Section 1
Adds new subsection (c14) to GS 126-5 allowing the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, upon notice to the Director of the Office of State Human Resources, to make engineering technician positions in the Department of Transportation, Highway Division, exempt from the compensation and recruitment policies under GS 126-4(1) through GS 126-4(4) and GS 126-7.1 (pertaining to position classification, compensation, qualification for position, recruitment, and job posting requirements).
Section 2
Clarifies that GS 126-5(d), governing exempt positions in the executive branch, does not apply to the exemptions authorized by this act.
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PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS
H 1006 (2017-2018) DOT HIGHWAY DIVISION/SHRA EXEMPTION. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO EXEMPT CERTAIN POSITIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, HIGHWAY DIVISION, FROM THE STATE HUMAN RESOURCES ACT FOR THE PURPOSES OF COMPENSATION AND RECRUITMENT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | GS 126 |
H 1007 (2017-2018) CLARIFY OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY/AUTO APPRAISERS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE ROLE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES REGARDING MOTOR VEHICLE APPRAISERS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
Amends GS 20-279.2 to require that the Commissioner of Insurance administer and enforce GS 20-279.21(d1), which directs how motor vehicle appraisers are to appraise the value of motor vehicles involved in certain insurance claims. Previously, the law required the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles to administer these provisions.
Makes additional clarifying changes and switches to gender-neutral pronouns.
Amends GS 20-279.21 to specify that the terms appraiser and umpire include persons licensed as a motor vehicle damage appraiser under GS 58-33-26 and GS 58-33-30 who also meet existing employment requirements. Makes failure to comply with subsection (d1) subject to civil penalty.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | GS 20 |
H 1008 (2017-2018) REPLACEMENT ROW FOR UTILITY RELOCATION. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ACQUIRE REPLACEMENT RIGHT-OF-WAY AND TO ASSIGN THE EASEMENT RIGHTS OF THE REPLACEMENT RIGHT-OF-WAY TO A UTILITY, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
Amends GS 136-19.59(c) to allow the Department of Transportation (DOT), when it requires the relocation of utilities located in a right-of-way for which the utility owner contributed the cost of acquisition, to acquire a replacement right-of-way and assign the easement rights of this replacement to the utility owner, if the utility owner agrees to this arrangement. The law currently only allows the DOT to reimburse the utility owner for the cost of moving the utilities.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | GS 136 |
H 1009 (2017-2018) DMV/MOTORCOACH STUDY. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO STUDY FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATION OF MOTORCOACHES, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
Directs the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to study federal and state regulation of motorcoaches, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and the North Carolina Motorcoach Association. The DMV must consider the following: (1) federal regulation of motorcoaches, (2) the effects of regulations and requirements of other states on North Carolina-registered motorcoaches traveling and doing business in those states, (3) regulations for out-of-state motorcoaches traveling and doing business in North Carolina, (4) the equity of regulations governing North Carolina-registered motorcoaches traveling in other states and out-of-state registered motorcoaches traveling in North Carolina, (5) whether North Carolina may enter into reciprocity agreements with other states to exempt North Carolina-registered motorcoaches traveling out-of-state, (6) whether any legislative change is needed to ensure North Carolina motorcoaches are not at a competitive disadvantage with those of other states, (7) other topics deemed relevant. The DMV will report its findings by December 1, 2018, to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee and the Joint Legislative Committee on Justice and Public Safety.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | STUDY |
H 1010 (2017-2018) BUILD NC BOND ACT. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO ENACT THE BUILD NC BOND ACT OF 2018.
Amends GS 142-82 to add new subsections (2a), (2b), and (2c), defining terms related to the issuance of Build NC Bonds (bonds), a special indebtedness issued to finance Build NC Projects. Defines a Build NC Project as a capital facility selected for financing using Build NC Bonds. Directs that 2% to 50% of the proceeds from the bonds will be used for Division Need Projects in accordance with GS Chapter 136, Article 14B (defining Division Needs Projects). The remainder of the proceeds are to be used for Regional Impact Projects as defined by GS Chapter 136, Article 14B.
Amends GS Chapter 142, Article 9, State Capital Facilities Finance Act, to enact new GS 142-97. Designates the Highway Trust Fund as the source of repayment for Build NC Bonds. Directs that the State Treasurer may not issue Build NC Bonds unless the State Treasurer recommends issuing them, and the State Treasurer determines that the following requirements have been met: (1) the Department of Transportation’s average combined month-end cash balance for the first three months of the calendar year prior to the date of termination is equal to or less than 20% of the total expenditures from the Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund for the most recent complete fiscal year; (2) the total amount of Build NC Bonds outstanding after issuance will not cause the recommended transportation debt target to be exceeded; and (3) at least six months prior to the expected date of the issuance, the Department of Transportation consulted with the State Treasurer, the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee, and the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
Directs that the total amount of special indebtedness resulting from the sale of the bonds does not exceed $3 billion. Limits each individual issuance of the bonds to $300 million (NOTE: summary has been corrected from $3 million) each fiscal year. Forbids the Department of Transportation from using proceeds from the bonds for a non-highway project or a project using tolling.
Amends GS 142-89(a) (defining limits of bonds and notes) to require that the maturity date for Build NC Bonds may not exceed 15 years.
Directs the State Treasurer, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to implement a debt management policy for Build NC Bonds. Requires the Treasurer to report, by July 1, 2019, to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on the plan.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | GS 142 |
H 1011 (2017-2018) DOT PROPERTY SALE PROCEEDS/HIGHWAY FUND. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT NET PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND OR FACILITIES PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND ARE TO BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
Amends GS 146-30(c) to require that the net proceeds from the sale of land or facilities purchased with funds from the State Highway Fund be deposited into the State Highway Fund. Currently these proceeds are deposited into the General Fund.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | GS 146 |
H 1012 (2017-2018) DOT/PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD PILOT PROJECT. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROJECT TO AWARD TRANSPORTATION PROJECT CONTRACTS ON A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER-GENERAL CONTRACTOR BASIS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
Section 1
Defines construction manager-general contractor as a project delivery method that allows the use of a construction manager during the design process to provide input on the design. During the design phase, the construction manager provides advice on constructability review, scheduling, pricing, and phasing to assist in designing a more efficient and well-designed project. The construction manager may then act as the general contractor and construct the project if the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the construction manager-general contractor agree on the maximum price for construction.
Section 2
Allows the DOT to establish a pilot project to award contracts for up to five construction projects on a construction manager-general contractor basis. Contracts may only be awarded under the pilot project if (1) the cost of the project is under $100 million, (2) the DOT determines that using the pilot project is in the public interest, (3) the DOT prequalifies the contractor, (4) the DOT complies with the pre-award reporting requirement, and (5) the DOT has established guidelines as required in this act.
Section 3
Requires the DOT to submit a pre-award report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee (JLTOC) prior to awarding a pilot project contract. The report must include the nature and scope of the project, and the reasons that using the pilot project is in the public interest. Upon completion of a project the DOT must submit a post-completion report to the JLTOC detailing the results of the project, including any cost and time efficiencies achieved as a result of using the pilot project.
Section 4
The DOT must develop guidelines for the awarding of contracts under this act.
Section 5
Act expires on submission of the final post-completion report.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | STUDY |
H 1013 (2017-2018) AIRPORT PROP. PURCHASE/NCEPA WAIVER. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO WAIVE THE NORTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT (NCEPA) ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS FOR ACQUISITIONS OF PROPERTY FOR FUTURE AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
Section 1
Prohibits Department of Transportation (DOT) from requiring environmental documentation under the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act from any airport meeting all of these requirements: (1) the airport is acquiring 40 acres or less of property for future development; (2) the airport is located in a county with a population of more than 900,000 people; and (3) the airport serves more than 20 million passengers annually.
Section 2
The DOT may adopt temporary rules to implement the provisions of this act until permanent rules are implemented.
