Includes several whereas clauses. Appropriates $8 million from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2019-20 fiscal year to be allocated to New Hanover County Schools. Directs the funds be used to build a facility to support the expansion of the Southeast Area Technical School's innovative curriculum partnership with Cape Fear Community College. Effective July 1, 2019.
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Intro. by Davis. | APPROP |
Identical to S 64, filed 2/14/19.
Directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), Exceptional Children Division (Division) to incorporate into its policies and procedures an evaluation system for the Division’s technical assistance and support programs provided to the directors of exceptional children programs for local education agencies and other school personnel. Describes parameters for the evaluation system. Directs the Division to report to the specified NCGA Committee by December 15, 2019.
Directs the Government Data Analytics Center (Center) of the Department of Information Technology (DIT), in conjunction with the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and DPI, to study the feasibility of local education agencies participating in the NC Health Information Exchange Network (HIE Network, known as NC Health Connex), as Medicaid providers of healthcare services to students. Describes parameters for the study. Directs the Center to report the study results to the specified NCGA committees and the Division by April 15, 2019.
Intro. by Horn, Farmer-Butterfield. | STUDY, UNCODIFIED |
Part I
Applicable to all ABC systems, mandates a merger of ABC systems located in a county with two or more ABC systems.
Enacts GS 18B-700(c1), prohibiting more than one local ABC board per county. Provides for merger following an ABC store election in a jurisdiction where an ABC board is already in operation. Specifies that the new subsection does not prohibit a local ABC board from serving multiple cities, counties, or cities and counties. Makes conforming changes to GS 18B-703(e), incorporating the limits set out in GS 18B-700(c1) into the statutory provisions concerning dissolution of merged ABC systems, and specifically providing for the option to merge with a different ABC system upon dissolution. Effective June 30, 2021.
Part II
Amends GS 18B-303 and GS 18B-403 regarding certain alcoholic beverage purchases and transport. Modifies to allow the purchase of any amount of fortified wine and spirituous liquor without a purchase-transportation permit (currently, a permit is required for amounts in excess of eight liters of either, with a permit limiting transport to a maximum of 40 liters or as specified by the permit). Makes conforming changes. Effective July 1, 2019.
Part III
Directs the ABC Commission to submit a quarterly report beginning October 15, 2019, to the specified NCGA committee detailing the progress made in bidding and selecting an independent contractor for the receipt, storage, and distribution of spirituous liquor (hereafter, liquor) at and from the State warehouse in accordance with GS 18B-204(a)(3). Sets out the parameters for the report. Terminates the reporting requirements upon the earlier date of the award of the contract for services described in GS 18B-204(a)(3) or January 1, 2022.
Part IV
Amends GS 18B-800, requiring ABC stores to allow the purchase of individual liquor bottles not on the ABC Commission’s approved list by special order through a process established by rule by the ABC Commission. Further, allows ABC stores to sell in store any bottles it receives in excess of what was purchased by the customer requesting the special order. Permits the Commission to establish and charge a fee for special orders. Effective July 1, 2019.
Part V
Amends GS 18B-701(a), authorizing a local ABC board to charge a fee for the provision of delivery of liquor to a mixed beverages permittee to cover actual costs incurred. Makes technical and clarifying changes. Applies to deliveries made on or after July 1, 2019.
Part VI
Enacts GS 153A-145.8 and GS 160A-205.4, authorizing counties and cities with at least one operating ABC store to adopt an ordinance allowing ABC stores under their operation to be open and sell alcoholic beverages on Sunday. Specifically requires consultation with the county or city ABC board, respectively, prior to adoption. Makes conforming changes to GS 18B-802(b), prohibiting ABC stores from being open and ABC employees from selling alcoholic beverages on any Sunday except as provided in new GS 153A-145.8 and GS 160A-205.4. Effective July 1, 2019.
Part VII
Amends GS 18B-1114.7, authorizing the holder of a supplier representative permit, brokerage representative permit, or distillery permit issued under GS 18B-1105 to obtain a spirituous liquor special event permit allowing the permittee to give free tastings of its liquor at ABC stores where the local ABC board has approved the tasting. Makes conforming changes to GS 18B-301(f)(1), excepting these consumer tastings from the prohibition against consuming or offering those beverages on the premises of an ABC store. Effective July 1, 2019.
Part VIII
Requires the ABC Commission to amend its rules consistent with the act.
Amends GS 115C-301(g1), which requires the State Board of Education to allot additional classroom teachers to geographically isolated K-12 schools. Applicable only to Currituck County Schools, expands qualifying criteria for geographic isolation to include schools located in a local school administrative unit for a county containing some or all of at least one federal national wildlife refuge managed by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Intro. by Hanig, Corbin. | GS 115C |
Directs the Department of Public Instruction to assume that the transportation efficiency budget rating for Currituck County Schools is at least 15 percentage points higher than the actual transportation efficiency budget rating calculated by DPI for that local school administrative unit. Applicable beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Intro. by Hanig, Corbin. | UNCODIFIED, Currituck |
Relocates the Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch (ALE) of the State Bureau of Investigation as a Division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS). Directs DPS to continue consolidation of ALE and State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) regions and regional offices so that all district offices remain co-located.
