House committee substitute to the 1st edition deletes the previous provisions and now provides the following.
Titles the act as the Passenger Protection Act.
Amends GS 20-280.5, now requiring transportation network companies (TNCs) to specifically include in their records each driver's name and current address of drivers for one year from the date the driver terminated their relationship with the company. Adds a new requirement for TNCs to require drivers to display the license plate number of the vehicle so that it is visible from the front at all times during service, as specified, but does not require the license plate to be permanently mounted. Effective October 1, 2019. Effective July 1, 2020, further requires TNCs to require drivers to display consistent and distinctive signage or emblems on the vehicle at all times when the driver is active on the digital platform or when providing any service. Allows the signage or emblems to be magnetic or removable, subject to DMV approval and specified visibility parameters.
Amends GS 20-280.6 to raise the minimum age requirement for TNC drivers from 19 to 21 years old.
Enacts GS 14-276.2, making it a Class 2 misdemeanor to impersonate a TNC driver by false statement, false display of distinctive signage or emblems of the TNC, or any other act that falsely represents that the person has a current connection with the TNC or falsely represents that the person is responding to a passenger ride request for a TNC. Increases the offense to a Class H felony if the person impersonates a TNC driver during the commission of a separate felony offense. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2019.
Establishes an 11-member Commission to Study Transportation Network Company Passenger Safety, charged with studying issues related to TNCs and their operation, including public safety, law enforcement, and reporting requirements. Sets out membership of the Commission, consisting of 10 members appointed by the General Assembly as well as the Secretary of Transportation or the Secretary's designee. Provides for meetings, vacancies, member expenses, and Commission staff. Directs the Commission to make an interim report to the 2020 Session of the 2019 General Assembly and make a final report to the 2021 General Assembly. Terminates the Commission upon filing of its final report.
Appropriates $100,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund for the 2020-21 fiscal year to the UNC Board of Governors to develop and implement an awareness campaign to educate students at constituent institutions on informational requirements of TNC drivers under current state law and those enacted. Effective July 1, 2020.
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House committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.
Amends the qualifications to be met in order to receive the disaster relief bonus under GS 105-129.105 to require that the qualified rehabilitation expenditure be incurred no more than five years after the gubernatorial disaster declaration that resulted in (was, no more than five years after the onset of the natural disaster resulting in) the area being declared a disaster area.
| Intro. by Ross, Bell, Warren, Adams. | GS 105 |
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Modifies the proposed changes to GS 160A-288, concerning cooperation between law enforcement agencies, to also include county police departments of another state in the definition of law enforcement agency as the term is used in the statute, so long as the other state's laws allow for mutual aid with out-of-state law enforcement officers (previously only included out-of-state municipal police departments or sheriff's offices in the same manner).
| Intro. by McNeill, C. Smith. | GS 160A |
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Appropriates $10,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Joint Select Committee on Biomanufacturing for the 2019-20 fiscal year to conduct the mandated biomanufacturing study.
Eliminates the provisions regarding the Environmental Management Commission and local air permitting programs' implementation of the Nonpoint Source Allocation Purchase Rule. Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
| Intro. by White, Reives, Grange. | STUDY, UNCODIFIED |
Amends GS 120-2, which apportions districts for nominating and electing members to the NC House of Representatives. Makes modifications to the following Wake County districts, as specified: Districts 11, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 49. Maintains the current makeup of Districts 38 and 39, which also represent Wake County. Applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law.
As title indicates.
| Intro. by Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House. | HOUSE RES |
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House committee substitute to the 3rd edition adds the following provisions.
Modifies the proposed definition of encroachment as the term is used relating to the authorized uses of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund under GS 143B-135.234, now defining the term to mean the use of land and water (previously also included air) that is incompatible with the military mission around military installations or military training areas.
Further amends GS 143-135.25, concerning the membership of the State Building Commission, to provide for a licensed mechanical contractor Commission member appointed by the Governor from among nominations by the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of North Carolina Inc. (rather than the NC Association of Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors).
As title indicates.
| Intro. by Berger. | SENATE RES |
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Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Further amends GS 160A-58.1 to also add the towns of Bunn, Franklinton, and Youngsville to those that are exempt from the cap on satellite annexations. Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Expands the scope of the act, which amends GS 160A-58.1 to remove the restriction on proposed satellite annexations that requires the nearest point on the proposed satellite corporate limits not to exceed more than three miles from the primary corporate limits of the annexing city, to now include the Town of Beaufort in addition to the City of Sanford. Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
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Actions on Bills: 2019-06-04
H 70: DELAY NC HEALTHCONNEX FOR CERTAIN PROVIDERS.
H 235: Utilities Comm'n Tech. and Add'l Changes.-AB (NEW).
H 391: PASSENGER PROTECTION ACT. (NEW)
H 399: EXTEND TAX CREDITS/OTHER FINANCE CHANGES. (NEW)
H 402: UNC CAPITAL PROJECTS.
H 629: LAW-ENFORCEMENT MUTUAL AID.
H 658: ALLOW DONATIONS OF UNEXPIRED DRUGS.
H 816: STUDY BIOMANUFACTURING. (NEW)
H 848: RV DEALER REGULATION.
H 966: 2019 APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
H 1017: SPECIAL MASTER WAKE HOUSE PLAN.
H 1018: OBSERVE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY.
S 55: CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR GENERAL CONTRACTORS.
S 252: DENTAL BILL OF RIGHTS.
S 255: STATE BOARD CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT CLAIM.
S 377: MILITARY BASE PROTECTION ACT.
S 381: RECONSTITUTE/CLARIFY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. (NEW)
S 648: SUPPORT SHELLFISH AQUACULTURE.
S 679: GA MEET OLD CAPITOL ON D-DAY ANNIVERSARY.
S 680: OBSERVE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY.
Actions on Bills: 2019-06-04
H 9: BESSEMER CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT.
H 170: VARIOUS SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS. (NEW)
H 201: RANDOLPH CO. REGISTER OF DEEDS TAX CERT. (NEW)
H 204: TOWN OF BEAUFORT/ANNEXATION. (NEW)
H 285: CITY OF SANFORD/TOWN OF BEAUFORT VOL ANNEX. (NEW)
H 336: EXTEND SUSPENSION OF SPENCER MOUNTAIN.
H 368: BERMUDA RUN/SPEED RESTRICTIONS.
S 80: CHINA GROVE SATELLITE ANNEXATION. (NEW)
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