Section 3
Effective when the act becomes law, and expires July 1, 2020.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | UNCODIFIED |
H 1014 (2017-2018) UNANTICIPATED BRIDGE/ROAD CLOSURE/WAIVE BIDS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACTS WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH BIDDING REQUIREMENTS WHEN AN EMERGENCY EXISTS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND LONG TERM FUNDING SOLUTIONS.
Amends GS 136-28.1(e) to clarify the definition of an “emergency” under which the Department of Transportation may enter into contracts without complying with bidding requirements. Emergency here is defined as an unanticipated bridge closure, road closure, or weight restriction that results in detours or deters the free movement of goods and services and requires an estimated expenditure of $10 million or less in costs.
| Intro. by Torbett, Iler, Presnell, Shepard. | GS 136 |
H 1016 (2017-2018) NET NEUTRALITY IN PROCUREMENT. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR PROCUREMENT OF BROADBAND SERVICES BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLES OF NET NEUTRALITY.
Amends GS Chapter 143B, Article 15, Part 4, adding new GS 143B-1363, forbidding any State agency from entering into a contract with a broadband Internet provider (provider) that engages in any of the following activities: (1) managing a broadband network to favor or prioritize certain Internet traffic in exchange for consideration from a third party or to benefit an affiliated entity; (2) blocking of lawful content, applications, services, or benign devices; (3) impeding or degrading lawful traffic for the purpose of discriminating or favoring certain content, applications, services, or benign devices; or (4) unreasonably interfering with or disadvantaging an end user's ability to select, access, and use the broadband service or lawful Internet content, applications, services, or devices of the end user's choice.
Allows a State agency to contract with a broadband provider engaging in the otherwise prohibited activity described above if the Secretary of the Department of Information Technology (Secretary) determines any of the following: (1) the provider is the only provider of broadband service to a particular geographic location relevant to the contract; (2) the provider engages in the activity described above for reasonable network management, which is defined as technically necessary, without intent to impact other business processes, and narrowly tailored to achieve a legitimate network management purpose; (3) the provider is blocking or interfering with traffic to address copyright infringement or other unlawful activity, or to assist with emergency communications, law enforcement, or public safety matters; or (4) significant public benefit results from the provider managing a network to favor certain traffic in exchange for consideration, and doing so does not inhibit the openness of the broadband service.
Directs broadband providers contracting with a State agency to disclose all information regarding the network management practices and other relevant characteristics sufficient for the Secretary to verify compliance with this statute. This statute applies to broadband service provided for fixed or mobile access. The Secretary may exempt all or a portion of a State agency from any of the restrictions contained in this statute upon request by that agency.
Amends GS 143B-1350(c) (procurement of information technology), adding new subsection (10), requiring that the Department of Information Technology (Department) enforce GS 143B-1363.
Amends GS 143B-1351(b) (restrictions on State agency contractual authority with regard to information technology), allowing the Secretary to certify vendor compliance with the requirements of GS 143B-1363 at the request of a local government entity.
Directs the Department to establish a telephone number and an online reporting mechanism for the public to report suspected violations of the principles of net neutrality in State information technology procurement.
Appropriates $150,000 in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department for the 2018-19 fiscal year for the Department to establish one new full-time equivalent position within the Broadband Infrastructure Office to assist in administering the provisions of this Act. This section is effective July 1, 2018.
The remainder of this bill is effective January 1, 2019, and applies to contracts entered into or renewed on or after that date.
H 1019 (2017-2018) FALLEN WILDLIFE OFFICERS MEMORIAL LICENSE. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE FALLEN WILDLIFE OFFICERS MEMORIAL LIFETIME SPORTSMAN LICENSE, ALSO KNOWN AS THE JOHN OLIVER EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIFETIME SPORTSMAN LICENSE, FOR SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS OF WILDLIFE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
Includes several whereas clauses naming 11 wildlife officers who lost their life in the line of duty, stating the protections the NC Constitution provides concerning natural resource conservation, and acknowledging the history of public service of the Wildlife Resources Commission.
Sections 1-3
Amends GS 113-270.1D, establishing a Fallen Wildlife Officers Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License (Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License) to be issued by the Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) free of charge to a surviving spouse, child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of a wildlife enforcement officer killed in the line of duty. Provides that this license is also to be known as the John Oliver Edwards Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License.
Amends GS 113-270.3, exempting persons who have obtained a Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License from having to obtain a nonresident bear hunting license or paying for a bear management stamp.
Amends GS 113-272.3, requiring each application for a Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License to be accompanied by proof of relationship to the fallen wildlife officer of the individual to be named as the licensee, satisfactory to the Commission. Prohibits charging the administrative fee for a personalized Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License.
Effective July 1, 2019.
Section 4
Authorizes the Commission to adopt rules to implement the act.
Section 5
Appropriates $5,000 in nonrecurring funds to the Commission for the 2018-19 fiscal year to design and develop the Memorial Lifetime Sportsman License and to implement the act.
Section 6
Adds that the provisions of GS 143C-5-2 (concerning the order of appropriations bills) do not apply to the act
H 1021 (2017-2018) PEOPLE FIRST LANGUAGE 2018. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO UPDATE THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA WITH PEOPLE FIRST LANGUAGE BY CHANGING THE PHRASE "MENTAL RETARDATION" TO "INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY" IN CERTAIN SECTIONS AND TO MAKE OTHER PEOPLE FIRST LANGUAGE AMENDMENTS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS IN THOSE SECTIONS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.
Amends GS 1-301.2, GS 35A-1101, GS 35A-1202, GS 35A-1241, GS 35A-1245, GS 90-275, and GS 7B-111 by changing the the phrase "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" and making additional clarifying changes. Effective October 1, 2018, and applies to proceedings commenced on or after that date.
Amends GS 8C-1 (Rule 616) and GS 15A-1225.2 by changing the the phrase "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability" and making additional clarifying changes. Effective December 1, 2018, and applies to hearings or trials commenced on or after that date.
Amends GS 14-27.20, GS 14-27.22, GS 14-27.27, GS 14-27.33, GS 14-205.1, GS 14-205.2, GS 14-205.3, GS 14-208.6, GS 15-144.1, GS 15-144.2, GS 15A-290, GS 115C-270.35, GS 14-32.1, GS 15A-266.3A, and GS 15A-266.4 by changing the phrase "mental retardation" to "intellectual disability," referring to disabilities that individuals have instead of referring to individuals as disabled, replacing "handicapped person" with "an individual with a disability," and making additional clarifying changes. Makes language gender-neutral. Makes additional technical and organizational changes. Effective December 1, 2018, and applies to hearings or trials commenced on or after that date.
Amends GS 15A-2000, by replacing "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability," making language gender-neutral and making additional clarifying changes. Effective December 1, 2018, and applies to hearings or trials commenced on or after that date.
Amends GS 58-32-10, GS 62-289.3, GS 143B-152.14, and GS 153A-247 by replacing the term "mental retardation" with "developmental disabilities." Makes language gender-neutral. Makes additional clarifying changes.
Amends GS 58-51-25, GS 58-51-35, GS 58-51-40, GS 58-65-2, GS 58-65-65, and GS 58-67-171 by replacing the term "mental retardation or physical handicap" with "intellectual or physical disability." Makes language gender-neutral and makes additional technical and clarifying changes.
Amends GS 110-20.1 by replacing the term "mentally ill or mentally retarded" with "having a mental illness or intellectual disability." Makes additional clarifying and technical changes. Effective December 1, 2018, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
Amends GS 115C-106.3 to replace the term "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" and make additional clarifying, technical, and organizational changes.
Amends GS 130A-399 and GS 130A-415 by referring to disabilities that individuals have instead of referring to individuals as disabled and to make other clarifying changes.
Amends GS 143-282, GS 159-40, GS 168-21, and GS 168A-3 by referring to disabilities that individuals have instead of referring to individuals as disabled and replacing "feebleminded" and "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability." Makes additional clarifying and organizational changes.
H 1022 (2017-2018) COLLABORATIVE LAW. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO ENACT THE UNIFORM COLLABORATIVE LAW ACT, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.
Enacts Article 53 to GS Chapter 1, titled the Uniform Collaborative Law Act.