Enacts new GS Chapter 143B, Article 13, Part 4, Subpart F (Alcohol Law Enforcement Division), creating the ALE as a Division of the Department of Public Safety.
Repeals GS 143B-928 (locating ALE within the State Bureau of Investigation).
Amends GS 18B-500 (Alcohol law-enforcement agents). Authorizes the Director of the Division of Alcohol Law Enforcement (Director) to appoint a sufficient number of assistants who shall be competent and qualified to do the work of the Division. Makes the Director responsible for all hiring and personnel decisions of the Division, and authorizes the Director to hire or fire personnel and transfer personnel within the Division. Sets forth ALE agents' subject matter jurisdiction, providing for the primary responsibilities of enforcing:
- The provisions of GS Chapter 143B (executive organization laws), GS Chapter 18C (lottery laws), GS 14-313 (youth access to tobacco product law), and Parts 1 and 2 of Article 37 of GS Chapter 14 (lottery and gaming laws);
- Any criminal offense occurring in the agent's presence;
- When assisting another law-enforcement agency during an investigation;
- While carrying out any other duty assigned to the Division by law;
- Any criminal offense discovered during the enforcement of the above.
Makes conforming, technical and clarifying changes to GS 18B-500, GS 18B-101, GS 143-651, GS 143-652.1, GS 143-652.2, and specified statutes in GS Chapters 18B, 18C, 19, 105, and 143.
Effective July 1, 2019.
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As title indicates.
Intro. by Robinson, Clark, Smith. | JOINT RES |
Amends GS 7A-16, eliminating language requiring the abolition of vacant seats on the Court of Appeals until the Court is decreased to 12.
Intro. by Hise, Daniel, Bishop. | GS 7A |
Adopts procedures for the Senate Select Committee on UNC Board of Governors (Senate Committee) for nominating and electing members of the UNC Board of Governors (BOG).
Makes it the duty of the Senate Committee to conduct a process for nominating and electing persons for each opening on the BOG to which the Senate is to elect members. Sets the time period for receiving BOG nominations as February 25 through March 1, 2019. The total number of open positions is six and each position is for a four-year term. Provides that a senator may propose candidates for nominations only for the openings available for election by the Senate and only on a written nomination form provided by the chair of the Senate Committee. Requires that the written nomination on the prescribed form be received in the office of the Senate principal clerk on or after Monday, February 25, 2019, and no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, March 1, 2019.
Requires nominees to file a completed Statement of Economic Interest with the North Carolina State Ethics Commission as required by law no later than 5:00 pm on Friday, March 1, 2019, as specified.
Requires the Senate Committee to list all nominees after the close of the nominations period on March 1, 2019. Directs the Senate Committee to screen the nominees as to their qualifications and background and provides that the Senate Committee may interview each nominee to ensure that suitable persons are nominated. Also provides that it is the duty of the Senate Committee to determine that each nominee is willing and able to serve and has no statutory disability. Requires the committee to vote to ensure that the slate of qualified candidates lists no more than twice the number of candidates for the total number of seats that are open. Directs the Senate Committee Chair to ascertain if the nominees are willing to serve if elected. Provides that any nominee may withdraw from nomination without the approval of that nominee’s sponsoring Senator.
Requires that the ballot be prepared under the supervision of the committee chair and that it include only the names of proposed nominees who have consented to run and for whom the Senate is entitled to vote. Names are to be listed on the ballot in alphabetical order by surname. Requires that the Senate hold its election no later than Thursday, March 21, 2019. Requires that the committee chair explain the six specified voting rules before the voting begins. Senators are to vote for six persons for four-year terms and each ballot must be signed by the member casting the ballot. Prohibits counting any unsigned ballots. Provides that the Senate Committee chair is responsible for canvassing the vote and declaring the results. Requires the Senate Principal Clerk to keep the ballots as part of the permanent records and keep the ballots open for immediate public inspection. Provides that when the Senate Committee chair determines that the Senate has chosen six persons to serve as members of the BOG, the president of the Senate must entertain a motion for the simultaneous election of those persons; the vote must be called electronically. Requires the election results to be sent to the House of Representatives by special messenger.
Requires the Senate Committee chair to notify the secretary of the BOG of the names of the persons elected by the Senate and the term for which each person was elected.
Becomes effective upon adoption.
Intro. by Rabon. | SENATE RES |
Deems eligible for financial assistance set out in Section 5.11 of SL 2018-136 (Hurricane Florence Agricultural Disaster Program of 2018) persons who experienced a verifiable loss of agricultural commodities as a result of Hurricane Michael whose farm is located in a county that received a Presidential or Secretarial disaster declaration, as specified, between January 31, 2019, and February 15, 2019. Directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to accept applications from eligible persons for no more than 10 consecutive business days on which the federal government is not partially or fully shut down, beginning on the date the act becomes law. Sunsets the act on the date the Department has processed all applications validly received during the prescribed period.
