ALL TOWN OFFICERS IN RAYNHAM AND ORRUM TO BE CONDUCTED ON THE SAME SCHEDULE. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Pierce.Robeson
H 420 (2017-2018) ROCKINGHAM CTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY. Filed Mar 21 2017, AN ACT CHANGING THE MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM.

AN ACT CHANGING THE MEMBERSHIP COMPOSITION OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Bert Jones, K. Hall.Rockingham
H 445 (2017-2018) BRUNSWICK FIRE PROTECTION FEES. Filed Mar 22 2017, AN ACT TO MODIFY BRUNSWICK COUNTY'S FIRE PROTECTION FEES.

AN ACT TO MODIFY BRUNSWICK COUNTY'S FIRE PROTECTION FEES. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Iler, Butler.Brunswick
H 447 (2017-2018) LEXINGTON CITY BD. OF ED./CITY COUNCIL (NEW). Filed Mar 22 2017, AN ACT TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEXINGTON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM A NINE-MEMBER APPOINTED BOARD OF EDUCATION TO A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTED ON A NONPARTISAN BASIS IN ODD-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRICTS FOR THE LEXINGTON CITY COUNCIL.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEXINGTON CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM A NINE-MEMBER APPOINTED BOARD OF EDUCATION TO A SEVEN-MEMBER BOARD OF EDUCATION ELECTED ON A NONPARTISAN BASIS IN ODD-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO PROVIDE FOR DISTRICTS FOR THE LEXINGTON CITY COUNCIL. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Potts, Watford.Davidson
H 504 (2017-2018) CITY OF LINCOLNTON/EVEN-YR ELECT'N/MAYOR TERM. Filed Mar 28 2017, AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LINCOLNTON SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO EXTEND THE MAYOR'S TERM FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF LINCOLNTON SHALL BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS AND TO EXTEND THE MAYOR'S TERM FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Saine.Lincoln
H 520 (2017-2018) UNION CO. BD. OF ED/PARTISAN ELECTION. Filed Mar 29 2017, AN ACT TO CHANGE THE ELECTION METHOD OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN TO PARTISAN.

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE ELECTION METHOD OF THE UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN TO PARTISAN. Enacted June 28, 2017. Effective June 28, 2017.

Intro. by Arp, Brody, Horn.Union

The Daily Bulletin: 2017-06-28

LOCAL/SENATE BILLS
S 217 (2017-2018) RICHMOND/RIGHT-OF-WAY SAFETY. Filed Mar 8 2017, AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM OR BOW AND ARROW FROM THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IN RICHMOND COUNTY.

Conference report makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

The House recedes from House Amendment 1 to the 1st edition, which amended the long title, and expanded the scope of the act to also make it a Class 3 misdemeanor to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow, or attempt to discharge a firearm or bow and arrow, from, on, across, or over the roadway or right-of-way of any public road in Buncombe County, excluding unpaved roads within the Sandy Mush Game Lands.

Intro. by McInnis.Buncombe, Richmond
S 253 (2017-2018) PARTISAN ELECTIONS/CERTAIN SCHOOL BOARDS. (NEW) Filed Mar 14 2017, AN ACT TO CHANGE THE ELECTION METHOD OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTY BOARDS OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN TO PARTISAN: BEAUFORT, CARTERET, CLEVELAND, DARE, HYDE, MADISON, ONSLOW, PENDER, AND YANCEY.

Conference report makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Deletes Part 5, regarding elections to the Haywood County Board of Education.

Makes a conforming change to GS 115C-37.1(d).

Amends the long title by making conforming changes.

ACTIONS ON BILLS

Actions on Bills: 2017-06-28

PUBLIC BILLS

H 21: DRIVER INSTRUCTION/LAW ENFORCEMENT STOPS.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 26: WORKERS' COMP/APPROVAL OF DISPUTED LEGAL FEES.

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 30: VARIOUS SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES. (NEW)

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 56: AMEND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub

H 84: DL/DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING DESCRIPTION (New)

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 89: HOUSING AUTHORITY TRANSFERS.

