Senate amendment makes the following changes to the 4th edition.
Adds to the proposed changes to GS 162-39(d), concerning prisoners transferred to the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice (Division) for safety and security reasons. Adds to the assessment procedures set forth. Requires a judge determining that a prisoner should remain in the Division's custody to renew the transfer order and include a date certain for review by the court. Requires the Division to conduct a reassessment of treatment and venue needs and the sheriff to provide the reassessment and any relevant information to the court prior to the date of review. Provides for the release of the prisoner as previously provided if the judge determines that the prisoner should not remain in the Division's custody.
Changes the effective date of the act from July 1, 2019, to October 1, 2019, and specifies that the act applies to prisoners transferred on or after that date.
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House committee substitute amends the 1st edition by deleting the previous edition and to now provide the following provisions.
I.
Directs that the act's implementation be in conjunction with the procedure for budget continuation under specified state law, with the act's provisions superseding conflicting state law.
II.
Appropriates $50,548,003 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for the 2019-20 fiscal year to fully fund increases in Average Daily Membership and average salary adjustments in public schools.
Requires that the funds appropriated by SL 2018-5 for UNC enrollment adjustments to a reserve account for the 2018-19 fiscal year remain available until the end of the 2019-20 fiscal year to be used for the "buy down" of any financial obligations resulting from the tuition rate under state law incurred by Elizabeth City State University, UNC-Pembroke, and Western Carolina University, or for rapid growth at any of those institutions. Effective June 30, 2019.
Amends GS 116-143.3A, which provides a waiver of the 12-month residency requirement for in-state tuition at institutions of higher learning for certain veterans and other individuals entitled to federal education benefits under specified federal law. Eliminates the separate waiver criteria for individuals entitled to federal educational benefits under specified federal law. Makes conforming changes. Now provides for any veteran, dependent of a veteran, or other individual who qualifies for admission to be charged the in-State tuition rate and applicable mandatory fees for enrollment to the extent required by the specified federal law (the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014), without satisfying the 12-month residency requirement. Modifies and adds to the qualifying criteria, now only requiring that the individual's abode be located in the state, the individual provide the institution a letter of intent to establish residence in the state, and the individual meet the definition of a "covered individual" under the federal law (previously, required to apply and enroll within three years of discharge or release, and qualify for and use, or receive, the specified federal educational benefits). Eliminates the distinct provisions for recipients using transferred Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits while the transferor is on active duty, and recipients of the Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry Scholarship whose parent or spouse died in the line of duty. Adds that the individual applying for the benefit of the statute has the burden of proving entitlement to the benefit. Applies to qualifying veterans and other individuals who are enrolled or who enroll in institutions of higher education for any academic quarter, term, or semester that begins on or after the date the act becomes law.
III.
Appropriates $5,746,172 in recurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Central Management and Support for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Restricts use of the funds for operations and maintenance of the NC Families Accessing Services Through Technology (NC FAST) System. Appropriates DHHS receipts for the 2019-20 fiscal year in the following amounts for the same purposes: $12,767,200 in recurring funds and $2,362,982 in nonrecurring funds.
IV.
Directs the State Controller to transfer $4,763,725 for the 2019-20 fiscal year from funds available in the Medicaid Transformation Reserve in the General Fund to the Medicaid Transformation Fund. Transfers the following amounts from the Medicaid Transformation Fund to the Division of Central Management and Support: $3,705,505 in nonrecurring funds for the 2019-20 fiscal year for three specified purposes related to the NC Fast System, including funding a federally required contract for independent verification and validation of the system and $1,058,220 in nonrecurring funds for the 2019-20 fiscal year for NC Fast System operations and maintenance. Additionally, appropriates DHHS receipts in the amount of $4,813,037 for the 2019-20 fiscal year for the same purposes related to the NC Fast System.
V.
Appropriates $348,558 from the General Fund to DHHS, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, for the 2019-20 fiscal year for the Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
VI.
Provides specified amounts that local management entities/managed care organizations must transfer to DHHS, Division of Health Benefits, totaling $18,028,217 in the 2019-20 fiscal year, with the transfer due date and frequency determined by the Division. Authorizes the Division of Health Benefits to reallocate the intergovernmental transfers in the event of LME/MCO realignment. Requires reduction of the transfers if the Division of Health Benefits does not make the additional capitation payment associated with the Medicaid risk reserve to an LME/MCO in any given month, with the aggregate amount to be collected adjusted accordingly.
VII.
Authorizes funds allocated to the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) for Golden L.E.A.F. Inc. for infrastructure to be used for the replacement, improvement, or construction of new infrastructure to support hazard mitigation.
Authorizes funds allocated to the Department of Insurance, Office of State Fire Marshal, for financial assistance to volunteer fire departments to be used to repair damages not covered by insurance policy proceeds.
Sets forth the following timelines for Coastal Area Management Act Emergency General Permits authorized in response to Hurricanes Florence and Michael: (1) all emergency general permits must be issued by October 12, 2019, and (2) all work authorized by the emergency general permits must be completed by October 12, 2020.
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 excessive rain and flooding that occurred during May 15, 2018, through December 31, 2018, whose farm is located in a county that received a Secretarial Disaster Declaration by the US Secretary of Agriculture, either as a primary county or as a contiguous county, 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 provision on the date the Department has processed all applications validly received during the prescribed period.
VIII.
Appropriates the following amounts from the General Fund for the 2019-20 fiscal year to implement the "Raise the Age" provisions set forth in Section 16D.4 of SL 2017-57, specifically including costs associated with hiring 180 full-time employees: $22,982,123 in recurring funds and $4,040,914 in nonrecurring funds to the Department of Public Safety; and $87,681 in recurring funds to the Office of Indigent Defense Services.
IX.
Transfers $12.5 million in recurring funds from the Collections Assistance Fee Special Fund to the Department of Revenue's Division of Information Technology for the 2019-20 fiscal year to support the Portfolio Warehouse, the Modernized eFile, and tax systems operations and maintenance upgrades.
X.
Appropriates $16.5 million from the General Fund to Western Carolina University for the 2019-20 fiscal year to be used for the steam plant replacement project.
XI.
Appropriates the following amounts for the specified purposes from the Highway Trust Fund to the Department of Transportation: $17,310,000 to be used for the specified principal payment and $11,250,000 for the specified interest payment, in recurring funds for the 2019-20 fiscal year.
XII.
Amends GS 143C-5-4, regarding the procedures that are triggered when a fiscal year begins in which no Current Operations Appropriations Act has become law. Requires that the State's employer contributions rates budgeted for retirement and related benefits for the current fiscal year remain the same as the recurring portion of the rates in effect as of June 30 of the prior fiscal year (was, remain the same as they are on June 30 of the prior fiscal year).
XIII.
Provides that the act is effective July 1, 2019.
Changes the act's titles.
Senate committee substitute to the 4th edition makes the following changes.
Deletes the changes to GS 20-208.6 that would have required transportation network company drivers to be at least 21 years old instead of at least 19 years old.
Senate amendments to the 4th edition make the following changes.
Amendment #1 modifies the proposed changes to GS 48-9-102, which provides for confidentiality of adoptions records. Adds a new requirement for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Division of Social Services, to conduct a limited review, within 40 days of receipt, of adoptions records to identify any obvious error on the report to vital records prepared by the superior court clerk, and to notify the clerk of any error. Requires the clerk to correct the report and return it to the Division within 10 days after receipt of the notice. Makes conforming changes.
Amendment #2 eliminates the proposed language to new GS 7B-3807 and the proposed changes to GS 150B-1. Instead enacts GS 7B-3807, providing that the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (Compact) regulations and any subsequent amendments adopted by the Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children of the American Public Human Service Association are enacted and apply to all interstate placements between children of the state and jurisdictions that are a party to the Compact. Enacts GS 7B-3808 to grant the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children office (Compact office) at DHHS the authority to request supporting or additional information necessary to carry out the purpose and policy of the Compact and to require assurance that placement meets all applicable NC placement statutes. Requires any sending agency that intends to place a child into and out of North Carolina to submit a complete request to the Compact office, as specified; provides an opportunity to submit additional requested information within 10 business days from the date noticed before the request is deemed expired.
Makes conforming organizational changes.
Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 90-95(h), regarding sentencing for various drug trafficking offenses. Instead, enacts new subdivision (5a) to require a judge sentencing a person for a drug trafficking conviction or conspiracy to commit the same to impose the applicable minimum prison term provided by subsection (h). Allows the sentencing judge to reduce the fine and sentence consistent with the applicable offense and classification and prior record level provided in specified state law, if the judge enters into the record six specified findings, including that the defendant has not previously been convicted of a felony under GS 90-95, the defendant did not use violence or a credible threat of violence, or possess a firearm or other dangerous weapon, in the commission of the offense, and the defendant admits he or she has a substance abuse disorder involving a controlled substance and is currently participating in or has agreed to participate in a treatment program to address the substance abuse disorder. Applies to sentences ordered on or after December 1, 2019.
Amends GS 15A-1368.2, regarding post-release supervision. Enacts new subsection (a1) to deem eligible for early release from prison for post-release supervision for the remainder of a prisoner's active sentence for a drug trafficking conviction under GS 90-95(h) or (i). Limits eligibility, requiring the Commission to determine that six criteria are met, including that the prisoner has served at least 24 months of the prisoner's sentence. Effective December 1, 2019, and applies to sentences ordered on or before November 30, 2019.