Sets out defined terms for the Article. Establishes that the Article applies to a collaborative law participation agreement that meets the specified requirements, described below, signed on or after the effective date of the act. Adds that the Article does not apply to any claim or proceeding arising under GS Chapters 35A (Incompetency and Guardianship), 35B (Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act), or 50 (Divorce And Alimony). Prohibits minors, unborn individuals, and incompetent individuals from being parties to a collaborative law process.
Establishes the requirements for a collaborative law participation agreement (agreement) as follows. The agreement must (1) be in a record; (2) be signed by the parties and their collaborative lawyers; (3) state the parties' intentions to resolve a collaborative matter through the collaborative law process of the Article; (4) describe the nature and scope of the collaborative matter; (5) identify the collaborative lawyer who represents each party; (6) contain a statement by each collaborative lawyer confirming the collaborative lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative law process; (7) state that the collaborative lawyers are disqualified from representing their respective parties in a proceeding before a tribunal related to the collaborative matter, except as provided; and (8) provide an address for each party where any notice required by the Article may be sent. Permits parties to agree to include additional provisions that are not inconsistent with the Article in an agreement.
Establishes that participation in a collaborative law process is voluntary and prohibits a tribunal from ordering a person to participate over that person's objection. Establishes that the process begins when the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement, and concludes upon (1) resolution of a collaborative matter, evidenced by a signed record; (2) resolution of part of a collaborative matter, evidenced by a signed record, in which the parties agree the remaining parts will not be resolved in the process; or (3) termination of the process. Termination occurs when (1) a party or collaborative lawyer gives notice to all other parties in a record that the process is ended; (2) a party begins a proceeding related to the collaborative matter without the agreement of all parties, except as provided, or in a pending related proceeding, a party initiates a pleading, motion, order to show cause, or request for a conference with a tribunal without the agreement of all parties or requests that the proceeding be put on the tribunal's active calendar; or (3) a party discharges a collaborative lawyer or a collaborative lawyer withdraws from further representation of a party. Requires a party's collaborative lawyer to give prompt notice to all record parties of a discharge or withdrawal. Permits a party to terminate a process with or without cause. Provides for the continuance of a process after the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer, as specified. Specifies that a process does not conclude if a party requests a tribunal to approve a resolution of all or part of the collaborative matter and all parties consent, as evidenced by a signed record. Adds that an agreement can provide additional methods to conclude the process. Further provides that an agreement tolls all legal time periods applicable to legal rights and issues under law, including statutes of limitations, statutes of repose, filing deadlines, and other time limitations, between the parties from the time the parties sign an agreement until termination. Establishes that the tolling period terminates 30 days after receipt by the last party to receive the notice of an intent to terminate the tolling period.
Requires parties in a pending proceeding to file notice of the agreement with tribunal in which a proceeding is pending after it is signed, which operates as a stay of the proceeding, as well as a notice when the process concludes, which operates to lift the stay. Permits the tribunal to require a status report on the process and proceedings as described. Prohibits a status report from including, and a tribunal from considering, a report, assessment, evaluation, recommendation, finding, or other communication regarding the collaborative law process or matter. Directs a tribunal to provide notice and a hearing opportunity before dismissing a proceeding in which a notice of collaborative process is filed based on delay or failure to prosecute.
Authorizes a tribunal to issue emergency orders during the collaborative process for that or an already pending proceeding to protect the health, safety, welfare, or interest of a party or otherwise preserve the status quo.
Authorizes a tribunal to approve an agreement resulting from a collaborative law process.
Provides for disqualifications of collaborative lawyers and associated lawyers regarding appearing in related matters, and includes lawyers representing a party with or without fee. Provides for associated disqualified lawyers to represent a party without fee in a related matter if certain requirements are met. Provides for the representation of a governmental entity by an associated lawyer in the same or related matter if certain requirements are met.
Details disclosure requirements during the collaborative law process. Allows parties to define the scope and terms of disclosure during the process.
Clarifies that the Article does not affect professional responsibility standards to lawyers or other licensed professionals.
Details the responsibility of a prospective collaborative lawyer regarding informed consent of a prospective party before signing a collaborative law participation agreement.
Establishes that no person incurs liability for their decision to participate in the process or not.
Makes all collaborative law communication confidential to anyone other than the parties, a party's collaborative lawyer, or a nonparty (with consent of all parties signed in a record), or as provided by other state law.
Establishes that a collaborative law communication is privileged, not subject to discovery, and not admissible in evidence. Specifies that evidence or information that is otherwise admissible or subject to discovery does not become admissible or protected from discovery solely because of its disclosure or use in a collaborative law process. Provides for waiver and preclusion of privilege, as described. Also sets out limitations of privilege, establishing there is no privilege for communications that are public records, threats, or statements of a plan to inflict bodily injury or commit a crime of violence; intentionally used to plan, commit, or attempt to commit a crime or conceal an ongoing crime or criminal activity, or part of an agreement resulting from the collaborative law process evidenced by a record signed by all parties. Further provides that privilege does not apply for proof in professional misconduct or malpractice complaints, when evidence is not otherwise available in the prosecution of a felony or for contract disputes arising out of a collaborative law process, or if the parties agree in advance that all or part of the process is not privileged.
Authorizes a tribunal to find that parties intended to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement, even if the requirements of the Article are not met, if there is a signed record of that intention and the parties reasonably believed they were participating in a collaborative law process, whereby the tribunal can enforce the agreement, apply the disqualification provisions of the Article, and apply privileges of the Article.
Clarifies that the Article does not prohibit parties from mutually agreeing to alternative forms of dispute resolution.
Encourages the promotion of uniformity of the law in applying and construing the act.
Provides that the Article modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global National Commerce Act, but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act, or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices set out in Section 103(b) of that Act.
Includes a severability clause.
Directs the Revisor of Statutes to print all relevant portions of the Official Comments to the Uniform Collaborative Law Act and all explanatory comments of the drafter of this act as deemed appropriate.
Effective October 1, 2018.
| Intro. by Davis. | GS 1 |
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PUBLIC/SENATE BILLS
S 719 (2017-2018) JACOB FORK STATE NATURAL AREA AUTHORIZATION (NEW). Filed May 17 2018, AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITION OF JACOB FORK STATE NATURAL AREA IN CATAWBA COUNTY TO THE STATE PARKS SYSTEM.
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Authorizes the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to add Jacob Fork Natural Area in Catawba County (previously, referred to as Bakers Mountain) to the State Parks System. Makes conforming changes to the act and the act's long and short titles.
Adds new language exempting the act from the provisions of GS 143C-5-2 regarding order of appropriations bills.
| Intro. by Wells. | APPROP |
S 744 (2017-2018) DOT/DMV LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE TRANSPORTATION LAWS OF THE STATE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
Amends GS 136-19.6 to allow the Department of Transportation (DOT) to prepare a Right-of-Way Claim Report instead of an appraisal of the value of the land when the DOT estimates that the land to be acquired has a value of $40,000 or less. The owner of the land to be acquired may request that the DOT provide an appraisal for any right-of-way claim of $10,000 or more. The DOT may contract with a qualified third party to prepare a Right-of-Way Claim Report so long as the third party has a sufficient understanding of the real estate market. Makes additional clarifying changes.
Amends GS 93E-1-3 to include a person who prepares a Right-of-Way Claim Report pursuant to GS 136-19.6 in those who are not required to have a registration, license, or certificate. Makes other clarifying changes.
Amends GS 136-18.05 (establishing a DOT report program) to require the DOT to post its monthly report on the Department’s performance dashboard website (currently report is provided to four separate committees). DOT must institute annual tracking to monitor pricing variances of transportation goods used in highway maintenance and construction projects (currently DOT must institute quarterly tracking).
Repeals GS 136-12.1 (providing for a biennial report on off-premise sign regulatory program).
Amends GS 136-12.3 to require the DOT to provide a report on outsourcing and project delivery annually (currently report is required bi-annually). Reports are required by March 1 of each year.
Repeals GS 136-44.4 (providing for an annual construction program and related reporting).