Intro. by Sawyer, Ballard, B. Jackson. | UNCODIFIED |
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Applicable only to the Town of Mooresville, enacts Article 47 to GS Chapter 105. Subject to voter approval, authorizes the Town to levy a one-quarter cent sales and use tax in addition to any other State and local sales and use taxes levied. Requires the tax to be levied by resolution and only after 10 days' public notice. Sets parameters for an election on the question, and provides ballot language. Provides for the administration of the tax. Requires the Secretary of Revenue to monthly distribute the net proceeds collected from the tax to the Town, and provides for apportionment in situations where proceeds cannot be identified as attributable to a particular taxing municipality. Specifies that amounts collected by electronic funds transfer payments are included in the monthly distribution in which the return that applies to the payment is received. Authorizes the Town to use the net proceeds of the tax levied under Article 47 for street improvement, as defined in the new Chapter.
Intro. by Fraley. | Iredell |
Includes whereas clauses. Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) provides authority to local boards of education to determine the opening and closing dates for public schools under GS 115C-84.2(a)(1). However, the local boards must comply with specified parameters for the opening and closing dates of public schools as provided. Subsection (d) also provides criteria under which the State Board of Education may waive those requirements upon a showing of good cause by a local board of education.
Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) as the title indicates. Allows Martin County Schools to open as early as the Monday closest to August 10 (currently, no earlier than the Monday closest to August 26), excluding year-round schools. Deletes the provisions of subsection (d) concerning waiver of the requirements upon a showing of good cause. Adds new language permitting first semester exams to be given before winter break.
Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Intro. by Willingham. | Martin |
Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this statute. Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide the local board of education for the Lenoir County Public Schools with additional flexibility in adopting their school calendars. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Intro. by Humphrey. | Lenoir |
Under current law, GS 115C-84.2(d) sets the parameters within which local boards of education must determine the opening and closing dates of public schools under subdivision (a)(1) of this statute. Amends GS 115C-84.2(d) to provide the local boards of education for the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public County Schools, Gates County Schools, and Hertford County Schools with additional flexibility in adopting their school calendars. Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Intro. by Hunter. | Gates, Hertford, Pasquotank |
Applicable only to Macon and Clay Counties, makes it a Class 2 misdemeanor for any person to intentionally shine a light on any wild animal from the right-of-way of any public road, street, or highway between the half hour after sunset and the half hour before sunrise. Clarifies that the act does not apply to the necessary shining of light by motorists engaged in normal travel and not attempting to attract or immobilize wildlife by use of lights. Designates enforcement responsibility. Effective October 1, 2019, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
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Senate amendment to the 1st edition further amends the scope of GS 162-5.1 so that it also no longer applies to Burke County. The statute provides that if there is a vacancy in the office of sheriff, the coroner of the county must execute all process directed to the sheriff until the board elects a new sheriff, and sets out additional requirements for filling the sheriff vacancy. Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.
Actions on Bills: 2019-02-18
H 86: GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT.
H 87: LICENSE PLATE READER SYSTEMS IN STATE ROWS.
H 89: SEA-TECH CIHS/FUNDS.
H 90: DPI/EC DIV. FEEDBACK/DIT STUDY/PED REPORT.
H 91: ABC LAWS MODERNIZATION/PED STUDY.
H 96: REVISE GEO. ISOLATED SCHS. FORMULA/CURRITUCK.
H 97: INCREASE TRANSP. EFFICIENCY BUFFER/CURRITUCK.
H 99: TRANSFER ALE/MOVE BOXING ADVISORY COMMISSION. (NEW)
S 6: DARE COUNTY/CC CONSTRUCTION FUNDS.
S 11: ABC REGULATION AND REFORM.
S 64: DPI/EC DIV. FEEDBACK/DIT STUDY/PED REPORT.
S 66: ALLOW GAME NIGHTS.
S 68: RELOCATION OF WATER/SEWER LINE COSTS.
S 69: RAISE AWARENESS OF LUPUS.
S 70: EROSION & SEDIMENTATION PROGRAM/PED.
S 71: REPEAL MAP ACT.
S 74: NC A&T FOOTBALL TEAM.
S 75: RESTORE CT. OF APPEALS MEMBERSHIP.
S 76: SENATE BOG ELECTIONS.
S 77: AG DISASTER FUND/CERTAIN COUNTIES.
Actions on Bills: 2019-02-18
H 6: BURLINGTON AIRPORT/LEASE/CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
H 9: BESSEMER CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT.
H 15: LEXINGTON/DISSOLVE UTILITIES COMMISSION.
H 88: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEX/CERTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
H 92: MOORESVILLE LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX.
H 93: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEX/MARTIN COUNTY.
H 94: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEXIBILITY/LENOIR COUNTY.
H 95: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEX/CERTAIN SCHOOL SYSTEMS.
H 98: MACON/CLAY/NO RIGHT-OF-WAY SPOTLIGHTING.
S 4: EXTEND TERMS OF 2 MEMBERS/COASTAL CAROLINA CC.
S 12: FILL CERTAIN VACANCIES/ALEXANDER & BURKE CO. (NEW)
S 65: 45TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 67: 6TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
S 72: SCHOOL CALENDAR FLEX/CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG.
S 73: 48TH SENATORIAL DISTRICT LOCAL ACT-1.
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