Makes the uncodified provisions regarding motions for appropriate relief for modifications of sentencing pursuant to the act applicable to sentences ordered on or before November 30, 2019 (rather than December 1, 2019).
Makes conforming changes to the act's effective date provisions. Changes the act's long title.
House amendment to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.
Further amends GS 113D-270.1D(b), concerning lifetime sportsman licenses, to provide an exemption to allow a license purchased before January 1, 2006, pursuant to GS 113-174.2(d)(2), to allow engaging in fishing in coastal fishing waters, an activity proposed to be excluded from the scope of permitted activities of lifetime sportsman licensees (lifetime sportsman licenses purchased prior to January 1, 2006, are exempt from the Coastal Recreational Fishing License requirement under current law, GS 113-174.2(d)(2)).
House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.
Amends GS 30-3.4 to require a person who files a claim for an elective share to pay $200 to the clerk of superior court of the county in which the primary administration of the decedent's estate lies.
Amends the act's long title.
| Intro. by Zachary, Conrad, Howard. | GS 30 |
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House committee substitute deletes the provisions of the 2nd edition and instead provides the following.
Part I. Requirements for School Safety for All Public Schools
Codifies the existing statutes of Article 8C of GS Chapter 115C into two Parts. Codifies GS 115C-105.46 (State Board of Education responsibilities), GS 115C-47A (Proposals to establish alternative learning programs or alternative schools), and GS 115C-105.48 (Placement of students in alternative learning schools/alternative learning programs) into Part 1, titled Local Plans for Alternative Schools/Alternative Learning Programs, and the remaining sections of Article 8C into Part 2, Maintaining Safe and Orderly Schools.
Amends GS 115C-105.49(a) and (d), GS 115C-105.49A(b), GS 115C-105.52, GS 115C-105.53(a) and (b), and GS 115C-105.54(a) to refer to "public school unit" rather than "local school administrative unit."
Further amends GS 115C-105.49, adding a new requirement for each public school unit to report the date and time the full school-wide tabletop exercise and drill (drill) is conducted to the Center for Safer Schools (Center).
Further amends GS 115C-105.49A, additionally requiring the Division of Emergency Management (Division) to leverage the schematic diagrams of participating nonpublic schools' facilities in constructing the School Risk and Response Management System (SRRMS) (currently, only includes public school units). Makes conforming changes to GS 115C-105.53(b).
Repeals specified subsections of GS 115C-218.75 (concerning charter schools), GS 115C-238.66 (concerning regional schools), and GS 115C-239.8 (concerning laboratory schools) regarding respective School Risk Management Plans (SRMPs), school safety exercises, and school safety information reported to the Division. Instead, enacts a new subsection to each statute requiring charter schools, regional schools, and laboratory schools to comply with the applicable requirements of Part 2 of Article 8C, as amended. Similarly, makes the same requirements applicable to innovative schools and the North Carolina School of Math and Sciences, adding to GS 115C-75.9 and GS 116-235, respectively. Enacts GS 115C-150.16 and GS 116-69.2, adding the same requirements to schools for students with visual and hearing impairments and the North Carolina School of the Arts, respectively.
Amends GS 115C-551 to more specifically refer to private church schools or schools of religious charter regarding voluntary participation in State programs. Adds a new section encouraging all private church schools and all schools of religious charter to adopt an SRMP in coordination with local law enforcement, provide schematic diagrams and main entrance keys to local law enforcement agencies (in addition to implementing companion provisions in GS 115C-105.52), at least annually hold a full school-wide lockdown exercise, and provide specified safety information to the Division. Amends GS 115C-559 to more specifically refer to qualified nonpublic schools regarding voluntary participation in State programs. Adds a new section encouraging the same school safety protocols as those added to GS 115C-551, above.
Applicable beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Part II. Clarify the Powers and Duties of the Center for Safer Schools
Amends GS 115C-105.57, which establishes the Center and provides for its operation. Current law generally grants the Center all powers and duties provided for in Article 8C of GS Chapter 115C. Enumerates 10 specific duties of the Center, including (1) serving as a resource and referral center for the State in conducting research, sponsoring workshops, and providing information regarding current school safety concerns; (2) providing training and professional development for public school personnel in the development and implementation of initiatives promoting school safety; (3) recommending a system of accountability to the legislature to document required school safety exercises; and (4) coordinating grants for school resource officers in elementary and middle schools and ensuring that training requirements for school resource officers funded by those grants are met. Further amends the statute, explicitly charging the Center with the duty to coordinate, collaborate, and seek necessary information from eight State and local government agencies, enumerated by the statute. Adds a new subsection, requiring the Center to receive guidance and advice from the Task Force for Safer Schools. Makes technical changes.
Part III. State of Emergency Operational Status Reporting
Enacts GS 115C-105.50 in Article 8C, requiring each public school unit in the county under a state of emergency to report the operational status of all schools in the unit's jurisdiction to the local board of county commissioners or designee as long as the countywide state of emergency, as defined, is in place.
Applies beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
Part IV. School Resource Officer Defined/Training Standards/Reports
Enacts GS 115C-105.70, defining a school safety resource officer as a law enforcement officer who is assigned to one or more public schools within a public school unit for at least 20 hours per week to assist with school security, safety, emergency preparedness, emergency response, or any other responsibility related to school safety or security assigned by the officer's employer while acting as a school resource officer, consistent with any written memorandum of understanding between the public school unit and the law enforcement agency governing the school resource officer. Requires school safety resource officers to complete initial training before service and to comply with any continuing training requirements established by the officer’s certifying commission. Directs the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the NC Sheriff’s Education and Training Commission (the Commissions) to collaborate with the Center for Safer Schools and the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse of the Department of Health and Human Services to establish initial training and continuing education standards for school safety resource officers. Requires the standards to minimally include training on mental health, students with disabilities, racial equity, and crisis intervention and de-escalation. Applies to school safety resource officers employed beginning with the 2020-21 school year.
Amends GS 17C-6(a) and GS 17E-4(a), concerning the power of the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission and the NC Sheriff’s Education and Training Commission, respectively, to make conforming changes authorizing the Commissions to establish initial training and continuing education training standards for school safety resource officers pursuant to new GS 115C-105.70.
Requires the Commissions to collaborate with the Center for Safer Schools and the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse and establish the initial training standards for school safety resource officers no later than January 15, 2020.
Enacts GS 115C-105.71, establishing annual reporting requirements for public school units to the Center regarding school resource officers, with the first report due by September 15, 2019. Requires the Center to annually submit to the specified NCGA committee, with the first report by November 15, 2019, an executive summary and disaggregated data for each public school unit regarding the information reported by the units to the Center.
Part V. School Building Vulnerability Assessment
Enacts GS 115C-105.52A, directing each governing body of a public school unit to require each school under its control to complete a facility vulnerability assessment for each school building at least once annually. Directs the Center to develop a facility vulnerability assessment tool in collaboration with the Department of Public Instruction, Division of Safe and Healthy Schools Support (Division), to be used by administrative units in their annual assessment. Specifies that the tool is to be in the form of a checklist designed to access the potential vulnerabilities arising from day-to-day policies and procedures in the operation of school buildings. Establishes civil immunity for the governing body of a public school unit, its members, employees, designees, agents, and volunteers for acts related to participation in or implementation of a facility vulnerability assessment, less acts of gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing. Clarifies that the act does not create any specific duty of care or standard of care. Requires the Center for Safer Schools and the Division to develop the assessment tool by January 15, 2020. Requires each governing body to require each school to complete a facility vulnerability assessment for each school building before the end of the 2019-20 school year and annually thereafter.
Amends GS 115C-105.49A, as amended in Part 1 of the act, mandating the SRRMS, constructed by the Division, integrate any facility vulnerability assessments as part of an SRMP pursuant to new GS 115C-105.52A where technically feasible.
Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Deletes the proposed changes to GS 7A-60.
Amends GS 7A-41 by changing the numbers of the following superior court districts: 3A to 3, 3B to 4, 4 to 5, 5A to 6A, 5B to 6B, 5C to 6C, 6A to 7A, 6B to 7B, 7A to 8A, 7B to 8B, 7C to 8C, 8A to 9A, 8B to 9B, 9 to 11, 11A to 12, 11B to 13, 12A to 14A, 12B to 14B, 12C to 14C, 13A to 15A, 13B to 15B, 14A to 16A, 14B to 16B, 15A to 17, 15B to 18, 16A to 21, 16B to 20, 17A to 22, 17B to 23, 18A to 24A, 18B to 24B, 18C to 24C, 18D to 24D, 18E to 24E, 19A to 25, 19B to 37, 19C to 27, 19D to 29, 20A to 28, 20B to 30, 21A to 31A, 21B to 31B, 21C to 31C, 21D to 31D, 22A to 32, 22B to 33, 23 to 34, 24 to 35, 25A to 36, 25B to 19, 27A to 38, 27B to 39, 28 to 40, 29A to 41, 29B to 42, 30A to 43A, and 30B to 34B. Makes conforming changes and additional clarifying changes.
