Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition makes the following changes. Deletes the content of the previous edition and replaces it with the following.
Amends GS 20-4.01 to add to the Chapter’s defined terms modified utility vehicle. Defines the term to mean a vehicle that is designed for off-road use and manufactured with safety equipment required by GS 20-121.1(2); excludes all-terrain vehicles, golf carts, utility vehicles, and riding lawn mowers.
Amends GS 20-87 to provide a registration fee for modified utility vehicles, setting the fee as the same fee amount for private registration vehicles of no more than 15 passengers, and the fee for modified utility vehicles offered for rent as the same fee amount for a U-drive-it automobile.
Amends GS 20-121.1 to provide for the regulation of modified utility vehicles in the same manner as low-speed vehicles and mini-trucks, including safety equipment requirements, vehicle identification number requirements, registration and insurance requirements, and use-restrictions as necessary by the Department of Transportation. Specifically restricts operation of modified utility vehicles to streets and highways where the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour or less (distinct from low-speed vehicles, which are restricted to posted limits of 35 miles per hour or less, and from and mini-trucks which are restricted to posted limits of 55 miles per hour or less).
Effective October 1, 2020.
Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
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| Intro. by Dixon, Brisson, Humphrey, R. Turner. | GS 20 |
Senate committee substitute deletes the content of the 1st edition and now provides the following.
Enacts GS 58-3-8 to expressly exclude medical direct primary care agreements from the scope of GS Chapter 58, Insurance. Defines medical direct primary care agreement to mean a contract between a primary care provider, as defined, and an individual patient or individual patient's legal representative in which the primary care provider agrees to provide primary care services, as defined, to the individual patient for a specified fee and specified period of time, without billing third parties or billing on a fee-for-service basis. Defines primary care provider to include an individual or other legal entity alone or with other professionally associated with the individual or other legal entity. Explicitly states that primary care providers and their agents are not required to be licensed or certified under GS Chapter 58 with regards to medical direct primary care agreements. Sets forth seven requirements of medical direct primary care agreements, including that the agreement be in writing, signed by the parties or their representatives, allow termination without notice by either party, specify the periodic fee and duration of the agreement, specify any automatic renewal periods, specify the primary care services included and covered, and prominently state that the agreement is not health insurance.
Changes the act's titles.
| Intro. by Hardister, White, Dobson, Adcock. | GS 58 |
Senate amendment #1 adds the following content to the 6th edition.
Authorizes any private club or private bar, any winery issued a fortified or unfortified wine permit, or any distillery issued a distillery permit, to open and serve alcohol for on-premises consumption so long as 10 requirements and limitations are met. Among the restrictions are (1) a requirement that the establishment have been in existence on March 10, 2020, is properly licensed and permitted, and holds all necessary State and local regulatory permits; (2) the service is limited to outdoor seating locations with the location owner(s)' permission; and (3) the outdoor seating capacity is limited to the lesser of 50% of the current indoor seating capacity of the establishment, or 100 customers.
Expands the act's provision barring municipalities and counties from prohibiting the authorized outdoor seating areas due to not being a permitted use for operation of food and drink services under zoning ordinances, to include the above added authorized outdoor seating areas.
Makes the effective date and sunset provisions of the act applicable to the added authorizations (sunsets the act upon the later of 30 days after any emergency prohibitions and restrictions applicable expire or are otherwise terminated to permit the establishment to open for full unrestricted service of food and drink, or October 31, 2020).
| Intro. by McGrady, Boles, Fisher, Hardister. |
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Deletes the act's whereas clauses. Instead, states legislative findings regarding the need of a reliable emergency response network during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eliminates the proposed appropriation of nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the Department of Public Safety(DPS) for the Voice Interoperability Plan for Emergency Responders (VIPER) network for the 2020-21 fiscal year and the corresponding HB 966 repeals if that act becomes law. Replaces the appropriation by instead directing the transfer of $19,800,530 (an amount identical to the previous appropriation) from the Coronavirus Relief Reserve to the Coronavirus Relief Fund (both established in SL 2020-4). Appropriates the transferred funds on a nonrecurring basis to the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) for the 2020-21 fiscal year to be allocated to DPS to be used for tower upgrades to the VIPER network (previously, provided for base station upgrades).
Makes the general provisions set out in SL 2020-4 applicable to the appropriated funds. Directs OSBM to include the funds transferred and appropriated in its report required by Section 1.7 of SL 2020-4.
Maintains the act's effective date of July 1, 2020.
| Intro. by McNeill, Boles, Davis. | APPROP |
House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes.
Requires that petitions from property owners for DOT to provide a quitclaim deed to be submitted within two years of the act's effective date.