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Failed A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading

H 90: CHANGES TO EDUCATION AND ELECTION LAWS (NEW).

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 115: RETIREMENT TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT OF 2017.-AB

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 128: PROHIBIT DRONE USE OVER PRISON/JAIL.

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 135: TECHNICAL CHANGES TO COURSES OF STUDY STATUTE.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 138: REVISE GANG LAWS.

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 140: DENTAL PLANS PROVIDER CONTRACTS/TRANSPARENCY.

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 155: OMNIBUS EDUCATION LAW CHANGES (NEW).

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 156: EYEGLASSES EXEMPTION FROM MEDICAID CAPITATION.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)

H 159: CHARTER SCHOOL TSERS ELECTION.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 161: DIVESTMENT FROM COMPANIES THAT BOYCOTT ISRAEL.

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled

H 162: AMEND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAWS.

    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub

H 176: PENSIONS INTEGRITY ACT OF 2017.-AB

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 183: RETIREMENT ADMIN. CHANGES ACT OF 2017.-AB

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 190: LOCAL FIREFIGHTER RELIEF FUND ELIGIBILITY.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 205: WC CHANGES/LEGAL NOTICE MODERNIZATION (NEW).

    House: Withdrawn From Cal
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub
    House: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Reported
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Conf Report Adopted
    House: Conf Report Adopted
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    House: Conf Report Adopted
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    House: Withdrawn From Cal
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub
    House: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Reported
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Conf Report Adopted
    House: Conf Com Reported
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Conf Report Adopted
    House: Ordered Enrolled

H 229: GSC TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 2017.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 236: NCAOC OMNIBUS BILL.

    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Conf Com Dismissed
    House: Reconsidered Concurrence
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled

H 243: STRENGTHEN OPIOID MISUSE PREVENTION (STOP)ACT.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 248: OMBUDSMAN CHANGES & DHHS STUDY (NEW).

    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub
    House: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Appointed

H 252: BUILDING CODE REGULATORY REFORM.

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled

H 256: 2017 APPOINTMENTS BILL (NEW).

    Senate: Withdrawn From Com
    Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Amend Adopted A2
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Concurred In S Amend SA1
    House: Concurred In S Amend SA2
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled

H 258: AMEND MED. MAL. HEALTH CARE PROVIDER DEFIN.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 275: NO STORMWATER FEES ON TAXIWAYS OR RUNWAYS.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 283: DHHS RECOMMEND TELEMEDICINE POLICY (New)

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 284: 25-YEAR LEO RETIREMENT OPTION.

    House: Reptd Fav Com Sub 2
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate

H 294: UNCLAIMED PROPERTY NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.-AB

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 299: STATE HEALTH PLAN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES.-AB

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 310: WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE SITING.

    Senate: Withdrawn From Cal
    Senate: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 337: UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS LAW REVISIONS.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 343: ENFORCEMENT OF DVPO ON APPEAL.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 353: AUTHORIZE STATE PARK SYSTEM EXPANSION.-AB

    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 362: CHANGES TO THE JUVENILE CODE.-AB

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 374: REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2018. (NEW)

    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Engrossed
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Ruled Material
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Engrossed
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Ruled Material
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 383: NAIC MODELS/ORSA & CREDIT FOR REINSURANCE.-AB (NEW)

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 384: INCREASE PENALTIES/ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 396: MUNICIPAL BROADBAND SERVICE AREA.

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 399: STOP IMAGES TAKEN W/O CONSENT FROM DISSEMIN.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 402: LIMIT ENV. LIABILITY FOR CERTAIN RECYCLERS.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 403: MEDICAID AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH MODIFICATIONS (NEW).

    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 434: COINS/CURRENCY/BULLION SALES TAX EXEMPTION.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 436: LOCAL GOVERNMENT/REGULATORY FEES.

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 440: FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK/INSURER RECEIVERSHIP.