Amends GS 7A-133 by changing the numbers of the following district court districts: 3A to 3, 3B to 4, 4 to 5, 5 to 6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, 8 to 9, 9 to 11A, 9B to 11B, 11 to 12, 12 to 14, 13 to 15, 14 to 16, 15A to 17, 15B to 18, 16A to 21, 16B to 20, 17A to 22, 17B to 23, 18 to 24, 19A to 25, 19B to 37, 19C to 27, 19D to 29, 20A to 28, 20B to 30A, 20C to 30B, 20D to 30C, 21 to 31, 22A to 32, 22B to 33, 23 to 34, 24 to 35, 25 to 36, 27A to 38, 27B to 39, 28 to 40, 29A to 41, 29B to 42, and 30 to 43. Makes conforming changes.
The above provisions are effective October 1, 2019.
Amends GS 7A-60 by changing the number of prosecutorial district 44 to 19. Makes conforming changes to Section 3(d) of SL 2018-121. Effective January 1, 2023.
Authorizes the Revisor of Statutes to reorder the Superior Court Districts, the District Court Districts, and the Prosecutorial Districts to ensure that districts are listed in alphabetical and numerical order.
Amends the act's titles.
| Intro. by Britt, Daniel. | GS 7A |
House committee substitute to the 4th edition makes the following changes.
Changes the effective date of the following sections from August 1, 2019, to September 1, 2019: Section 3(a) (amending GS 18B-800, concerning special orders of spirituous liquor); Section 4 (amending GS 18B-1105, GS 18B-804, and GS 18B-1116, concerning the sale of spirituous liquor at distilleries); and Section 5 (amending GS 18B-403 and GS 18B-901, concerning distilleries issuing purchase-transportation permits).
Part IV.
Deletes the changes to GS 18B-804(b1).
Part V.
Further amends GS 18B-403 to make language gender-neutral.
Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 18B-1007 concerning mixed beverage permittees and direct purchases from distilleries.
Part VI.
Modifies the proposed changes to GS 18B-1114.7 to make organizational changes and add to the limitations set forth for consumer tastings conducted in an ABC store. Now provides the following: (1) the spirituous liquor used in the tasting must be purchased by the permit holder from any ABC store at a price set by the ABC Commission, with the permittee responsible for removing remaining liquor from the event from the premises; (2) the local board must limit tasting to between 1:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on any day the store is authorized to sell spirituous liquor, and for no more than three hours; (3) the local board must limit the tasting events per ABC store to three tastings per calendar year and two different permit holders per tasting event; (4) the total samples offered to or consumed by each customer cannot exceed one-half ounce in any calendar day; (5) permit holders conducting the event cannot conduct any sales of branded merchandise or apparel to consumers at the event; (6) prohibits local boards or permit holders from advertising or promoting the tasting event to the public except as specified; (7) requires the permit holder to provide at least 48 hours' written notice to the ABC Commission of the tasting event; (8) requires the ABC Commission to adopt rules to ensure local boards that allow tasting by distilleries have reasonable oppotunities to conduct tastings; (9) deems any tasting conducted in an ABC store the sole responsibility of the permit holder, and prohibits any store employee from participation in or conduction of the tasting; (10) allows local boards to impose additional conditions, so long as they are written and noticed as specified; and (11) prohibits permit holders from providing consideration or any unlawful inducement to a local board, its board members, or its employees for any purposes related to the tasting event. Makes technical changes.
Adds the following provisions.
Part VII.
Amends GS 18B-1303, concerning malt beverage distribution, to allow retail permit holder private label brands to be sold exclusively to the retailer that owns the brand name or to all retail permit holders within each territory without discrimination, at the retail permit holder's discretion. Defines retail permit holder to mean a malt beverage product that is labeled with a brand name owned by a retailer. Makes language gender-neutral.
Part VIII.
Amends GS 18B-1104 regarding the authorizations of a brewery permit. Concerning the authorization to receive and sell malt beverages produced inside or outside the state under contract with a contract brewery, clarifies that the brewery that contracted with the contract brewery, which manufactures the malt beverage, is responsible for registering the contracted product with the ABC Commission, submitting the appropriate reports regarding the malt beverages, and remitting the appropriate taxes if required by the rules of the ABC Commission and the Department of Revenue. Applies to taxes collected on or after September 1, 2019.
Part IX.
Amends GS 18B-1114.5, regarding the authorizations of a malt beverage special event permit, to authorize the permit holder to give free tastings, sell branded merchandise, and sell its malt beverages by the glass or in closed containers at farmers markets.
Part X.
Amends GS 18B-1001(1), concerning on-premises malt beverage permit holders. Expands the authorization of on-premises malt beverage permit holders to allow permittees to transfer malt beverages to another on-premises malt beverage permittee under common ownership or control of the transferor. Limits the permittee to no more than four such transfers per calendar year. Clarifies that other transfers by on-premises malt beverage permittees, the purchase of malt beverages by a retail permittee from another retail permittee for the purpose of resale, and the sale of malt beverages by a retail permittee to another retail permittee for the purpose of resale are unlawful. Restricts authorized transfers of a particular brand of malt beverages to transferors and transferees located within the territory designated between the brewery and the wholesaler on file with the ABC Commission (Commission). Requires the transferor to notify each wholesaler who distributes the product of the transfer prior to or contemporaneous with the transfer, in writing or verifiable electronic format, and identifying the transferor, the transferee, the transfer date, quantity, and items transferred. Makes identical additions to expand the authorizations for off-premises malt beverage permit holders set out in GS 18B-1001(2) to allow for the transfer of malt beverages from the permittee to another off-premises malt beverage permittee, subject to the same restrictions and requirements.
Part XI.
Requires the ABC Commission to implement the Discount Rule (14B NCAC 15B .1004) by limiting a combinations of the use of a coupon, rebate, or a permittee's loyalty card, discount card, or membership card to no more than 35% of the advertised retail price for the purchase of a malt beverage or wine, and prohibiting a coupon or rebate, or a loyalty card, discount card, or membership card from providing a discount exceeding 35% of the advertised retail price for the purchase of a malt beverage or wine. Requires the ABC Commission to adopt temporary rules to comply with the provision, and adopt permanent rules consistent with the provisions no later than September 1, 2019.
Part XII.
Amends GS 18B-101 to now define premises to mean a fixed permanent establishment, including all areas inside or outside the licensed establishment, where the permittee has control through a lease, deed, or other legal process.
Part VIII (intends XIII).
Enacts GS 18B-1010, authorizing the sale and delivery by the holder of an on-premises malt beverage permit, on-premises wine permit, on-premises fortified wine permit, or mixed beverages permit of (1) no more than two alcoholic beverage drinks at one time if the drink is a malt beverage, unfortified wine, and/or fortified wine and (2) no more than one alcoholic beverage at one time if the drink is a mixed beverage or contains spirituous liquor at a time to a single patron for consumption on the premises. Restricts sales at a stadium, athletic facility, or arena on the campus or property of a public college or university, or during a sports event sponsored by a public college or university, to one alcoholic beverage drink per single patron at one time. Applies to sales made on or after September 1, 2019.
Part XIV.
Repeals GS 18B-308, which made it unlawful to sell or consume alcoholic beverages at bingo games. Makes conforming repeals of GS 14-309.14(3). Makes conforming changes to GS 18B-112(b)(3).
Applies to offenses committed on or after September 1, 2019.
Part XV.
Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 130A-250, which exempted licensed breweries not engaged in food preparation from food and lodging facility sanitation regulations.
Instead, amends GS 130A-247 to define brewery to mean an establishment licensed under GS 18B-1104 that is not engaged in the preparation of food (excluding beverages) on the premises, and amends GS 130A-248 to exempt ABC permitted establishments meeting the definition of a brewery, as defined, from compliance with sanitation laws under Article 8, as specified. Makes conforming changes to GS 130A-250 to explicitly exempt breweries, as defined, from the food and lodging facilities laws in Part 6 of Article 8.
Provides that penalties imposed and fees charged before the effective date of the Part are not abated or affected by the provisions, and the statutes that would be applicable but for the provisions remain applicable to those penalties and fees.
Part XVI.
Enacts GS 18B-700(c1) to prohibit the creation of any new local ABC boards in any county where a local board operates an ABC store unless the new board enters into an agreement to merge with an existing board. Specifies that the new provision does not prohibit local boards from serving multiple cities and/or counties.
Amends GS 18B-600 to allow a jurisdiction in a county where an ABC board is already in operation to hold an ABC store election if the jurisdiction has already negotiated a merger if approved, and the details of the planned merger have been made available to all registered voters in the jurisdiction. Explicitly limits elections to cities in which at least one other city in the same county operates an ABC store.
Amends GS 18B-703 to restrict dissolution of a merger if a city or county is merging with a different local board or the city or county is ceasing operation of all ABC stores within the city or county.
Applies to elections held on or after September 1, 2019.
Part XVII.
Amends GS 18B-404 to require local boards to accept electronic payments for spirituous liquor purchased by a mixed beverage permittee. Prohibits the board from charging an electronic payment fee. Defines electronic payment to include payment by debit card or by electronic funds transfer; excludes payment by charge card or credit card. Applies to sales made or after October 1, 2019.
Part XVIII.
Enacts GS 18B-907 to require the ABC Commission to make all permitting forms available on its website, and to allow for electronic submission of permit forms to the extent practicable. Provides for submissions with electronic signatures. Requires the Commission to accept electronic payment for any permit fees under the Chapter. Defines electronic payment to mean payment by a charge card, credit card, debit card, or by electronic funds transfer. Authorizes the Commission to charge a fee not exceeding $5 to cover costs incurred in accepting and processing electronic payments. Applies to permits applied for on or after September 1, 2019.