Amends GS 136-12(a) to require that the annual highway and maintenance report be made to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee March 1 of each year. The report must detail how the previous fiscal year’s funds for maintenance and construction of highways were allocated and expended. The report must include expenditures of State and Federal funds and must be in sufficient detail that the county can be identified. (Previously required report prior to each regular session of the General Assembly).
Amends GS 18B-108 to allow for the sale of alcoholic beverages on passenger-only ferries. Malt beverages, unfortified wine, and fortified wine may be sold and delivered by any licensed retailer to an agent of the DOT for sale on passenger-only ferries (previously allowed for sale of alcoholic beverages on trains only).
Amends GS 20-302 to require the Commissioner to make dealer manuals containing rules and regulations available on the DOT website 30 days prior to the effective date of such rules and regulations (previously required the Commissioner to mail a copy of the dealer manual to each motor vehicle dealer licensee).
Amends GS 20-37.13 to add new subsection (c3) allowing the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to waive the knowledge and skills test for qualified military applicants when the applicant has a military license to operate a vehicle of representative class and endorsements. The applicant must provide evidence that: (1) the applicant is a current or former member of an active or reserve component of the Armed Forces and holds a military vehicle license eligible for waiver as allowed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, (2) the applicant is or was regularly employed in a military position requiring operation of a vehicle representative of the license being sought, and (3) the applicant meets the qualifications listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (c1) of this section (requiring that the applicant has not, in the two years preceding the date of the application, had their license suspended or had any criminal convictions for motor vehicle offenses). Effective October 1, 2018.
Amends GS 20-7(e) to allow for release of a certificate signed by a medical authority regarding a driver’s ability to drive despite a disability or disease subject to GS 20-9(g)(4)h (making records and evidence collected by the DMV confidential and available to the public only upon court order).
Amends GS 20-9(g)(4)h to allow the DMV to release otherwise confidential records and evidence pertaining to drivers to any other state or federal government agency for the purposes of determining an individual’s ability to safely operate a commercial vehicle.
Amends GS 20-27.13A(a) to make conforming changes.
Effective July 1, 2018, unless otherwise provided.
S 745 (2017-2018) FULLY FUND SCHOOL COUNSELORS & PSYCHOLOGISTS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO FULLY FUND SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS OVER THREE YEARS.
Enacts GS 115C-316.2, making the following appropriations from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction to be allocated to local school administrative units to increase positions for school counselor, and psychologists to meet the following statewide ratios of personnel to students.
- For the 2018-19 fiscal year, appropriates $87.3 million for statewide ratios of one counselor to 322 students and one psychologist for 1,234 students.
- For the 2019-20 fiscal year, appropriates $174.7 million for statewide ratios of one counselor to 282 students and one psychologist to 895 students.
- For the 2020-21 fiscal year and each subsequent fiscal year, appropriates $262 million for statewide ratios of 1 counselor to 250 students and one psychologist to 700 students.
Directs the Director of the Budget to include the above appropriated amounts for each fiscal year in the instructional support allotment for DPI when developing the base budget. Adds that school counselors hired from funds provided pursuant to new GS 115C-316.2(a) have a first responsibility to provide preventative and responsive services as set out in GS 115C-316.1(3), including mental health counseling.
Makes conforming change to GS 115C-316.1(3), adding providing preventative services to the duties of school counselors.
Effective July 1, 2018.
S 747 (2017-2018) FUNDS FOR SMART START HEALTHY DEV. INITIATIVE. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN, INC., FOR AN INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE YOUNG CHILDREN'S HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT.
Includes whereas clauses regarding healthy development in children and programs administered by the North Carolina Partnership for Children Inc. (Partnership, also known as Smart Start) through local partnerships.
Appropriates $10 million from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education, for the 2018-19 fiscal year to be allocated to the Partnership. Directs that the funds be used for (1) evidence-based parent education programs that give parents tools to increase their knowledge of early childhood development and positive parenting practices and (2) evidence-based home visiting programs that help parents by providing education, information, and resources. Permits the Partnership to use up to 2% of the funds for statewide program management and evaluation.
Specifies that the funds appropriated by the act are not subject to administrative cost requirements under Section 11B.8(b) of SL 2017-57 (Section in the Appropriations Act of 2017 concerning Smart Start initiatives), child care services funding requirements under GS 143B-168.15(b), child care subsidy expansion requirements under GS 143B-168.75(g), or the match requirements under Section 11B.8(d) of SL 2017-57 (concerning Smart Start initiatives).
Directs the Partnership to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on the healthy development initiative by March 1, 2019, including reporting preliminary outcomes.
Effective July 1, 2018.
| Intro. by Krawiec. | APPROP |
S 748 (2017-2018) PSYCHOLOGY INTERJDTL. COMPACT (PSYPACT). Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT (PSYPACT), AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
Includes whereas clauses.
Recodifies Article 18A (Psychology Practice Act) of GS Chapter 90 as Article 18G.
Enacts new Article 18H, Psychology Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact, in GS Chapter 90. Sets out six purposes and objectives of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Licensure Compact (Compact), including increasing public access to professional psychological services by allowing telepsychological practice across state lines and temporary in-person, face-to-face services into a state in which the psychologist is not licensed to practice and enhancing the states’ ability to protect public health and safety. Defines terms that are used in the Article, including telepsychology, which is defined as the provision of psychological services using telecommunication technologies.
Specifies that the home state is a compact state where a psychologist is licensed to practice psychology. Allows a psychologist to hold one or more compact state licenses at a time and allows a compact state to require a psychologist not previously licensed in a compact state to obtain and retain a license to practice in the compact state under circumstances not allowed by the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology under the terms of the Compact. Also allows a compact state to require a psychologist to obtain and retain a license to be authorized to practice in a compact state under circumstances not authorized by Temporary Authorization to Practice under the Compact terms. Temporary Authorization to Practice is a licensed psychologist’s authority to conduct temporary in-person, face-to-face practice, within the limits authorized under the Compact, in another compact state. Temporary in-person, face-to-face practice is where a psychologist is physically present (not through the use of telecommunications technologies), in the distant state to provide for the practice of psychology for 30 days within a calendar year and based on notification to the distant state. Sets out five conditions that must be met in order for a home state’s license to authorize a psychologist to practice in a receiving state (defined as a compact state where the client/patient is physically located when the telepsychological services are delivered), including that the compact state has a mechanism in place for receiving and investigating complaints about licensed individuals and the compact state complies with the bylaws and rules of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission (Commission). Sets out five similar conditions that must be met in order for a home state’s license to grant Temporary Authorization to Practice to a psychologist in a distant state.
Establishes requirements that psychologists licensed to practice in a compact state must meet in order to exercise the Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (defined as a licensed psychologist’s authority to practice telepsychology, within the limits authorized under the Compact, in another compact state), including holding a graduate degree in psychology that meets specified criteria, possessing a current, full, and unrestricted license to practice in a home state that is also a compact state, and having no criminal record history reported on an identity history summary that violates Commission rules. Provides that the home state maintains authority over the license of any psychologist practicing into a receiving state and makes a psychologist practicing into a receiving state subject to the receiving state’s scope of practice. Prohibits a psychologist from practicing telepsychology in a compact state if the psychologist’s license is restricted, suspended, or otherwise limited.
Establishes requirements that psychologists licensed to practice in a Compact State must meet in order to exercise the Temporary Authorization to Practice, including holding a graduate degree in psychology that meets specified criteria; possessing a current, full, and unrestricted license to practice in a home state that is also a compact state; and having no criminal record history that violates Commission rules. Requires a psychologist practicing into a distant state under the Temporary Authorization to Practice to practice within the scope of practice authorized by the distant state; psychologists practicing into a distant state are subject to the distant state’s authority and law. Prohibits a psychologist from practicing telepsychology in a compact state if the psychologist’s license is restricted, suspended, or otherwise limited.
Allows a psychologist to practice in a receiving state only in the performance of the scope of practice for psychology as assigned by the appropriate state psychology regulatory authority and under the following circumstances: (1) the psychologist initiates a client/patient contact in a home state via telecommunications technologies with a client/patient in a Receiving State or (2) other conditions regarding telepsychology as determined by Commission rules.