    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 462: BANKING LAW AMENDMENTS.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 464: REVISE SCHEDULE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 466: THE PHARMACY PATIENT FAIR PRACTICES ACT.

    Senate: Withdrawn From Com
    Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 469: REGULATION OF FULLY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 482: COUNTY COMM. ROLE IN SCHOOL BLDG ACQUISITION.

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Amend Adopted A2
    Senate: Amend Adopted A3
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 486: NATIONAL GUARD EDUCATION ASSISTANCE CHANGES. (NEW)

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 487: NAT. GUARD REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS/DEFINITIONS.

    Senate: Conf Com Appointed

H 501: DOT/SURVEYING INFORMATION IN PLANS.

    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 511: GAME NIGHTS/NONPROFIT FUND-RAISER.

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)

H 527: RESTORE/PRESERVE CAMPUS FREE SPEECH.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 528: BUDGET TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (NEW)

    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Amend Adopted A2
    Senate: Amend Adopted A3
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Reconsidered 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Amend Adopted A4
    Senate: Amend Adopted A5
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading

H 530: COUNTIES/CONDEMNATION OF UNSAFE BLDGS/LIENS.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 550: ESTABLISH NEW NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT.

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 559: OUTDOOR HERITAGE ENHANCED.

    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub
    House: Conf Com Appointed

H 566: PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES CHANGES.

    House: Special Message Sent To Senate

H 577: LSC CRIM. CHECK/FELONIOUS GAMING MACHINES (NEW).

    Senate: Withdrawn From Com
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend

H 584: REAL PROP./ERROR CORRECTION & TITLE CURATIVE.

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 589: COMPETITIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR NC. (NEW)

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub
    House: Conf Com Appointed

H 620: UNC CAPITAL PROJECTS.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading

H 651: STATE PENSION/RET. HEALTH BEN. FUND SOLVENCY.

    House: Withdrawn From Com
    House: Re-ref Com On Pensions and Retirement

H 704: DIVIDE SCHOOL SYSTEMS/STUDY COMMITTEE.

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 707: LIEN AGENT/NOTICE OF CANCELLATION.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 716: CMVS/USE OF PLATOONS.

    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 719: IMPROVE SECURITY/UPPER LEVEL/PKING LOT 65.

    House: Concurred In S Amend SA2
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

H 740: SAR RENAME/DISPUTED COUNTY BOUNDARIES/MAPPING.

    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Concurred In S Amend SA1
    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled

H 770: VARIOUS CLARIFYING CHANGES (NEW).

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Failed Concur In S Com Sub

H 772: AMEND NC INT'L ARBITRATION/CONCILIATION ACT.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

H 799: UTILITY BILLING BY LESSORS.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 800: VARIOUS CHANGES TO CHARTER SCHOOL LAWS.

    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 894: VETERANS/HEALTH CARE/YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION. (NEW)

    House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate

H 925: CREATION OF HOUSE SELECT INVESTIGATORY COM'T.

    House: Reptd Fav. For Introduction
    House: Filed

S 16: BUSINESS & AGENCY REG. REFORM ACT OF 2017 (NEW).

    House: Conf Com Appointed
    House: Conf Com Appointed

S 36: CONVENTION OF THE STATES.

    House: Reptd Fav
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

S 55: SCHOOL BUS CAMERAS/CIVIL PENALTIES.

    House: Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
    House: Withdrawn From Com
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

S 63: MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMISSION/STRATEGIC PLAN.

    Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017
    Ch. SL 2017-64

S 64: VETERANS' HISTORY AWARENESS MONTH.

    Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017
    Ch. SL 2017-65

S 78: COST TO COMPLY/FED ED FUNDS/PED STUDY.

    House: Withdrawn From Com
    House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

S 82: ACHIEVING BUSINESS EFFICIENCIES (NEW).

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received From Senate
    House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

S 88: LANDLORD/TENANT-ALIAS & PLURIES SUMMARY EJECT.

    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Amendment Withdrawn A1
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    House: Ordered Enrolled

S 99: APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2018. (NEW)

    Senate: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Appointed

S 100: AERIAL ADVENTURE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.