Part XIX.
Amends GS 18B-1001 by creating a common area entertainment permit to be issued to the owner or property owners' association of a multi-tenant establishment that has at least two tenants that holds an on-premises malt beverage permit, on-premises unfortified wine permit, on-premises fortified wine permit, or mixed beverages permit. The permit allows the customer of a multi-tenant establishment tenant holding one of those specified permit types to exit the licensed premises with an open container of alcohol sold by the tenant and consume the beverage within the confines of any common area on the premises of the multi-tenant establishment designated for such consumption. Defines a multi-tenant establishment as a building or structure, or multiple buildings and structures on the same property, or within the same planned development project that may be subject to a common declaration of restrictive covenants administered by a common property owners' association, and under common ownership, control, or property owners' association governance that contain or contains multiple businesses that sell food, goods, services, or a combination of food, goods, and services, and that include or are connected by common areas, as defined. Sets out eight additional conditions that apply to a common area entertainment permit, including that alcoholic beverages sold for consumption in a designated common area must be dispensed only in a container that clearly identifies the licensed premises from which the beverage was purchased and limits the amount to 16 fluid ounces, prohibits a customer from possessing or consuming more than one alcoholic beverage at a time while within the designated common area, and requires a customer in the designated common area to dispose of any alcoholic beverage prior to exiting the designated common area unless the customer is entering a licensed premises that allows the customer to enter with the alcoholic beverage.
Amends GS 18B-902 by setting the permit fee at $750.
Part XX.
Enacts GS 18B-1001.4, authorizing the holder of a delivery service permit or the holder's employee or independent contractor to deliver malt beverages, unfortified wine, or fortified wine to a location designed by the purchaser on behalf of the retailer holding an on-premises malt beverage permit, off-premises malt beverage permit, on-premises unfortified wine permit, off-premises unfortified wine permit, on-premises fortified wine permit, off-premises fortified wine permit, and a wine shop permit. Further authorizes a delivery service permittee to facilitate delivery through technology service, as specified. Requires the permittee to successfully complete a course approved by the ABC Commission prior to making any deliveries. Requires the ABC Commission to approve, deny, or request modifications within 15 business days of receipt of a proposed training program from a holder of a delivery service permit. Prohibits a permittee from handling or possessing any funds used to purchase an alcoholic beverage, but allows the permittee to facilitate the sales transaction. Prohibits delivery to a person under 21 years of age and requires packages to contain a statement, as specified, if the manufacturer's original packaging is obscured. Subjects deliveries to local laws of the jurisdiction where the delivery is located. Prohibits deliveries from being made more than 50 miles from the retailer's licensed premises or the premises of another retailer. Limits delivery to alcoholic beverages purchased for personal consumption and from a licensed retailer's existing inventory located on the retailer's premises. Does not require a delivery service permit for a common carrier to lawfully transport or ship alcoholic beverages. Subjects deliveries pursuant to a delivery service permit to the requirements of Article 4 (Transportation). Specifies that the new statute does not require a technology services company to obtain a delivery service permit if the company does not employ or contract with delivery drivers, but instead provides software or an application that connects consumers and licensed retailers for the delivery of alcoholic beverages from the licensed retailer. Establishes the following maximum fines for delivery service permittees for violations of the Chapter when delivering to a residence hall located on the premises of an institution of higher education: $1,000 for the first violation; $1,500 for the second violation within three years of the first violation; and $2,000 for the third or subsequent violation within three years of the first violation. Allows for the ABC Commission to accept a compromise penalty of $10,000 in cases where there are two or more violations within three years by a delivery service permittee when delivering to a residence hall on the premises of an institution of higher education whereby the Commission is entitled to suspend or revoke the permit. Requires the ABC Commission to either accept a compromise or revoke the permit, but not both, in those circumstances; allows the ABC Commission to accept a compromise and suspend the permit in the same case.
Amends GS 18B-902, as amended, setting the delivery service permit fee at $400.
The above provisions are effective December 1, 2019.
Directs the ABC Commission to begin accepting permit applications and approving training programs by September 1, 2019.
Part XXI.
Further amends GS 18B-1104 concerning the authorizations of a brewery permit. Allows permittees to sell the malt beverages owned by the brewery at the brewery for on- or off-premise consumption, subject to obtaining the appropriate permit under GS 18B-1001, regardless of the results of any local malt beverage election (previously, requires approval from the governing body of the city or county where the brewery is located, as appropriate, with approval granted by resolution after public notice and hearing requirements are met). Effective October 1, 2019.
Part XXII.
Amends GS 18B-1001 to allow sports and entertainment venues to obtain an on-premises fortified wine permit and a special occasion permit.
Part XXIII.
Amends GS 18B-303 to allow a mixed beverage permittee or its employee to purchase and transport any amount of fortified wine or spirituous liquor for use by the mixed beverage permittee without obtaining a purchase-transportation permit. Allows a local board employee to transport to a mixed beverage permittee any amount of fortified wine or spirituous liquor purchased by the permittee without obtaining a purchase-transportation permit. Deems independent contractors employed pursuant to GS 18B-701(a)(1), as amended, neither an employee of a mixed beverage permittee or a local board under these provisions. Makes conforming changes to GS 18B-403. Applies to fortified wine and spirituous liquor purchased on or after September 1, 2019.
Part XXIV.
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 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 XXV.
Amends GS 18B-701(a), authorizing a local ABC board to charge a fee for the provision of delivery, by its employees or an independent contractor, of liquor to a mixed beverages permittee. Explicitly authorizes a mixed beverages permittee to contract with an independent contractor for the provisions of spirituous liquor deliveries from an ABC board's store or warehouse to the permittee's premises. Makes technical and clarifying changes. Applies to deliveries made on or after September 1, 2019.
Directs the Commission to adopt rules to implement the statute, including parameters for the delivery fee and requirements for independent contractors making deliveries.
Part XXVI.
Directs the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee to include in its biennial 2019-20 work plan a study by the Program Evaluation Division (PED) of the action the ABC Commission is authorized to take under GS 18B-104 for violations of GS Chapter 18B. Details required examinations of the study, inducing the proportionality of the punishment that can be imposed in relation to the violation. Requires the ABC Commission to provide any necessary information, data, or documents from their records or available to them upon request of PED. Requires PED to report to the Oversight Committee by March 15, 2020. Effective when the act becomes law.
Part XXIX.
Changes the act's effective date from August 1, 2019, to September 1, 2019, unless otherwise provided.
Makes organizational changes. Changes the act's titles.
House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Deletes the content of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.
Amends GS 115-238.62 to allow a participating unit to withdraw from a regional school by adopting a resolution requiring withdrawal and submitting a copy to the regional school board of directors; sets out information that must be included in the resolution, including a timeline for implementing withdrawal that ensures that students currently enrolled in the regional school may remain enrolled until graduation. Requires the regional school board of directors (board of directors), at its next meeting held more than 10 days after receiving the resolution, to provide an opportunity for public comments. Allows the board of directors, following public comment, to approve the resolution with a vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of the board of directors, subject to consideration by the State Board of Education. Requires the State Board of Education (State Board), after receiving the resolution conditionally approved by the board of directors, at its next meeting held more than 10 days after receipt of the resolution, to provide an opportunity for public comment. Allows the State Board, after public comment, to give final approval of the resolution by a majority vote of the State Board and upon final approval, authorize the participating unit to begin implementation of the withdrawal plan. Requires a participating unit to continue all of the following until it receives final approval for withdrawal: (1) receipt of allotments for student seats, (2) transfer of local funds to the regional school, (3) provision of transportation substantially similar to the transportation provided to the students in the prior school year, and (4) compliance with all other requirements of the Part.
Deems null and void any action by a local board of education to withdraw from a regional school or terminate participation in a regional school except as provided in this act, if that local board has previously adopted a resolution to create or join a regional school that was approved by the State Board.
Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
| Intro. by Brown. | GS 115C |
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Amends GS 159G-42 concerning the disbursement of the proceeds of a loan or grant to water and wastewater infrastructure, as follows. Amends proposed (b) to require the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to ensure that the recipient (was, to encourage the recipient) has one of the specified agreements or resolutions with respect to each local government unit that (1) serves a customer base of over 5,000 and (2) purchases treated or untreated water from the recipient at the time of the loan or grant disbursement or is anticipated to purchase treated or untreated water from the recipient within the 30 years following the loan or grant disbursement (previously did not include anticipated purchase of treated or untreated water). Amends proposed (c) concerning resolving disputes between local governments in executing the written agreement, by adding that when there is a dispute between the local governments and the parties fail to agree, or do not adopt the Local Government Commission's recommendations upon disagreement, then DEQ must not disburse any loan or grant to either local government unit until the dispute is resolved to the Local Government Commission's satisfaction. Adds new (d) providing that the provisions in (b) and (c) apply only to disbursements of a loan or grant where the disbursement is for regionalization and the recipient or a beneficiary of the disbursement withdraws water from a reservoir owned by the US Army Corps of Engineers lying in at least two states with a dam located outside North Carolina. Amends the act's long title.
| Intro. by J. Alexander. | GS 159G |
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.