Adds that the act does not apply, and is not to be construed to apply, to any publicly-owned or privately-owned rail or other transportation corridor, except the Rail Corridor.
Reduces the appropriation to the Department of Transportation from $100,000 to $1,000.
| Intro. by Corbin, McNeely. | APPROP, UNCODIFIED, Cherokee |
House amendment #1 makes the following changes to the 3rd edition.
Section 1
Changes the effective date of Section 1(b), regarding the residency requirements of precinct assistants and chief judges and judges. Now provides for these provisions to become effective on the date the act becomes law, rather than July 1, 2020. Maintains the provisions' sunset date of December 31, 2020.
Section 2
Regarding the directive to the Department of Health and Human Services and the State Board of Elections (State Board) regarding multipartisan team assistance in congregate living situations, now directs the entities to develop guidance, rather than a program, as previously described. Maintains the reporting deadline of August 1, 2020.
Section 11.2
Increases the amount of the appropriated HAVA funds and State match funds the State Board can use for statewide advertising to inform the public of election law changes and other procedures in response to the coronavirus pandemic, from $250,000 to $300,000.
House committee substitute deletes the content of the 1st edition and instead provides the following.
Transfers $10,440,000 in nonrecurring funds from the Statewide Misdemeanant Confinement Fund to the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice Division of Operations Fund for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Appropriates the transferred funds to the Department of Public Safety, and allocates the funds in specified amounts for (1) the Perquimans Youth Detention Center for Raise the Age renovations, (2) the C.A. Dillon Youth Development Center campus in Granville County for Raise the Age renovations, and (3) to support inmate construction projects for completing construction of the Youth Development Center in Rockingham County. Expressly states that the provisions of GS 143C-8-11 apply to the funded projects, which provides for the reversion of appropriations, lapse in authorizations, and remaining funds after project completion for capital improvement projects.
Amends Section 4.15 of SL 2020-3, which (1) expands GS 74C-3 the term private protective services profession to include any person, firm, association, or corporation providing a security guard on a contractual basis for another for a fee or consideration and performing security services related to entry and exit, direction and movement of individuals at entry and exit, security working towers, and perimeter security patrols at State prisons, and (2) enacts new GS 148-5.5 to require any licensed security guard and patrol professional who is employed to provide security services related to entry and exit, direction and movement of individuals at entry and exit, security working towers, or perimeter security patrols at a State prison facility, to be trained on State prison policies, including on the use of force, before providing security services at a State prison, and gives security guard and patrol professionals receiving such training the authority to detain and use necessary force to prevent contraband entry or inmate escape. Changes the sunset of the provisions of Section 4.15 of SL 2020-3 to now provide for expiration upon the earlier of August 1, 2022, or the date of completion of the Youth Development Center in Rockingham County (was, strictly August 1, 2020).
Reenacts and incorporates by reference the State Budget Act, GS Chapter 143C.
Provides for the continued validity of 2019 legislative appropriations for an entity covered under the act unless expressly repealed or amended.
Effective July 1, 2020.
Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.
| Intro. by Saine, Lambeth, McGrady. | APPROP, UNCODIFIED, Granville, Perquimans, Rockingham |
House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Eliminates the proposed $20 million appropriation to the NC Housing Trust Fund. Instead, provides the following.
Directs the State Controller to deposit $10 million in the General Fund from the cash balance in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) Fund. Requires the General Fund to be credited $10 million from the proceeds of the of the insurance regulatory charge of the 2020-21 fiscal year that would be credited to the Insurance Regulatory Fund, effective for the charged levied for the 2020-21 fiscal year and due and collected after July 1, 2020.
Appropriates $20 million in nonrecurring funds from the General Fund to the NC Housing Finance Agency (Agency) for the 2020-21 fiscal year to be used for the Workforce Housing Loan Program pursuant to the specified state law provisions governing the Program. Mandates the appropriated funds to be fully allocated during the 2020 housing credit award cycle (identical to language accompanying the previous appropriations provisions).
Reenacts and incorporates by reference the State Budget Act, GS Chapter 143C.
Provides for the continued validity of 2019 legislation appropriating funds to an entity covered by the act unless expressly repealed or amended.
Maintains the act's effective date of July 1, 2020.
| Intro. by Lambeth. | APPROP |
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Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Eliminates the appropriations provisions, which provided for appropriations of recurring funds from the General Fund to the Military Presence Stabilization Fund. Replaces the provisions with the following.