    House: Reptd Fav
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate

S 107: STREAMLINE DAM REMOVAL.

    Senate: Concurred In H/Com Sub
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

S 114: ANNUAL REPORT MODERNIZATION.

    House: Reptd Fav Com Sub 2
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Engrossed
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    Senate: Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
    Senate: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

S 153: MILITARY RETIREE STATE INCOME TAX RELIEF. (NEW)

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received From Senate
    House: Passed 1st Reading
    House: Ref To Com On Finance

S 155: ABC OMNIBUS LEGISLATION. (NEW)

    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    Senate: Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Concurred In H/Com Sub
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

S 182: PROHIBIT USE OF LIGHT BARS ON MOTOR VEHICLES.

    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    Senate: Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Concurred In H/Com Sub
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

S 244: COASTAL CRESCENT TRAIL/STATE PARKS SYSTEM.

    Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017
    Ch. SL 2017-66

S 257: APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2017.

    House: Veto Overridden
    Ch. SL 2017-57

S 299: EXPAND USE OF CAM SYSTEMS & CREATE CAM FUND. (NEW)

    House: Withdrawn From Cal
    House: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

S 312: SURPLUS COMPUTERS FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS.

    Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017
    Ch. SL 2017-67

S 315: MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES REGARDING HIGHER ED (NEW).

    Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017
    Ch. SL 2017-68

S 323: UNC PUBLIC RECORDS/ATHLETIC CONFERENCES.

    Senate: Concurred In H Amend S323v1
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

S 326: CLARIFY HUT & IMPROVE VEHICLE TITLING PROCESS.

    Signed by Gov. 6/28/2017
    Ch. SL 2017-69

S 338: DISASTER RECOVERY ACT OF 2017. (NEW)

    House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Engrossed
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    Senate: Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
    Senate: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

S 344: COMBINE ADULT CORRECTION & JUVENILE JUSTICE.

    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Amend Adopted A2
    House: Passed 2nd Reading

S 384: CRIMINAL LAW CHANGES. (NEW)

    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Amend Adopted A2
    House: Amend Failed A3
    House: Amend Adopted A4
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Reconsidered 2nd Reading
    House: Amend Adopted A5
    House: Amend Adopted A6
    House: Passed 2nd Reading

S 391: FERRY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

S 407: EMPLOYEE MISCLASSIFICATION/IC CHANGES (NEW).

    House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Passed 2nd Reading

S 410: MARINE AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT ACT.

    Senate: Concurred In H/Com Sub
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

S 419: PLANNING/DEVELOPMENT CHANGES.

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Amend Adopted A1
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Amend
    House: Passed 1st Reading
    House: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

S 450: UNIFORM TRUST DECANTING ACT.

    Pres. To Gov. 6/28/2017

S 468: QZAB USE MODIFICATION.

    House: Reptd Fav
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Passed 2nd Reading

S 469: TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (NEW)

    House: Withdrawn From Cal
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
    House: Withdrawn From Cal
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

S 489: CLARIFY WORKERS' COMP. POLICY CANCELLATION.

    Senate: Concurred In H/Com Sub
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

S 510: SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AUCTIONS.

    House: Serial Referral To Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Stricken
    House: Withdrawn From Com
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

S 545: STATE NATURE AND HISTORIC PRESERVE ADDS/DELS.

    Senate: Concurred On 2nd Reading

S 552: OMNIBUS OCCUPANCY TAXES. (NEW)

    House: Passed 2nd Reading

S 569: UNIFORM POWER OF ATTORNEY ACT.

    Senate: Concurred In H/Com Sub
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled

S 582: BUDGET & AGENCY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS (NEW).

    House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Amend Adopted A2
    House: Amend Failed A3
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Engrossed
    House: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Amend Adopted A2
    House: Amend Failed A3
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Engrossed

S 599: EXCELLENT EDUCATORS FOR EVERY CLASSROOM.