Sets out conditions under which a home state or receiving state may take adverse action against a psychologist and the procedures that are to be followed.
Sets out additional authority granted to a compact state’s psychology regulatory authority, including issuing cease and desist and/or injunctive relief orders to revoke a psychologist’s Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology and/or Temporary Authorization to Practice.
Requires the Commission to develop and maintain a coordinated licensure information system (coordinated database) and reporting system that contains licensure and disciplinary action information on all psychologists to whom the Compact is applicable. Sets out information that compact state must provide to the coordinated database. Sets out additional procedures for not sharing designated information and expunging information in the coordinated database.
Provides for the creation of a joint public agency by the compact states to be known as the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Commission (Commission). Sets out requirements for Commission membership, voting, and meetings, which are to occur at least once during each calendar year. Requires the Commission to prescribe bylaws and/or rules to govern its conduct. Establishes the Commission’s 14 powers, including bringing and prosecuting legal proceedings or actions in the name of the Commission; borrowing, accepting, or contracting for services of personnel; disposing of any property; and establishing a budget and making expenditures. Sets out requirements for the Executive Board, made up of six elected officers. Sets out provisions governing the financing of the Commission. Provides for qualified immunity, defense, and indemnification of Commission members, officers, executive director, employees and representatives.
Establishes criteria that must be met and procedures that must be followed when the Commission exercises its rule-making powers. Provides that if a majority of the legislatures of the compact states reject a rule by enactment of a statute or resolution in the same manner used to adopt the Compact, then the rule has no further force and effect in any compact state. Includes situations when public hearing requirements must be met before a rule or amendment is adopted. Sets out conditions for adoption of emergency rules.
Requires the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in each compact state to enforce the Compact and gives the Compact’s provisions and rules standing as statutory law. Sets out actions that are taken when a compact state has defaulted in the performance of its obligations or responsibilities, including termination of membership only after all other means of securing compliance have been exhausted. Provides for dispute resolution upon request by a compact state. Requires the Commission to enforce Compact provisions and rules and sets out further enforcement requirements.
Provides that the Compact comes into effect on the date on which the Compact is enacted into law in the seventh compact state. Any state that joins after the initial adoption of the rules will be subject to the rules as they exist on the date on which the Compact becomes law in that state. Sets out provisions governing withdrawing from the Compact. Allows the Compact to be amended by the compact states.
Effective when at least seven states have enacted the Compact. Requires the North Carolina Psychology Board to report to the Revisor of Statutes when the Compact has been enacted by the seven member states.
| Intro. by Krawiec, Pate. | GS 90 |
S 750 (2017-2018) HEALTH-LOCAL COFINEMENT/VET. CONTROLLED SUB (NEW). Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO ADDRESS HEALTH ISSUES IN LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES AND TO ENSURE THAT STATE PRISONS ARE FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE NC HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE KNOWN AS NC HEALTHCONNEX, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PERTAINING TO INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; TO AMEND THE NORTH CAROLINA CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AND THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES REPORTING SYSTEM PERTAINING TO THE PRACTICE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE; TO REQUIRE CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR VETERINARIANS ON ABUSE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; TO INCLUDE THE NORTH CAROLINA VETERINARY MEDICAL BOARD ON THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AND TO AMEND VARIOUS BUDGET
PROVISIONS.
Amends GS 153A-225 to provide that if a person in the custody of a local confinement facility dies, the medical examiner and the coroner must be notified immediately, regardless of the physical location of the prisoner at the time of death.
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to study how to improve prisoner health screening with the goal of improving the determination that a prisoner in a local confinement facility has been prescribed life-saving medication and a process to ensure timely administration of those medications. Requires DHHS to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services on or before November 1, 2018.
Requires DHHS and the Government Data Analytics Center to collaborate with local government and local law enforcement organizations to explore participating in the North Carolina Health Information Exchange Network (HIE Network) to facilitate electronic transmission of health information for prisoners in the custody of local confinement facilities. Also requires the Department of Public Safety, DHHS, and the Government Data Analytics Center to work together to ensure that the State’s prison facilities are full participants in the HIE Network. Requires an interim report on or before October 1, 2018, to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee and a final report on or before October 1, 2019, on the these required actions.
S 754 (2017-2018) ECU BRODY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FUNDS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO DEVELOP PLANS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW MEDICAL EDUCATION BUILDING AT THE BRODY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.
Appropriates $14.3 million for 2018-19 from the General Fund to the UNC Board of Governors to be allocated to East Carolina University to develop plans for the construction of a new medical education building at the Brody School of Medicine. Effective July 1, 2018.
| Intro. by D. Davis, Pate. | APPROP |
S 755 (2017-2018) VOTER FREEDOM ACT. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT REGARDING THE REQUIRED PROOF SUFFICIENT TO CHALLENGE A PERSON'S ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE.
Includes several whereas clauses.
Amends GS 163A-911, setting out the procedure to challenge the right of any person to register, remain registered, or vote other than on the day of a primary, general, or special election, to establish that any registered voter of the precinct can challenge the voting rights of any person in the same precinct in accordance with the statute (currently, refers to the county instead of precinct).
Under current law, presenting a returned first-class letter from the address listed on a person's voter registration card is prima facie evidence that the voter no longer resides in the precinct. Establishes that evidence of a returned mailing, on its own and absent affirmative proof, is not sufficient to sustain the burden of proof required under GS 163A-918 in either a preliminary hearing under GS 163A-911(d) or a challenge hearing under GS 163A-912.
Prohibits sustaining a challenge on the basis of a change in residency except by (1) written confirmation of the registrant of a change that renders the registrant ineligible to vote in the county, (2) notification from another county or state that the registrant has registered to vote in that county or state, or (3) exhaustion of the notice provisions required by the National Voter Registration Act.
Amends GS 163A-912 (hearing on challenge), requiring the board of elections to mail written notice of the challenge to the challenged voter at least 20 days prior to the scheduled hearing, (was, 10 day's notice was required). Amends the standard under which a challenge is sustained. If the challenged registrant refuses to take the oath, or submit an affidavit as required by subsection (d), the challenge will be sustained only if the board determines from the evidence at the hearing that the challenged registrant received actual notice of the challenge and the hearing. If there is no such determination, the board will review the registration of the voter for inclusion in the list maintenance processes under GS 163A-877. Previously, the law did not require any showing that the challenged registrant received notice. Includes clarifying change.
Amends GS 163-918 (burden of proof for challenges), removing option to challenge if the challenger merely suspects that a person may not be qualified to vote. The challenger must know or reasonably believe the person is not qualified to vote. Adds requirement that the challenger must demonstrate to the board of elections the basis upon which the challenger knows or reasonably believes the person is not qualified and not entitled to vote. The evidence allowed under GS 163A-911(e) (that the voter did not respond to mailing to address listed on registration card) is not sufficient, on its own, to constitute the demonstrated knowledge and belief of a person's qualifications to vote as required by this subsection. Adds subsection (c), forbidding the release of the name of an individual whose right to vote is being challenged until the challenger demonstrates to the board of elections the burden of proof required to establish the likelihood the challenge will be sustained. Until the burden of proof is met, the person's name is not public record.
Applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law.
| Intro. by Clark, Woodard, Van Duyn. | GS 163A |
S 756 (2017-2018) SCHOOL SECURITY ACT OF 2018. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO CREATE THE POSITION OF TEACHER RESOURCE OFFICER, TO PERMIT LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION FOR CANDIDATE TEACHER RESOURCE OFFICERS, TO ESTABLISH THE TEACHER RESOURCE OFFICER GRANT PROGRAM, TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL PAY TO TEACHER RESOURCE OFFICERS, TO ENCOURAGE PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO COORDINATE WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES TO ADOPT SCHOOL RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS, TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND VOLUNTEERS AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS MAY CARRY CERTAIN WEAPONS ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY WHEN AUTHORIZED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO HAS A CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT MAY CARRY CERTAIN WEAPONS ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY THAT IS THE LOCATION OF BOTH A SCHOOL AND A PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP WHEN THE PERSON IS ATTENDING WORSHIP SERVICES AND OTHER SACERDOTAL FUNCTIONS AT THE PLACE OF RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AS LONG AS STUDENTS ARE NOT ATTENDING CLASS.