Modifies the proposed changes to GS 1-52, which now applies the three-year statute of limitations to actions against any professional land surveyor or any person acting under the surveyor's supervision or control for physical damage or economic or monetary loss due to negligence or a deficiency in the performance of surveying or platting. Now specifies that all causes of action under the subsection, other than those for physical damage, must commence within seven years from the specific last act or omission of the professional land surveyor or any person under the surveyor's supervision and control giving rise to the cause of action (previously, did not include commencement from the date of the specific last omission).
Deletes proposed GS Chapter 47I, Notice of Settlement Act, as well as the conforming changes made to GS 47-18, GS 47-20, and GS 161-14.1, concerning priority and subsequent recordings.
Deletes the proposed changes to Section 4.1 of SL 2018-80 regarding the effective dates of the act.
Deletes the changes to GS 47-17.1 that required the first page of all deeds or deeds of trust to be registered to show the name of the drafter (rather than the person or law firm who drafted the instrument) and clarified that the register of deeds is not required to verify or make inquiry concerning the capacity or authority of the person or entity shown as the drafter.
Makes conforming changes to the act's long title.
| Intro. by Daniel. | GS 1 |
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.
Part IV.
Modifies the proposed changes to Section 8.35 of SL 2014-100, as amended, concerning the virtual charter schools pilot program. Modifies the enrollment cap at participating schools to be no greater than 1,500 in their first year of operation with an allowable annual increase by 20% for each school (previous edition capped enrollment at 3,000 in the eighth year of the pilot). Authorizes the State Board of Education to allow a participating school to increase student enrollment to greater than 20% for any year of the school's operation if the State Board determines it to be in the State's best interest (previously, authorized the State Board to waive the 3,000-student maximum enrollment beginning in the eighth year of the school's operation). Adds a new requirement for a participating school to receive State Board approval for any enrollment increase if the school has been placed under monthly compliance monitoring by the Charter School Advisory Board due to a material change to its charter. Maintains that the changes apply beginning with the 2019-20 school year.
| Intro. by Ballard, Brown, Newton. | GS 115C |
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Amends the proposed changes to the definition of delinquent juvenile set forth in GS 7B-1501 and GS 143B-805 to exclude all violations of motor vehicles laws under GS Chapter 20, rather than only misdemeanor and infraction violations of the motor vehicle laws.
Recodifies GS 20-106, which establishes receiving or transferring stolen vehicles as a Class H felony, as GS 14-71.2 (previously, repealed GS 20-106).
Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 7B-1604. Instead amends the statute to mandate prosecution of a juvenile as an adult for any criminal offense the juvenile commits after a district or superior court conviction if either (1) the juvenile has previously been transferred to and convicted in superior court or (2) the juvenile has previously been convicted in either district or superior court for a felony or a misdemeanor, excluding motor vehicle misdemeanor or infraction violations, but including convictions for impaired driving offenses.
Adds to proposed GS 15A-145.8, regarding expunction of records when charges are remanded to district court for juvenile adjudication. Sets forth further procedures, now requiring the NC State Crime Lab to purge related DNA records and all other identifying information from the State DNA Database and DNA samples stored in the State DNA Databank upon receipt of an order of expunction of DNA records entered pursuant to subsection (b); excludes other offenses committed by the individual that qualify for inclusion in the State DNA Database and the State DNA Databank. Requires the State Crime Lab to notify the defendant and the defendant's attorney by letter, documenting the expungement and destruction of the sample. Additionally, adds a new requirement for the clerk to notify State and local agencies of the court's expungement order as specified under state law and forward the order to the Administrative Office of the Courts. Makes a technical correction.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Section 2
Makes a technical change to the directives set forth in Section 2(b) of the act.
Section 3
Makes a technical change to the directives regarding the convening of a task force to develop a Comprehensive Plan to Improve Literacy Instruction (Plan).
| Intro. by Berger. | GS 115C |
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Deletes the content of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.
Part I.
Requires the State Board of Education to recommend steps necessary to transition to a competency-based assessment and teaching model for all elementary and secondary students. Sets out objectives that must be met by the transition steps. Requires a report to the specified NCGA committee by May 15, 2020.
Part II.
Enacts GS 115C-47(64) (regarding local boards of education), GS 115C-218.75(g) (regarding charter schools), GS 115C-238.66(14) (regarding regional schools), GS 116-239.8(b)(17) (regarding laboratory schools), and Section 6(d)(2)p. of SL 2018-32 (regarding renewal school systems) to require that each respective authority adopt and implement a suicide risk referral protocol and a mental health training program for school personnel who work directly with students in grades K-12, as required by GS 115C-375.11, as enacted.
Changes the title of GS Chapter 115C, Article 25A, to Special Medical Needs and Mental Health Needs of Students.
Enacts new GS 115C-375.11 requiring public school units, by July 1, 2020, to adopt and implement a suicide risk referral protocol for school personnel working with students in grades K-12. Requires the protocol to: (1) inform school personnel of suicide risk referral procedures, including the provision of training; (2) establish crisis teams; and (3) inform school personnel on how to identify and intervene in appropriate situations. Requires each public school unit to adopt and implement a mental health training program for school personnel working with students in grades K-12. The training program is required to address youth mental health, suicide prevention, substance abuse, sexual abuse prevention, and sex trafficking prevention. Requires periodic review and update of these protocols and training programs. Defines school personnel to mean teachers, instructional support personnel, principals, and assistant principals, and, in the discretion of the public school unit, other school employees who work directly with students in grades K through 12. Provides liability from civil immunity to public school units, its members, employees, designees, agents, or volunteers for loss or damage caused by an act or omission related to providing, participating in, or implementing any component of the suicide risk referral protocol or the mental health training program.
Directs the State Board of Education to adopt a school-based model suicide risk referral protocol and model mental health training program to meet the requirements developed by the Superintendent's Working Group on Health and Well Being by December 1, 2020. Requires that the suicide risk referral protocols and mental health training programs be adopted and implemented by the public school units by July 1, 2021. Allows public school units to use the model suicide risk referral protocol and model mental health training program developed by the State Board of Education, modify the State Board of Education models, or develop their own models.
Part III.
Enacts GS 115C-47(65) (concerning local boards of education), GS 115C-218.75(h) (concerning charter schools), GS 115C-238.66(15) (regarding regional schools), and GS 116-239.8(b)(18) (regarding laboratory schools) to require each entity to adopt and implement a dating violence and abuse policy that defines dating violence and abuse, prohibits dating violence and abuse by any student on school property, provides procedures for responding to incidents of dating violence or abuse, and is implemented in a manner that is integrated with the discipline policies of the school. Amends specified statutes to require each public school, charter school, regional school, and laboratory school to teach about dating violence and abuse, and specifically requires regional schools and laboratory schools to incorporate dating violence and abuse instruction into the school's reproductive health and safety program if it has one.
Requires each entity required to adopt and implement a policy against dating violence and abuse by July 1, 2020, and requires each entity required to provide instruction on dating violence and abuse to do so beginning with the 2020-21 school year.
Part IV.
Effective when the act becomes law, unless otherwise provided.
Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
House committee substitute deletes the provisions of the 3rd edition and instead provides the following.
Makes the following changes to Article 7A, NC Innovative School District and Innovation Zones, of GS Chapter 115C.
Amends GS 115C-75.5, modifying the term innovative school operator (IS operator) to remove the general prohibition provided against the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) being selected as an IS operator. Deletes the existing definition for qualifying school and now defines the term to mean a school that is a Title I school in the lowest performing 5% of school grades of all Title I schools, as defined.
Deletes the existing provisions regarding selection of innovative schools set forth in GS 115C-75.7 and instead mandates annual selection by the State Board of no more than five qualifying schools to transfer to the Innovative School District (ISD) as innovative schools (previously, the State Board was authorized to select, upon recommendation of the ISD Superintendent, up to five qualifying elementary schools, as previously defined, to transfer to the ISD, with diversity requirements and limitations to one qualifying school per local unit unless the local board consented). Requires selection of innovative schools to be based on an analysis and evaluation of performance of qualifying schools over a three-year period of the school being designated and placed on the qualifying list, watch list, and warning list, as described, with public notice given and hearings held concerning the designation in accordance with the statutory requirements set forth. Requires the State Board to ensure that the qualifying schools identified for any ISD list are engaged in strategies in compliance with state or federal law for comprehensive support and improvement. Allows the State Board of Education to establish criteria for the selection of independent turnaround school consultants in a pay-for-performance model to provide direct support for qualifying schools. Directs the ISD Superintendent to monitor the schools and assist local boards in identifying funding, strategies, and partners for those efforts. Requires local boards to identify and engage in strategies in compliance with federal and State law for comprehensive support and improvement of qualifying schools, and mandates that local board members with an immediate family member employed by the local board and assigned to a qualifying school recuse themselves from any actions directly related to that qualifying school. Permits a local board to request that the State Board select a qualifying school under its control as an innovative school at any time upon recommendation of the ISD Superintendent. Eliminates the requirement for a local board to adopt a resolution which either consents to transfer the selected qualifying school to the ISD or closes the school at the conclusion of the school year. Establishes a new selection process whereby a school that remains a qualifying school in the school year following the year the school was placed on the ISD warning list and is one of the lowest five qualifying schools on the ISD warning list, as measured by school performance scores, is selected as an innovative school beginning with the next school year. Maintains the statute's existing provisions regarding public notification and waiver for innovative schools. Requires the ISD lists and selected innovative schools to be publicly available on a website maintained by the ISD.
