Repeals GS 20-4.03(c) regarding required reporting by the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) of its administrative hearings data.

Repeals GS 20-37.01, thereby eliminating the Drivers License Technology Fund. Repeals GS 20-37.02(e), which provided for funding of an electronic verification system for drivers licenses from the Drivers License Technology Fund. 

Amends GS 20-39.1(i), by eliminating the DMV's semiannual reporting requirement regarding private plates.

Amends GS 136-12, eliminating the Department of Transportation's (DOT) annual reporting requirement to the General Assembly regarding the previous year's funds for maintenance and construction were allocated and expended. Further, modifies the requirement for DOT to submit the proposed Transportation Improvement Program or proposed interim changes to specified General Assembly members to instead require DOT to post the proposals to its website at least 30 days prior to approval.

Amends GS 136-18.03(d), now requiring the DOT to report annually rather than semiannually on the performance metrics of evaluating its utilization of in-house and private counsel pursuant to the statute.

Amends GS 136-18.05, which directs the DOT to establish and implement the DOT Report Program. Eliminates from the "Efficiency" component the reporting requirement triggered by a Highway Division exceeding the unit pricing threshold. Amends the "Performance" component, requiring the DOT Secretary to conduct a biennial rather than annual job satisfaction survey of all Department personnel, and a biennial rather than annual survey of citizen satisfaction with State roads and highways. Eliminates the subsequent reporting of the survey results to specified NCGA Committees. Eliminates DOT's quarterly report regarding resurfacing projects and contracts let centrally and by highway divisions. 

Repeals GS 136-19.7(l), thereby eliminating DOT's annual reporting requirement regarding the classification and sale of residue properties pursuant to the statute.

Repeals GS 136-28.10(c), thereby eliminating the DOT Secretary's annual reporting requirement regarding Small Project Bidding pursuant to the statute.

Repeals GS 136-44.2B, thereby eliminating the DOT reporting requirement regarding service fees charged to the public by the Department.

Repeals GS 136-44.3, thereby eliminating the requirement for DOT to biennially survey the condition of the State highway system and prepare a companion report of its findings.

Amends GS 136-44.3A(a)(4), making clarifying changes to the definition of Highway Maintenance Improvement Program Needs Assessment as used in Article 2A of the Chapter. Clarifies the term is a report that includes the amount of funds needed for all maintenance and bridge replacement activities, rather than generally the amount of funds needed, among other components.

Amends GS 136-44.20(e), thereby eliminating DOT's annual reporting requirement concerning public transportation systems provided funding under the statute for consolidation or coordination with other public transportation systems in the preceding year. 

Repeals GS 136-89.183A, thereby eliminating the provisions for the Accelerated Pilot Toll Bridge Project, known as Mid-Currituck Bridge, and the North Carolina Turnpike Authority's annual reporting requirement regarding its progress.

Repeals GS 136-89.183B, thereby eliminating the provisions for the Accelerated Bonner Bridge Replacement Project and DOT's annual reporting requirement regarding its progress.

Amends GS 136-273(c), now requiring the State Ports Authority to report to the specified NCGA Committee on any building contracts exceeding $250,000 to which an exemption authorized by the subsection is applied within 60 days of signing the contract (previously, required the Authority to submit a quarterly report).

Amends Section 1.2 of SL 2010-148, thereby eliminating the annual reporting requirement of DOT, the UNC System, and the Department of Administration concerning projects in those agencies and institutions that are let without a performance or payment bond. 

Repeals Section 35.5(b) of SL 2016-94, thereby eliminating DOT's annual reporting requirement concerning implementation of the DOT bid threshold increase pursuant to Section 35.5(a) of the session law (amending GS 136-28.1).

As title indicates.

Identical to S 55, filed 2/13/19.

Enacts GS 87-10.2, requiring eight hours of continuing education annually as a condition of license renewal for a licensee holding a building contractor, residential contractor, or unclassified license classification. Specifies requirements for entities with one or multiple qualifiers or qualifying parties. Provides framework for the annual requirement, with a mandatory course approved by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors (Board) for two hours and the remaining six being electives. Sets out duties of the Board regarding approval of course content, accreditation, computation of credit, and general compliance procedures. Provides for mandatory and elective course approval and the like. Provides for carrying over of up to four hours of elective course credit to the next calendar year. Sets out requirements to receive course credit, including attending a course taught taught live by a Board approved instructor. Defines live instruction. Authorizes disciplinary action for false certification of course attendance. Requires the Board maintain and distribute coursework records as appropriate.

Establishes the period by which the annual continuing education requirements must be completed from January 1 to November 30 of each calendar year, with a 90-day grace period. Failure to satisfy the requirements by the expiration of the grace period results in license invalidation until all requirements have been met. Allows a licensee to request the Board to place a license in an inactive status if the licensee chooses not to satisfy the continuing education requirements, whereby the license becomes invalid. Requires licensees with inactive licenses to pay the same annual renewal fee as active licensees to maintain inactive status. Specifies further continuing education requirements that must be met for a licensee to return to active status, based on whether the licensee is seeking reinstatement within the first two years after the license becomes inactive. 

Directs the Board to establish the following nonrefundable administrative fees and permits the Board to charge fees in the specified amounts, ranging from $12.50 to $25.00, for the initial and annual review of proposed courses. Requires the Board to charge a fee no more than $5 per credit hour, per qualifier or qualifying party, to an approved course provider for each qualifier or qualifying party completing an approved continuing education course conducted by that provider. 

Authorizes the Board to modify the continuing education requirements by rule in case of certified illness or undue hardship. Further authorizes the Board to adopt rules implementing the statute.

Makes conforming changes to GS 87-10. Deems a license archived and not eligible for renewal after a license has been invalid (was, inactive) for four years.

Directs the Board to adopt temporary rules to implement the act, which are to remain in effect until consistent permanent rules are adopted. Exempts the Board from the fiscal note requirement in adopting its implementation rules. 

Effective January 1, 2020.

Identical to S 88, filed 2/19/19.

Amends GS 87-43.1, which sets out exceptions from the provisions of Article 4 of GS Chapter 87, Electrical Contractors. Adds further specificity to the exception for a person installing, maintaining, altering, or repairing electric work, wiring, devices, appliances, or equipment upon the person's own property when the property is not intended at the time for rent, lease, or sale, requiring the electric work to also be for that person's own benefit. Further specifies that this exception does not limit the ability of local boards of education, hospitals, or nonprofit organizations from employing personnel licensed under Article 4 to perform maintenance and repairs on property owned or in the possession of that local board of education, hospital, or nonprofit organization.

Amends GS 87-43.2, which sets out electrical contractor licensure requirements, specifying that Article 4 does not limit the ability of a licensee who is regularly employed by a local board of education to maintain an individual license or to contract or perform work at the direction of a nonprofit, a hospital, or a local board of education for any building or facility owned or in possession of that local board of education, regardless of whether all or a portion of the building or facility is being leased or otherwise provided for another entity or event. 

Amends GS 115C-524, explicitly authorizing local boards of education to employ personnel who are licensed as electrical contractors pursuant to Article 4 of GS Chapter 87.

Amends Section 1.2 of SL 2018-144 by extending the deadline by which the State Board of Elections must approve the use of tribal enrollment cards issued by a recognized tribe; student identification cards issued by a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, a community college, or eligible private postsecondary institution; and employee identification cards issued by a state or local government entity, for use as voting identification to September 15, 2019 (deadline was March 15, 2019).