Enacts GS 115C-105.50, providing for the state to support the efforts of teachers to protect the school community by paying a significant salary differential to selected teachers who complete Basic Law Enforcement Training and become sworn law enforcement officers certified under GS Chapter 17C (by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education And Training Standards Commission) or Chapter 17E (by the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission), referred to as teacher resource officers. Defines teacher resource officer to mean a person who (1) is certified to teach in North Carolina, (2) is a state-paid employee of a public education entity, (3) is paid on the teacher salary schedule, (4) is a sworn law enforcement officer certified under either GS Chapter 17C or GS Chapter 17E, (5) was selected by the employing public education entity, and (6) has not received a notice of elimination pursuant to subsection (m) in the past 30 or more days. Sets forth other defined terms applicable to the new statute.
Provides for the process for selecting prospective teacher resource officers whereby a teacher can apply with his or her employing public education entity and the entity determines, in consultation with a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction, whether the prospective teacher resource officer qualifies to pursue certification under either GS Chapter 17C or Chapter 17E. Requires candidate teacher resource officers to pursue certification as a sworn law enforcement officer by applying with the appropriate city or county police department or sheriff's office, or if either decline to pursue certification for the candidate, the employing public education entity must pursue certification as specified. Requires the employing public education entity to administer and file the oath of office to the candidate following certification as described. Establishes that the teacher resource officer's certification records and oath are not public record.
Details the powers of a teacher resource officer while in the performance of his or her duties to be the same as municipal and county police officers to make arrests for felonies and misdemeanors, and to charge for infractions on: real property owned by or in the possession and control of the employing public education entity; any portion of any public road or highway passing through the real property owned by or in the possession of the employing public education entity or immediately adjoining it; and any other real property while in continuous and immediate pursuit of a person for an offense committed upon the property owned, possessed by or adjoining property owned or possessed by the employing public education entity. Requires teacher resource officers to apply standards established by state and federal law in the exercise of these powers.
Authorizes the employing public education entity to enter into joint agreements with the governing board of any municipality or county, or any other public education entity, to extend the law enforcement authority of one or more teacher resource officers and determine the circumstances as to which extension can be granted. Before entering into a joint agreement with the governing board of another county, also requires that the employing public education entity obtain the consent of the sheriff.
Prohibits a teacher resource officer from being required to wear a uniform or carrying a badge, photograph, or written documentation that identifies him or her as a teacher resource officer while on the employing public education entity's education property.
Requires the employing public education entity to consult with any entity that maintains the teacher resource officer's certification to determine on an individual basis the extent to which the teacher resource officer is required to carry a handgun in an open or concealed manner, and whether each individual teacher resource officer is required to carry a handgun on his or her person at all times or is permitted to sometimes stow the handgun in a locked gun safe.
Details the training required of a teacher resource officer, including all applicable in-service training required of a law enforcement officer, and active shooter training established by the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission or the NC Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission (Standards Commissions) at least once every five years.
Establishes that the identity, certification records, and oath of a teacher resource officer, and data and information of such, are confidential and not public records.
Provides for immunity for a teacher resource officer, the entity that maintains the teacher resource officer's certification, the employees of the entity who supervise the teacher resource officer as a law enforcement officer, or the public school system or its employees.
Specifies that a teacher resource officer is not a law enforcement officer within the meaning of Article 3 of GS Chapter 128 (retirement system for counties, cities, and towns); Articles 12, 12D, 12E, and 12F of GS Chapter 143 (retirement system, benefits, separation allowances and separate benefit insurance plan for state and local law enforcement officers); and GS Chapter 135 (retirement system, social security, and health plan for teachers and state employees).
Sets out a procedure for the elimination from duty in the event a teacher resource officer is not fulfilling his or her duties by providing 30 days' notice to the teacher resource officer before eliminating the duty and stopping payment, as described.
Amends GS 115C-325 and GS 115C-325.1 (setting out defined terms applicable to the employment of public school teachers) to add any reduction in salary that results from elimination of a special duty such as a teacher resource officer to the definition of demotion.
Amends GS 17C-6 and GS 17E-4, adding to the duties of both Standards Commissions the duty to establish active shooter training for teacher resource officers.
Amends GS 160A-288, concerning cooperation between law enforcement agencies, to provide that an employing public education entity as defined in new GS 115C-105.50 is considered the equivalent of a municipal police department for purposes of the statute.
Enacts GS 160A-288.5 and GS 162-27, providing respectively for the chief of police or sheriff to obtain certification of a candidate teacher resource officer to become a law enforcement officer or deputy sheriff, as appropriate, and subsequently direct and supervise the teacher resource officer when he or she is carrying out duties related to his or her role as a law enforcement officer or deputy sheriff. Includes oath of office requirements for each respective agency and reiterates that the oath is not public record.
Amends GS 17C-2, adding employing public education entities as defined in new GS 115C-105.50 to those included in the term criminal justice agencies as it is used in GS Chapter 17C (North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission). Makes technical change.
Amends GS 14-269, adding officers of employing public education entities when acting in the discharge of their official duties to those specifically exempt from the general prohibition against carrying concealed weapons when not on one's own premises.
Directs the Department of Public Instruction (Department) to establish the Teacher Resource Officer Grant Program (program). The purpose of the program is to support candidate teacher resource officers (candidates) who seek to increase school safety by becoming teacher resource officers. Any candidate is eligible to apply for grant funds under the program. Directs the Department of Public Instruction to select recipients for the funds first from applicants with at least two years of experience as either a law enforcement officer or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who was honorably discharged. If funds remain after selecting from these candidates, the Department will select applicants at its discretion, taking into consideration law enforcement and military experience and the importance of distributing grant funds throughout the State.
Directs the Department to establish criteria, guidelines, and required documentation for the grant application process for the upcoming school year by August 1, 2018. Applications will be accepted until November 1, 2018. Grant funds will be awarded to recipients by December 31, 2018. Directs the State to provide up to two weeks of additional paid leave to all candidates participating in the program. Candidates may take paid leave only with supervisor approval.
Grant funds are to cover the full costs of attending Basic Law Enforcement Training, including tuition, books, and uniforms. The Department will determine the amount of funds to be awarded to each eligible teacher based on the individual applications and supporting documentation.
Appropriates $4.77 million in nonrecurring funds for the 2018-19 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department to fund the grant program for up to 3,000 candidates. Sets the funded ratio of teacher resource officers to students per school at one resource officer per 500 students, not to exceed the total statewide funded cap of 3,000 resource officers. Upon meeting the criteria to become a resource officer, a teacher will submit to the Department a one-time application to receive a salary supplement each month of 5% of their monthly salary on the A salary schedule. The Department will provide these salary supplements on a first-come, first-served basis until the per school funded ratio or total statewide funded cap is reached.
Appropriates $4.35 million in recurring funds for the 2018-19 fiscal year from the General Fund to the Department to provide a 5% salary supplement to resource officers as provided above. The General Assembly intends to appropriate an additional $4.35 million in recurring funds for the 2019-20 fiscal year to continue to provide this 5% salary supplement.
The following provisions are effective December 1, 2018.
Amends GS 115C, Article 39, Parts 1 and 2, to add new GS 115C-548.5 and GS 115C-556.5, respectively. These sections encourage private church schools and schools of religious charter, and nonpublic schools, respectively, to adopt school risk management plans relating to incidents of school violence, in coordination with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies. Encourages these schools to provide schematic diagrams and keys to the main entrance of school facilities to local law enforcement agencies and place crisis kits in schools. Encourages private schools to hold a school-wide lockdown exercise as part of the risk management plan with local law enforcement and emergency management agencies at least once a year. Allows a private school board of trustees or administrative director to authorize a person with a concealed handgun permit to possess and carry a firearm, tear gas, or stun gun on school property. Encourages the school to coordinate with local law enforcement concerning the responsibilities of any person carrying such a weapon. Nonreligious private schools must obtain the consent of the local sheriff before authorizing a person to carry such a weapon on school property.