Amends GS 115C-75.8 to permit the State Board to select an IS operator for a selected innovative school by December 15 and require selection of an IS operator for a selected innovative school by January 15 (previously applicable to prospective innovative schools, with selection permitted by January and required by February 15). Makes conforming changes. Modifies the requirements for entities contracted as IS operators to remove reference to persistently low-performing schools or students concerning the entity's record of improvement. Eliminates the provisions that provide for the ISD to act as an IS operator in instances in which no entity meets the specified qualifications. Maintains the contract requirements for contracts between the State Board and IS operator.
Amends GS 115C-75.9 to eliminate the provision authorizing the ISD to act as an IS operator in the event that temporary management is necessary due to contract termination. Now permits an IS operator, in collaboration rather than in consultation with the ISD Superintendent, to elect to enter into a memorandum of understanding for alternate arrangements with the local board to address facility and capital expenditures, transportation services, or services for children with disabilities. Adds a requirement for the IS operator to collaborate with the ISD Superintendent in selecting and hiring the school principal for the innovative school. Concerning retained employees, allows a retained employee to become an employee of the local board if the IS operator is a local board, rather than an employee of the ISD, subject to approval of the ISD Superintendent. Provides for teachers at qualifying schools selected to become an innovative school who have career status prior to employment to teach at the innovative school to return to a public school in the local unit with career status at the end of employment at the innovative school if the appropriate position is available, and if not available, be put on a list of available teachers pursuant to GS 115C-325.
Amends GS 115C-75.10, concerning innovative schools funds. Concerning the ability of the IS operator to enter into a funding memorandum of understanding with the local board of the local unit for all student support and operational services and all instruction services, requires collaboration rather than consultation with the ISD Superintendent.
Amends GS 115C-75.11, concerning accountability and governance for innovative schools, to require an IS operator to collaborate with the ISD Superintendent in selecting, approving, or removing the school principal of an innovative school managing under the Article.
Amends GS 115C-75.12, regarding the term of supervision, to eliminate the provision authorizing the ISD to act as temporary IS operator during a transition period following contract termination.
Amends GS 115C-75.13 concerning the creation of an innovation zone by a local board, to allow for an innovation zone for up to three low-performing schools within the local board's local unit (was, for up to three continually low-performing schools within its local unit) if the local unit has more than 35% of the schools identified in the unit as low-performing for some or all (was, for all) of the low-performing schools located in the unit. Requires the leader of the innovation zone office to be selected by the local board in consultation with the ISD Superintendent (was, recommended by the ISD Superintendent) and approved by the State Board. Modifies the provisions regarding termination of an innovation zone to refer to low-performing schools rather than continually low-performing schools. Eliminates the provision which requires a low-performing school in an innovation zone to become an innovative school if the school does not exceed expected growth in the last two of five consecutive years in the innovation zone.
Amends GS 115C-429 to require the local board to submit to the county commissioners with the budget the academic performance of the schools in the local unit, including school performance grades of each school, any schools identified as low-performing or continually low-performing or included on the ISD lists, and improvement efforts by the local board. Requires the local board to present the academic performance information at a public meeting upon request of the board of commissioners.
Mandates that the State Board select the lowest scoring qualifying school, as defined by GS 115C-75.5, as amended, in the state identified based on the school performance score in the school years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 to become an innovative school in the following school year, respectively.
Requires the State Board to select innovative schools pursuant to GS 115C-75.7(a), as amended, no earlier than the 2022-23 school year for inclusion in the ISD beginning with the 2023-24 school year, unless a local board requests selection prior to that year.
Directs the Superintendent of Education and the ISD Superintendent to jointly study the options for innovative schools and reform of low-performing schools, as described, and report to the specified NCGA committee by March 15, 2020.
Applies to schools identified beginning with data from the 2018-19 school year as qualifying schools for the 2019-20 school year, except as otherwise provided.
Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
House committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.
Part I.
Amends proposed GS 15A-145.8 to limit expunction eligibility to offenses committed prior to December 1, 2019, while the person was less than 18 years old, but at least 16 years old. Establishes that the victim has a right to be present at any hearing on the petition for expunction upon request and the victim's views and concerns must be considered by the court at the hearing. Makes conforming changes concerning the required findings by the court prior to entering an order. Also clarifies that the requirements that the person have completed any active sentence, period of probation, and post-release supervision, and have no outstanding restitution order or outstanding civil judgments, apply only to the offense eligible for expunction. Specifies that the clerk must forward the expunction order, rather than the petition, to the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC). Makes organizational, technical, and clarifying changes.
Part II.
Further amends GS 15A-151.5, concerning prosecutor access to expunged files, to allow for records of a criminal conviction expunged under subdivisions (1) through (7b) of subsection (a), as amended, on or after July 1, 2018, to be considered a prior conviction and used for the following purposes: (1) to calculate the prior record level and prior conviction level, if appropriate; (2) to serve as a basis for indictment for a habitual offense; (3) when a conviction of a prior offense raises the offense level of a subsequent offense; (4) to determine eligibility for relief under GS 90-96 (conditional discharge for first controlled substance offense); or (5) when permissible in a criminal case under the specified NC Rules of Evidence (previously, only provided for use to calculate prior record level, and did not extend to the newly added expunction records). Provides that the information maintained by AOC and made available under the statute, as amended, is prima facie evidence of the expunged conviction for the allowable purposes. Makes conforming technical changes. Provides that expungement of a conviction cannot serve as a basis to challenge a conviction or sentence entered before the expungement of that conviction.
Amends GS 15A-151 to allow AOC to disclose expungement files for expungements pursuant to new GS 15A-145.8 and GS 15A-146, as amended, upon request of State or local law enforcement, the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, and the NC Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission.
Maintains the December 1, 2019, effective date for Part II of the act.
Part III.
Amends the proposed changes to GS 15A-146, regarding expunction of records when charges are dismissed or there are findings of not guilty. Concerning petitions for expungement involving multiple offenses, also allows the district attorney to petition the court, and no longer requires the court to hold a hearing when any charge resulted in a conviction on the day of dismissal or had not yet reached a final disposition. Consolidates the provisions concerning petitions for expunction for charges resulting in findings of not guilty. Excepts from the provisions regarding the effect of expunctions permissible evidentiary purposes in criminal cases, as specified in GS 15A-151.5(b)(5), as enacted. Makes organizational changes to the provisions concerning dismissals and findings of not guilty on or after July 1, 2020. Now provides for expunction by operation of law if any person is charged with a crime, either a misdemeanor or felony, or is charged with an infraction, and (1) all charges are disposed of on or after July 1, 2020, and (2) all charges in the case are dismissed without leave, dismissed by the court, or result in a finding of not guilty or not responsible (previously, excluded motor vehicle law violations). Eliminates the related procedural provisions, and instead direct the AOC to develop and have in place procedures to automate the expunction of records pursuant to subsection (a4), as amended, prior to July 1, 2020. Adds a new provision to authorize an arresting agency to maintain investigative records related to a charge that has been expunged pursuant to the statute, effective December 1, 2019. Makes further conforming and technical changes.
Part IV.
Modifies the proposed changes to GS 15A-145.5, regarding expunction of certain misdemeanors and felonies. Concerning when the court can treat multiple nonviolent felonies and nonviolent misdemeanors as one conviction under the statute, no longer requires that the nonviolent felonies or nonviolent misdemeanors not to have been alleged to have occurred after the person had already been served with criminal process for the commission of a nonviolent felony or nonviolent misdemeanor. Modifies the petition process to now allow a person to petition the court for one or more nonviolent misdemeanor convictions or one nonviolent felony conviction (was, one or more nonviolent misdemeanor convictions or nonviolent felony convictions), according to the following time restrictions: (1) for expunction of one nonviolent felony misdemeanor, no earlier than the later of five years after the date of conviction or when any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision has been served; (2) for expunction of more than one nonviolent misdemeanor, the later of seven years after the date of the person's last conviction other than a traffic offense not listed in the petition, or seven years after any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision has been served; and (3) for expunction of one nonviolent felony, the later of 10 years after the date of the conviction or 10 years after any active sentence, period of probation, or post-release supervision has been served. Makes conforming changes. Adds that the victim has the right to be present at any hearing on the petition for expunction upon request, and the victim's views and concerns must be considered by the court at the hearing. Makes organizational and clarifying changes to the required findings of the court prior to entering an order under the statute. Concerning findings required for expunction of one or more nonviolent misdemeanors, requires the petitioner to have no convictions for any other felony or misdemeanor, other than a traffic offense, for one nonviolent misdemeanor petition, or for more than one nonviolent misdemeanor, no convictions for a misdemeanor or a felony listed as an exception to the terms "nonviolent misdemeanor" or "nonviolent felony" under the statute.
Part V.
Changes the effective date of the act to the date the act becomes law (was, December 1, 2019).
| Intro. by Britt, Daniel, McKissick. | GS 15A |
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Modifies proposed GS 84-5(c) to provide that S corporations can be represented by (was, can represent themselves) and appear in any state court using a nonattorney representative who is the sole owner of the business entity if the owner files an affidavit providing that the owner's interest in the business entity is 100% (was, if the owner's interest is at least 25%). Limits the applicability of (c) to the trial of civil actions in which the amount in controversy is $25,000 or less.