    Senate: Failed Concur In H Com Sub
    Senate: Conf Com Appointed
    House: Conf Com Appointed

S 604: HOMEMADE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TASTING PERMIT.

    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received From Senate
    House: Passed 1st Reading
    House: Ref To Com On Finance

S 615: NORTH CAROLINA FARM ACT OF 2017.

    House: Amend Adopted A3
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Engrossed
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    Senate: Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Failed Concur In H Com Sub
    Senate: Conf Com Appointed
    House: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Reported
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    House: Conf Com Reported
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Conf Report Adopted
    Senate: Conf Report Adopted

S 628: VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE REVENUE LAWS.

    House: Amend Adopted A1
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Ordered Engrossed
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    Senate: Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Failed Concur In H Com Sub
    Senate: Conf Com Appointed
    House: Conf Com Appointed

S 656: ELECTORAL FREEDOM ACT OF 2017.

    House: Reptd Fav Com Sub 2
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Passed 2nd Reading
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate

S 682: BOARD OF AGRICULTURE APPOINTMENTS.

    Senate: Adopted

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LOCAL BILLS

H 58: CHARLOTTE FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-71

H 198: CITY & COUNTY AUTHORITY (NEW).

    Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
    Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 245: AMEND W-S CHARTER/CERTAIN CANDIDATES.

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-72

H 272: FOX AND COYOTE TRAPPING/YADKIN COUNTIES. (NEW)

    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-73

H 288: TOWN OF RAYNHAM/EXTEND MAYOR'S TERM OF OFFICE.

    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-58

H 393: MEBANE CHARTER/ALAMANCE-BURL BOE EXCHANGE (NEW).

    Senate: Passed 3rd Reading
    Senate: Special Message Sent To House
    House: Special Message Received For Concurrence in S Com Sub
    House: Cal Pursuant 36(b)
    House: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

H 397: CAR. SHORES DEANNEX/NEW HANOVER DWNTWN DEVPT (NEW).

    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
    Senate: Withdrawn From Com
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading
    Senate: Reptd Fav
    Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
    Senate: Withdrawn From Com
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Passed 2nd Reading

H 420: ROCKINGHAM CTY TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-59

H 445: BRUNSWICK FIRE PROTECTION FEES.

    House: Concurred In S/Com Sub
    House: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-60

H 447: LEXINGTON CITY BD. OF ED./CITY COUNCIL (NEW).

    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-61

H 504: CITY OF LINCOLNTON/EVEN-YR ELECT'N/MAYOR TERM.

    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-62

H 520: UNION CO. BD. OF ED/PARTISAN ELECTION.

    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-63

S 6: CORNELIUS ANNEXATION.

    Senate: Concurred In H/Com Sub
    Senate: Ordered Enrolled
    Ratified
    Ch. SL 2017-70

S 105: FAIRMONT VOL. ANNEX.; TROUTMAN LAND USE REG (NEW).

    Senate: Concurred On 2nd Reading

S 217: RICHMOND/RIGHT-OF-WAY SAFETY.

    Senate: Conf Com Appointed
    House: Conf Com Appointed
    Senate: Conf Com Reported
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    House: Conf Com Reported
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Conf Report Adopted
    Senate: Conf Report Adopted

S 253: PARTISAN ELECTIONS/CERTAIN SCHOOL BOARDS. (NEW)

    Senate: Conf Com Reported
    Senate: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017
    House: Conf Com Reported
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Conf Report Adopted

S 265: CREEDMOOR CHARTER REVISED & CONSOLIDATED.

    House: Reptd Fav
    House: Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
    House: Added to Calendar
    House: Passed 2nd Reading

S 266: DURHAM AND WALKERTOWN ANNEXATIONS (NEW).

    Senate: Concurred On 2nd Reading

S 289: VARIOUS DEANNEXATIONS. (NEW)

    House: Amend Failed A1
    House: Passed 3rd Reading
    House: Special Message Sent To Senate
    Senate: Special Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
    Senate: Placed on Today's Calendar
    Senate: Withdrawn From Cal
    Senate: Placed On Cal For 06/29/2017

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