Amends GS 14-269.2 (forbidding weapons on school campuses), adding new subdivisions (a)(1c), defining a school board of trustees, and (a)(1d), defining a school administrative director. Amends GS 14-269.2(g) (exceptions to prohibition against carrying weapons on school campus) by adding subdivisions (8) and (9). Subdivision (8) exempts an employee or volunteer of a private school from the prohibition on carrying weapons on school campus who meets all of the following criteria: the person has written authorization from the school board of trustees or administrative director and the local sheriff to carry the weapon on school grounds; the weapon is a firearm, tear gas, or stun gun; the person has a concealed handgun permit; the person annually successfully completes eight hours of courses on or relating to gun safety, under the direct supervision of a certified National Rifle Association instructor or equivalent, in addition to the training required for a concealed handgun permit; the school adopts and maintains written standard operating procedures regarding the carrying of the weapons on school property and distributes them to parents of students on an annual basis; and the person is on the premises of the school. Subdivision (9) permits a person who has a concealed handgun permit and is attending a place of religious worship located on educational property when students are not attending class to carry the weapon while attending worship services, funerals, weddings, christenings, and any other religious functions at the place of religious worship. Includes any building that is regularly used and clearly identifiable as a place for religious worship. Includes going to and from the parking lot of the place of religious worship.
Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective July 1, 2018.
The Daily Bulletin: 2018-05-24
LOCAL/HOUSE BILLS
H 1015 (2017-2018) BLACK MOUNTAIN/MONTREAT CORPORATE LIMITS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT REMOVING CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FROM THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF BLACK MOUNTAIN AND ADDING CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY TO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF MONTREAT.
Removes specified properties from the corporate limits of the Town of Black Mountain. This act has no effect on the validity of any liens of the town of Black Mountain for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of this act, and such liens may be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of this act as though the property were still within the town's corporate limits. Effective June 30, 2018. Properties in the described territory as of January 1, 2018, are no longer subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed on taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2018.
Adds specified properties, including those removed from Black Mountain above, to the corporate limits of the Town of Montreat. Effective June 30, 2018. Properties in the described territory as of January 1, 2018, are subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2018.
| Intro. by Ager, Fisher. | Buncombe |
H 1017 (2017-2018) MOORE/STANLY COUNTY LOCAL SALES TAX USE RESTRICTION (NEW). Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO MODIFY THE QUARTER -CENT LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FOR MOORE AND STANLY COUNTIES.
Applicable to Moore County only, amends GS 105-537 to limit the use of the one-quarter of one percent local option sales tax to public school construction, repair, and renovations purposes. Adds to the ballot language such that tax on a purchase of $100 would be an extra 25 cents. Makes conforming changes to GS 105-538, and clarifies that the county is to use funds collected from local sales tax to supplement and not supplant or replace existing funds or other resources for public school construction.
| Intro. by Boles, McNeill. | Moore |
H 1018 (2017-2018) CARTERET COUNTY/REGULATE NAVIGABLE WATERS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT AUTHORIZING CARTERET COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTY TO REGULATE NAVIGABLE WATERS IN THEIR JURISDICTION AND TO REGULATE THE PLANTING AND REMOVAL OF TREES AND PLANTS.
Authorizes Carteret County and its municipalities to regulate: (1) the size and placement of piers, docks, boatlifts, piling, and floating platforms in the navigable waters within their respective jurisdictions in addition to their existing authority to regulate and permit these structures and devices under the Coastal Management Act of 1974; (2) the mooring of vessels in the navigable waters within their jurisdictions to ensure unobstructed navigation through these waters; (3) the speed of vessels in the navigable waters within their jurisdictions, excluding navigable sounds and other bodies of water where speed restrictions are already imposed, with speed restrictions imposed by a State agency for a particular body of water prevailing; (4) habitation on vessels in the navigable waters in their jurisdictions; (5) the planting, maintenance, removal, replacement, and preservation of trees and other plants on public or private property; and (6) the enforcement of ordinances adopted under this act pursuant to powers vested in counties, cities, and towns by GS 153A-123 and GS 160A-175.
Specifies that the act does not authorize Carteret County or its municipalities to regulate vessels or activities in the Intercoastal Waterway or the harbor, turning basin, or shipping channels serving the NC State Port at Morehead City. Clarifies that the authorities granted in this act are in addition to any other authority granted to Carteret County and its municipalities by general or local law.
| Intro. by McElraft. | Carteret |
H 1020 (2017-2018) LEE COUNTY DEER HUNTING. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO REGULATE DEER HUNTING IN LEE COUNTY.
Declares that the seasons for hunting deer in Lee County with archery equipment, blackpowder, and guns are the same as the seasons set by the Wildlife Resources Commission for the Eastern Region.
| Intro. by Sauls. | Lee |
The Daily Bulletin: 2018-05-24
LOCAL/SENATE BILLS
S 746 (2017-2018) EXPAND LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FOR EDUCATION. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO GIVE CABARRUS COUNTY GREATER FLEXIBILITY TO USE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX REVENUES FOR EDUCATION.
Applies only to Cabarrus County.
Enacts Article 43A, County Sales and Use Tax for Public Education, to GS Chapter 105 providing that the purpose of the Article is to give the counties of this State an opportunity to obtain an additional source of revenue with which to meet their public education needs.
Authorizes counties to levy a local sales and use tax at a rate of 1/4% or 1/2% if approved by the voters in a referendum. Requires the tax to be equal to the rate that could be levied in that county under Article 43 of GS Chapter 105 (Local Government Sales and Use Taxes for Public Transportation), and prohibits a tax levied under Article 43A to be in effect in a county at the same time as a tax levied by that county or in that county under Article 43 of GS Chapter 105. Sets out additional procedures and requirements for administration of the tax. Exempts from the tax food exempt under GS 105-467(a)(5a) and the sales price of a bundled transaction taxable under GS 105-467(a)(5a). Allows counties to use proceeds from the tax only for public school capital outlay purposes, as defined in GS 115C-426(f), or to retire any indebtedness incurred by the county for these purposes.
Enacts GS 105-506.3 to make conforming changes prohibiting a tax levied under Article 43 of GS Chapter 105 to be in effect at the same time as a tax levied by that county under new Article 43A of GS Chapter 105.
Amends GS 105-164.3(4a) to define combined general rate as the term is used in Article 5 of GS Chapter 105 (Sales and Use Tax) as the sum of: (1) the State's general rate of tax set in GS 105-164.4(a); (2) the sum of the rates of the local sales and use taxes authorized for every county in this state by Article 39 of GS Chapter 105 (Local Government Sales and Use Tax) or Chapter 1096 of SL 1967 (Mecklenburg County specific sales and use tax), Article 40 of GS Chapter 105 (First One-Half Cent Local Government Sales and Use Tax), and Article 42 of GS Chapter 105 (Second One-Half Cent Local Government Sales and Use Tax) (currently, the sum of the rates of the local sales and use taxes authorized by Subchapter VIII of GS Chapter 105 for every county in this state); and (3) one-half of the maximum rate of tax authorized by Article 46 of GS Chapter 105 (One-Quarter Cent County Sales and Use Tax; currently not included in the combined general rate).
| Intro. by Newton. | Cabarrus |
S 749 (2017-2018) POWELL BILL FOR PARKS/TOBACCOVILLE. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT TO PERMIT THE VILLAGE OF TOBACCOVILLE TO USE POWELL BILL FUNDS FOR THE PLANNING, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE OF PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
Identical to H 958 filed on 5/16/18.
As title indicates.
S 751 (2017-2018) WINSTON-SALEM/REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCES. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM TO SELL REAL PROPERTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME PERSONS.
Identical to H 996, filed 5/23/18.