Amends GS 84-2.1 by adding that the phrase "practice law" does not include the representation or appearance in court by a nonattorney representative who is the sole owner of an S Corporation as allowed under GS 84-5(c).
Amends GS 84-4, prohibiting persons other than members of the State Bar from practicing law, by providing that the statute does not apply to the representation or appearance in court by a nonattorney representative who is the sole owner of an S Corporation as allowed by GS 84-5(c).
Amends the act's long title.
| Intro. by Perry. | GS 84 |
House committee substitute deletes the provisions of the 1st edition and now provides the following.
Requires the Revisor of Statutes to recodify Part 2 of Article 37 of GS Chapter 14, Bingo and Raffles, and Article 68 of GS Chapter 143, Regulation of Boxing, and GS Chapter 18C, North Carolina State Lottery, into a new GS Chapter 18E entitled Gaming. Sets out the structure of the new Chapter, consisting of 4 Subchapters and 22 Articles. Authorizes the Revisor of Statutes to change all references to the North Carolina State Lottery Commission, State Bureau of Investigation, and Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch of the Department of Public Safety, as appropriate, to the North Carolina Gaming Commission; allows for additional organizational, clarifying, and technical changes.
Enacts new GS Chapter 18E, Gaming, providing as follows. Creates the nine-member Gaming Commission (Commission), located within the Department of Commerce, but operating independently, to establish and oversee the operation of gaming in the state. Commission members serve terms varying from one year to four years and are prohibited from serving for more than two successive terms. Requires the Commission to meet at least quarterly. Sets out member qualifications. Prohibits legislators and former legislators from serving on the Commission while in office or within 12 months after leaving office. Makes Commission records open and available to the public. Sets out the Commission’s ten powers and duties, including regulating and overseeing gaming; prescribing the nature of gaming advertising, which must meet the specified requirements; charging licensees and contractors fees for criminal records; specifying the number and value of prizes for winning tickets or share in lottery games; and studying the feasibility of authorizing new gaming activities. Establishes that the Commission does not have any authority to regulate or oversee any gaming conducted pursuant to a compact entered into between the State and a federally recognized Indian tribe. Requires the Commission to send quarterly and annual reports on Commission operations to the Governor, State Treasurer, and NCGA. Requires the State Auditor to conduct annual audits of all accounts and transactions of the Commission. Requires the Commission to biennially engage an independent firm experienced in security procedures to study and evaluate all aspects of security in the operation of the Commission. Requires the portion of the security audit report with the overall evaluation of the Commission and lottery games to be presented to the Commission, Governor, and NCGA. Also requires the Commission to biennially engage an independent auditing firm to perform an audit of the lottery and present the results to the Commission, Governor, and NCGA. Allows the Commission to engage an independent auditing firm to conduct an audit of various games. Allows the Commission to apply to the superior court for an injunction to restrain any person from violating the Chapter or its rules. Allows the Commission, when it has reasonable cause to believe that a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter may have occurred, to investigate to determine whether a violation has occurred. Allows the Commission or the Department of Public Safety, Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch, to inspect an establishment of a licensee during normal business hours.
Requires the Commission to select a Director to operate and administer the functions of the Commission and to serve as the Secretary to the Commission. Sets out the Director’s 10 powers and duties, under the Commission’s supervision, including setting salaries of Commission employees, entering into contracts upon Commission approval, and providing monthly financial reports to the Commission. Sets out six requirements for the Director and Commission employees, including that they not have a financial interest in any licensee or contractor, and prohibiting them from representing any licensee or contractor before the Commission for one year following termination of employment with the Commission. Prohibits the Commissioners, Director, and Commission employees, or a member of their immediate families residing in the same household as the individual, from accepting any economic opportunities, gifts, loan, gratuity, special discount, favor, hospitality, or service with a value exceeding $100 in any calendar year from any person being regulated by the Chapter.
Repeals GS 18C-110; GS 18C-111; GS 18C-112; GS 18C-113(a), (b), and (c); GS 18C-115(a) and GS 18C-114, which established the North Carolina State Lottery Commission and sets out requirements related to the Commission. Repeals GS 18C-120 and GS 18C-122 concerning the selection of the State Lottery Director and setting out auditing requirements.
Amends GS 18C-500 to make alcohol law enforcement agents responsible for enforcing gaming laws.
Requires the Commission to study the feasibility of allowing sports betting and steeplechases to operate in the state, including studying seven specified issues. Requires a report to the specified NCGA committee by February 15, 2020.
Specifies that each commission, board, or other function of State government transferred to the Commission is a continuation of the former entity for purposes of succession to all the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of the former.
Provides that no action or proceeding pending on August 31, 2019, brought by or against the North Carolina Lottery Commission, the State Bureau of Investigation, the Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch of the Department of Public Safety, or the Boxing Advisory Commission is affected by any provision of this act, and they may be prosecuted or defended in the name of the North Carolina Gaming Commission. Allows any business or other matter undertaken or commanded by any State program or office or contract transferred to the Commission pertaining to or connected with the functions, powers, obligations, and duties set forth herein, which is pending on August 31, 2019, to be conducted and completed by the Commission in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if conducted and completed by the original program, office, or commissioners or directors thereof.
Specifies that the consolidation does not affect any ongoing investigation or audit and that prosecutions for offenses or violations committed before August 31, 2019, are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions.
Specifies that rules, forms, policies, procedures, and guidance adopted by the North Carolina Lottery Commission, the State Bureau of Investigation, the Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch of the Department of Public Safety, or the Boxing Advisory Commission remain in effect until amended or repealed by the Commission.
Transfers the authority, powers, duties and functions, records, personnel, property, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, or other funds of the North Carolina Lottery Commission and the North Carolina Gaming Commission to the Commission. Transfers specified powers and duties and other related functions and appropriations of the bingo and raffle functions of the State Bureau of Investigation and the boxing regulatory functions of the Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch to the Commission. Transfers the appropriations and resources of the North Carolina Lottery Commission, and the appropriations and resources of the bingo and raffle functions of the State Bureau of Investigation and the boxing regulatory functions of the Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch and the Boxing Advisory Commission to the Commission, with the elements of a Type I transfer.
Establishes that the members of the NC Lottery Commission are to operate as the NC Gaming Commission until appointments have been made to the NC Gaming Commission pursuant to the act's provisions.
Requires the Commission to report to the specified NCGA commission and committee by April 1, 2020, and March 1, 2021, on recommendations for statutory changes needed to implement the consolidation.
Effective September 1, 2019.
Changes the act's titles.
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes.
Eliminates the proposed changes to GS 14-4, regarding violations of local ordinances.
Amends proposed GS 14-4.1, making amendments to rules which create a new criminal offense or otherwise subjects a person to criminal penalties subject to GS 150B-21.3(b1), in addition to any rule of the same consequence. Makes the statute applicable to rules adopted on or after January 1, 2020, rather than December 1, 2019.
Eliminates proposed GS 14-4.2, which established criminal notice requirements.
Amends Section 1 of SL 2018-69, which requires all State agencies, boards, and commissions to create a list of all crimes defined by the entity that are in effect or pending legislation, to now require the entities to submit the list to the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Overnight Committee by November 1, 2019 (previously, by December 1, 2018; also previously required to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety). Amends Section 3 of SL 2018-69, which requires all counties, cities, towns, and metropolitan sewerage districts that have enacted ordinances punishable as misdemeanors under GS 14-4 to create a list of punishable ordinances, to now require a county with a population of 20,000 or more, a city with a population of 1,000 or more, or a metropolitan sewerage district that has enacted ordinances punishable as misdemeanors under GS 14-4 to create the list and submit the list to the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee by November 1, 2019 (was, December 1, 2018; also previously required to report to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety).
Establishes that no ordinance adopted on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2022, by a county, city, or town required to report pursuant to SL 2018-69, as amended, is subject to the misdemeanor criminal penalty provided by GS 14-4, unless the required report has been submitted by November 1, 2019. Provides that the ordinances can still be subject to civil penalties.
Directs the General Statutes Commission to study the reports received pursuant to SL 2018-69, as amended, and make recommendations regarding whether any currently criminalized conduct by either local ordinances or the Administrative Procedure Code should have criminal penalties provided by a generally applicable State law. Requires the General Statutes Commission to report to the 2020 General Assembly and the specified NCGA committee by May 1, 2020.
Amends GS 93A-8, making it a Class 1 misdemeanor to violate GS 93A-1, which requires real estate broker licensing, rather than any GS Chapter 93A provision. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2019.
Amends the act's long title.
Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.
Deletes proposed Part 11D (Electric Standup Scooters) of Article 3, GS Chapter 20.
Adds a requirement that the Legislative Research Commission (LRC) study the regulation of electric standup scooters in the state, including five specified topics, including examining current laws and regulations that affect the operation of electric standup scooters on highways, sidewalks, and other public ways, and examining the challenges facing local governments with respect to regulating the operation of scooters and the operation of scooter share businesses. Requires the LRC to report to the 2020 Regular Session of the 2019 General Assembly upon its convening.
| Intro. by McKissick, Newton. | GS 20 |
House amendment to the 4th edition makes the following changes.
Part II. Replace EOGs with Through-Grade Assessment Model Similar to NC Check-Ins
Amends the effective date to make Part II applicable beginning with testing administered for the 2023-24 school year instead of the 2022-23 school year.