Authorizes the City of Winston-Salem (City) to sell real property for the purpose of increasing the supply of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons. Permits the sale to be with or without consideration and upon terms determined by the City. Allows the conveying deed to contain a restriction providing for the return of the property to the City if it is no longer used for the purpose set out above prior to the expiration of the time period required by the City. Requires conveyances pursuant to the act be made by resolution granting specific authority to the appropriate city official, and requires the resolution to be posted on the City's website at least 10 days prior to the date the sale is finalized.
| Intro. by Krawiec, Lowe. | Forsyth |
S 752 (2017-2018) WINSTON-SALEM DEANNEXATION. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT REMOVING CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTY FROM THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM.
Identical to H 971, filed 5/17/18.
Removes the described property from the corporate limits of the City of Winston-Salem. Clarifies that the act has no effect upon the validity of any liens of the City of Winston-Salem for ad valorem taxes or special assessments outstanding before the effective date of the act, and that those liens can be collected or foreclosed upon after the effective date of the act as though the property were still within the corporate limits of the city. Effective June 30, 2018. Provides that property in the described territory as of January, 1, 2018, is no longer subject to municipal taxes for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2018.
| Intro. by Krawiec, Lowe. | Forsyth |
S 753 (2017-2018) FRANKLIN & WAKE/DAILY DEPOSITS. Filed May 24 2018, AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE DEPOSIT OF CURRENCY AND COINS INTO A CASH VAULT THAT PHYSICALLY SECURES THE CASH AND ELECTRONICALLY RECORDS THE DEPOSIT DAILY IN AN OFFICIAL DEPOSITORY BANK QUALIFIES AS A DAILY DEPOSIT UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET AND FISCAL CONTROL ACT FOR FRANKLIN AND WAKE COUNTIES AND THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THOSE COUNTIES.
GS 159-32 requires daily deposits of all collections and receipts of a local government with either the finance officer or in an official depository. Current law, applicable to the City of Winston-Salem only, establishes that the deposits of currency and coins into a cash vault that physically secures the cash and electronically records the deposit daily in an official depository bank qualifies as a daily deposit under the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act set out in Article 3 of GS Chapter 159. This act amends Section 2 of SL 2011-89, adding Franklin and Wake Counties and their municipalities to allow for this same manner of daily deposits under the Local Government Budget and Fiscal Control Act.
ACTIONS ON BILLS
Actions on Bills: 2018-05-24
PUBLIC BILLS
H 987: HONOR HIGHWAY PATROL'S ANNIVERSARY.
House: Adopted
H 992: AZALEA FESTIVAL/OFFICIAL SPRING CELEBRATION.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government II
H 994: REVISE MARIJUANA LAWS.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref to the Com on Judiciary I, if favorable, Finance
H 997: LUMBEE INDIAN TRIBE RECOGNITION.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
H 998: IMPROVING NC RURAL HEALTH (NEW).
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On Health
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On Health
H 999: RURAL HLTH LOAN FUNDS/TARGET FOR RURAL AREAS.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations
H 1000: SOUTHERN REGIONAL & EASTERN AHEC FUNDS.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref to the Com on Health, if favorable, Appropriations
H 1001: STUDY STATE HEALTH PLAN & MEDICAID.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On Health
H 1002: MEDICAL EDUCATION & RESIDENCY STUDY.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On Health
H 1006: DOT HIGHWAY DIVISION/SHRA EXEMPTION.
House: Filed
H 1007: CLARIFY OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY/AUTO APPRAISERS.
House: Filed
H 1008: REPLACEMENT ROW FOR UTILITY RELOCATION.
House: Filed
H 1009: DMV/MOTORCOACH STUDY.
House: Filed
H 1010: BUILD NC BOND ACT.
House: Filed
H 1011: DOT PROPERTY SALE PROCEEDS/HIGHWAY FUND.
House: Filed
H 1012: DOT/PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD PILOT PROJECT.
House: Filed
H 1013: AIRPORT PROP. PURCHASE/NCEPA WAIVER.
House: Filed
H 1014: UNANTICIPATED BRIDGE/ROAD CLOSURE/WAIVE BIDS.
House: Filed
H 1016: NET NEUTRALITY IN PROCUREMENT.
House: Filed
H 1019: FALLEN WILDLIFE OFFICERS MEMORIAL LICENSE.
House: Filed
H 1021: PEOPLE FIRST LANGUAGE 2018.
House: Filed
H 1022: COLLABORATIVE LAW.
House: Filed
S 470: PERSONAL INJURY BANKRUPTCY TRUST CLAIMS.
House: Regular Message Sent To Senate
Senate: Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
Senate: Placed On Cal For 05/30/2018
S 715: VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE REVENUE LAWS.
Senate: Withdrawn From Cal
Senate: Placed On Cal For 05/29/2018
S 719: JACOB FORK STATE NATURAL AREA AUTHORIZATION (NEW).
Senate: Reptd Fav Com Substitute
Senate: Com Substitute Adopted
Senate: Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 734: EXTREME RISK PROTECTION ORDERS.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 735: VARIOUS OLB AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW CHANGES. (NEW)
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 736: PRESERVE NET NEUTRALITY/STATEWIDE BROADBAND.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 737: SAFER SCHOOLS, HEALTHIER KIDS ACT.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 738: SUPPORT SHELLFISH INDUSTRY.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 739: LOTTERY SCHOOL SAFETY GRANTS.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 741: RURAL HLTH LOAN FUNDS/TARGET FOR RURAL AREAS.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 742: GME/RURAL HOSPITAL STUDY.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 743: GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 744: DOT/DMV LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS.
Senate: Filed
S 745: FULLY FUND SCHOOL COUNSELORS & PSYCHOLOGISTS.
Senate: Filed
S 747: FUNDS FOR SMART START HEALTHY DEV. INITIATIVE.
Senate: Filed
S 748: PSYCHOLOGY INTERJDTL. COMPACT (PSYPACT).
Senate: Filed
S 750: HEALTH-LOCAL COFINEMENT/VET. CONTROLLED SUB (NEW).
Senate: Filed
Senate: Filed
S 754: ECU BRODY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FUNDS.
Senate: Filed
S 755: VOTER FREEDOM ACT.
Senate: Filed
S 756: SCHOOL SECURITY ACT OF 2018.
Senate: Filed
Actions on Bills: 2018-05-24
LOCAL BILLS
H 989: MADISON CHARTER/TOWN MANAGER.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government I
H 990: ROCKINGHAM CTY/PUBLISH NOTICES ELECTRONICALLY.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government II
H 991: FOX TRAPPING LOCAL OMNIBUS.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government II
House: Withdrawn From Com
House: Re-ref Com On State and Local Government I
H 993: BESSEMER CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government I
H 995: WINSTON-SALEM/WC/THIRD-PARTY ADMIN DEF.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government I
H 996: WINSTON-SALEM/REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCES.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government I
H 1003: HUNT OR TRAP FOX/COYOTE FORSYTH/DAVIE.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government II
H 1004: WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH LOCAL ACT CHANGES.
House: Passed 1st Reading
House: Ref To Com On State and Local Government I
H 1015: BLACK MOUNTAIN/MONTREAT CORPORATE LIMITS.
House: Filed
H 1017: MOORE/STANLY COUNTY LOCAL SALES TAX USE RESTRICTION (NEW).
House: Filed
House: Filed
H 1018: CARTERET COUNTY/REGULATE NAVIGABLE WATERS.
House: Filed
H 1020: LEE COUNTY DEER HUNTING.
House: Filed
S 740: SCOTLAND CO. REGISTER OF DEEDS TAX CERT.
Senate: Passed 1st Reading
Senate: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
S 746: EXPAND LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX FOR EDUCATION.
Senate: Filed
S 749: POWELL BILL FOR PARKS/TOBACCOVILLE.
Senate: Filed
S 751: WINSTON-SALEM/REAL PROPERTY CONVEYANCES.
Senate: Filed
S 752: WINSTON-SALEM DEANNEXATION.
Senate: Filed
S 753: FRANKLIN & WAKE/DAILY DEPOSITS.
Senate: Filed
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