As title indicates.
| Intro. by Rabon. | JOINT RES |
Provides that when the Senate and the House of Representatives adjourn on Monday, July 22, 2019, they adjourn to reconvene on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, at 12:00 noon. Limits the matters that can be considered during the reconvened session to those matters authorized in the respective chamber's 2019 Permanent Rules.
| Intro. by Rabon. | JOINT RES |
The Daily Bulletin: 2019-07-10
House committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Amends proposed GS 153A-60.1, applicable to Beaufort County only and concerning initiative petitions to alter the county board of commissioners, to no longer require that the Attorney General make any submissions under the statute.
| Intro. by Kidwell. | Beaufort |
The Daily Bulletin: 2019-07-10
Actions on Bills: 2019-07-10
H 18: ALLOW ABSENTEE BALLOTS/FIRE DISTRICT ELECTION.
H 50: ALLOW HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR TBI/PTSD.
H 106: INMATE HEALTH CARE & 340B PROGRAM. (NEW)
H 107: PED OVERSIGHT/EPP CHANGES.
H 108: PED/SAFEKEEPER HEALTH CARE COST RECOV. PRACT.
H 111: 2019-2021 BASE BUDGETS/CERTAIN AGENCIES. (NEW)
H 126: PAY INCREASES/STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. (NEW)
H 138: DAMAGE JAIL & PRISON FIRE SPRINKLER/PENALTY.
H 156: SWAIN COUNTY SETTLEMENT TRUST FUND. (NEW)
H 198: HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS.-AB
H 206: VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION CHANGES. (NEW)
H 211: VARIOUS DMV CHANGES.-AB
H 217: DIT CHANGES.-AB
H 220: INSURANCE TECHNICAL CHANGES.-AB
H 226: PAY INCREASES/STATE EMPLOYEES. (NEW)
H 235: Utilities Comm'n Tech. and Add'l Changes.-AB (NEW).
H 243: STATE HUMAN RESOURCES ACT AMENDMENTS.-AB
H 264: GSC TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS 2019.
H 268: AMEND ON-SITE WASTEWATER LAWS/MISC. TC. (NEW)
H 283: CONNER’S LAW.
H 323: ASSESS COSTS OF LOCAL LEO CRIME LAB ANALYSIS.
H 325: OPIOID EPIDEMIC RESPONSE ACT. (NEW)
H 329: RENEWABLE ENERGY AMENDS. (NEW)
H 337: CHANGE SALVAGE VEHICLE TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS.
H 362: 15-POINT SCALE FOR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE GRADES.
H 391: PASSENGER PROTECTION ACT. (NEW)
H 411: MODIFY SCHOOL QUAL./STUDENT SUCCESS INDICATOR.
H 449: HANDICAPPED & SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES (NEW).
H 469: VARIOUS FAMILY LAW CHANGES. (NEW)
H 495: NO MUNICIPAL REG/OFF-SITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. (NEW)
H 511: NORTH CAROLINA FIRST STEP ACT. (NEW)
H 536: TEMP OUTDOOR RESTAURANTS FOR OUTDOOR SEATING (NEW).
H 546: PROHIBIT COUNTERFEIT/NONFUNCTIONAL AIRBAGS.
H 575: ESTABLISH BIRTH CENTER LICENSURE ACT.
H 590: AMEND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE LAWS.
H 597: WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION AMENDS.
H 604: SMALL BUSINESS RETIREMENT PROGRAM.
H 620: STREET DATABASE/MANUAL/PUBLIC RECORD EXCEPT. (NEW)
H 628: 2019 BANKING & MORTGAGE CORRECTIONS & CHANGES.
H 629: LAW-ENFORCEMENT MUTUAL AID.
H 633: TEMP. OUTDOOR RESTAURANT/BAR. (NEW)
H 635: P&C CHANGES/GLOB. TRANP./PRISON PILOT. (NEW)
H 645: REVISIONS TO OUTDOOR ADVERTISING LAWS.
H 668: VARIOUS HIGHER EDUCATION CHANGES.
H 675: 2019 BUILDING CODE REGULATORY REFORM.
H 724: TRUTH IN CALLER ID ACT.
H 735: ADOPT RULES INCORPORATING 2017 FOOD CODE.
H 736: ELECTIVE SHARE-JOINT ACCOUNTS.
H 755: TRAVEL INSURANCE AMENDMENTS.
H 757: PENDER COUNTY/BUTNER PROPERTY TRANSFERS. (NEW)
H 758: MSD EXPANSION AND GOVERNANCE/DACS STUDY. (NEW)
H 760: EXPAND LOSS PREVENTION INVESTIGATIONS.
H 761: CLARIFY WASTEWATER PERMITTING LIABILITY.
H 851: DELAY DECERTIFICATION/CERTAIN VOTING MACHINES.
H 863: QUALIFICATIONS FOR SHERIFF/EXPUNCTIONS.
H 872: UNDERGROUND UTILITY SAFETY ACT/CHANGES.
H 880: LANDLORD/TENANT CHANGES.
S 5: SCHOOL SAFETY OMNIBUS. (NEW)
S 29: MOVE OVER LAW/INCREASE PENALTIES/AMBER LIGHTS. (NEW)
S 68: RELOCATION OF WATER/SEWER LINE COSTS.
S 124: SMALL TOWN MIXED BEVERAGE ELECTION REQS.
S 154: AUTHORIZE SPORTS/HORSE RACE WAGERING TRIBAL LANDS. (NEW)
S 210: ORGAN & TISSUE DONATION/HEART HEROES.
S 212: CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS/R&R/DIT/CYBERSECURITY. (NEW)
S 217: UI/PRECINCT WORKERS/2020 GENERAL ELECTION. (NEW)
S 218: CLARIFY STATE RECOGNITION - LUMBEE INDIANS.
S 290: ABC REGULATORY REFORM BILL. (NEW)
S 297: CANCER RESEARCH ADVISORY PANEL.
S 301: REGIONAL SCHOOL MODIFICATIONS. (NEW)
S 302: UPDATE ACH SVC & CARE PLAN /BD OF NURSING. (NEW)
S 316: AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
S 320: REGIONAL WATER SYSTEMS AND STATE GRANTS.
S 332: CIVIL PROCEDURE/LIMITATIONS/LAND SURVEYORS.
S 343: VARIOUS EDUCATION LAW CHANGES. (NEW)
S 354: STRENGTHENING EDUCATORS' PAY ACT. (NEW)
S 385: CLARIFY/AUTO DEALERS REGULATORY REQ.
S 391: EXPAND YOUTH INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.
S 392: VARIOUS CHARTER SCHOOL CHANGES (NEW)
S 409: STUDY NC VETERANS REGISTRY.
S 413: RAISE THE AGE MODIFICATIONS.
S 420: NC SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.
S 438: EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACT OF 2019.
S 444: ALLOW USE OF OYSTER SHELLS AS SERVING DISHES.
S 462: MODIFICATIONS TO NC APPRAISAL BOARD.
S 476: SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH. (NEW)
S 478: MODIFY APPOINTMENT REPORTING. (NEW)
S 493: DVPO ABUSER TREATMENT/TIME OF EXPIRATION. (NEW)
S 498: FACILITATE RESPONSE TO DISASTERS.
S 508: CIVIL PROCEDURE/DEPONENT DECLARATION.
S 522: LOW-PERF. SCHOOLS/ADV. TEACHING ROLES. (NEW)
S 523: REV. LAWS CLARIFYING & ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES.
S 535: AUTHORIZE STATE PARK/CLARIFY CORP NAME. (NEW)
S 553: REGULATORY REFORM ACT OF 2019.
S 559: STORM SECURITIZATION. (NEW)
S 562: THE SECOND CHANCE ACT.
S 572: UNIVERSITY SYSTEM RISK MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS. (NEW)
S 574: GAMING COMMISSION. (NEW)
S 584: CRIMINAL LAW REFORM.
S 604: AMEND NC VETERINARY PRACTICE ACT.
S 606: PRIORITIZE NATIVE NC PLANTS ON HIGHWAY ROW.
S 620: ELECTRIC STANDUP SCOOTERS.
S 621: TESTING REDUCTION ACT OF 2019.
S 686: APPOINTMENTS BILL 2019.
S 687: SBOE CONFIRMATION/JT. SESSION.
S 688: ADJOURN 2019 SESSION TO DATE CERTAIN.
Actions on Bills: 2019-07-10
H 98: MACON/CLAY/NO RIGHT-OF-WAY SPOTLIGHTING.
H 112: ROANOKE RAPIDS LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX.
H 134: FILLING VACANCY/ONSLOW COUNTY BOARD OF COMM.
H 170: VARIOUS SATELLITE ANNEXATIONS. (NEW)
H 187: AMEND TOWN OF ELON CHARTER/PARKING ORDINANCES.
H 239: PITT COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL RECORDS.
H 285: CITY OF SANFORD/TOWN OF BEAUFORT VOL ANNEX. (NEW)
H 324: CLEVELAND/CALDWELL COUNTIES HUNTING OMNIBUS. (NEW)
H 429: NAVIGABLE WATERS/MANTEO/HYDE (NEW)
H 481: VOTER INITIATIVE FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY.
S 186: BEAUFORT-MOREHEAD CTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY/AMEND.
S 190: EXPAND SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR DAM REPAIR.
S 194: WEST JEFFERSON/SALUDA/YANCEYVILLE ANNEX. (NEW)
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