Directs the Department of Commerce to transfer $2 million in nonrecurring funds from the cash balance of the Film and Entertainment Grant Fund to the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) for deposit in the Military Presence Stabilization Fund by August 15, 2020. Appropriates the transferred funds for the 2020-21 fiscal year to be used to provide grants for local communities or military installations, updates to strategic planning, federal advocacy, and identification of measures to increase the military value of installations (identical to the purposes previously identified).
Reenacts and incorporates by reference the State Budget Act, GS Chapter 143C.
Provides for the continued validity of 2019 legislative appropriations to an entity covered under the act unless expressly repealed or amended.
Maintains the act’s effective date of July 1, 2020.
Changes the act's long title.
| Intro. by Brown, Harrington, B. Jackson. | APPROP |
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.
Eliminates the appropriations provisions and replaces them with the following.
Directs the State Controller to transfer to Western Carolina University (WCU), by August 15, 2020, $11,585,462 in nonrecurring funds from the cash balance in the Repairs and Renovations Reserve, and $4,914,538 in nonrecurring funds from the cash balance in the Federal Insurance Contributions Act Fund, for the 2020-21 fiscal year. Expressly appropriates and restricts use of the transferred funds to the steam plan project at WCU.
Maintains the act's effective date of July 1, 2020.
| Intro. by Brown, Harrington, B. Jackson. | APPROP |
Part I
Sets forth the act's purpose and defined terms. Defines COVID-19 emergency to mean the period beginning March 10, 2020, and ending on the date the Governor rescinds Executive Order No. 116.
Part II
Appropriates $10,987,295 in federal CARES Act funds and $2,120,497 required match from the State General Fund to the State Board of Elections (State Board) for the 2019-20 fiscal year to respond to the COVID-19 emergency for the 2020 federal election cycle. Provides a nonexclusive list of five purposes for which funds can by used, including establishing healthy polling places and establishing an online portion for absentee ballot requests. Provides for unspent funds to carry forward to the 2020-21 fiscal year and appropriates the funds for the purposes set forth in the act.
Appropriates $11,677,441 from the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) funds and $2,335,488 as the required match from the State General Fund to the State Board for the 2019-20 fiscal year to improve election administration. Allows for part of the federal HAVA funds to be used for COVID-19 response for the election if the funds appropriated for that purpose are insufficient. Provides for unspent funds to carry forward to the 2020-21 fiscal year and appropriates the funds for the purposes set forth in the act. Requires reversion of unspent funds on June 30, 2021, to the State Board, and requires the funds to remain until legislative appropriated.
Part III
Provides for the following provisions regarding 2020 elections.
Authorizes county boards of elections to vote to eliminate the requirement for the majority of the chief judge and judges, and majority of the precinct assistants, to reside in the precinct, so long as the vote is unanimous and the individuals are otherwise qualified to vote in the county.
Authorizes county boards to vote to allow students 16 years old or older to serve as chief judge, judges, or precinct assistants, so long as the vote is unanimous. Does not require principal recommendation if the student's school is closed due to the COVID-19 emergency at the time of appointment. Provides for the student to gain school field trip credit for working. Maintains the political party recommendation procedure for chief judge and judge appointments.
Allows county boards to use temporary staffing agencies and establish an online recruitment portal for poll workers.
Requires the minimum pay for poll workers to be a competitive rate set by the county board.
Bars unemployment benefits from being affected by an individual working as a poll worker while receiving benefits.
Requires the State Board and county boards to collaborate to ensure the safety of poll workers and polling places by (1) providing personal protective equipment and supplies, (2) establishing curbside or drive-through voting options for certain persons, (3) providing for crowd management and compliance with social distancing guidelines, and (4) allowing county boards to unanimously vote to adopt a Plan for Implementation that deviates from standard one-stop sites and hours.
Requires election day to be a paid State holiday for purposes of State employment and the public school calendar. Encourages private employers to treat election day as a paid day off. Applies to the 2020 general election only.
Bars implementation of the photo identification requirement.
Applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law and expires upon certification of the 2020 general election.
Part IV
Allows completed written requests for absentee ballots for the 2020 election to be delivered in person or by mail, email, or fax to the county board by the voter, the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian, or any trained and authorized multipartisan team member. Further provides for the validity of returned completed requests.
Amends GS 163-230.2, as amended, to specify that the State Board is responsible for making blank request forms available at its offices, online, and at county board offices. Adds a new provision to allow voters to call a county board office and request that the blank request form be sent to the voter by mail, e-mail, or fax.
Enacts GS 163-230.3 to establish an alternative, online method for absentee ballots requests rather than the completed written request form, with all other absentee ballot requirements remaining applicable. Requires the State Board to establish a secure website to permit qualified voters eligible to vote by absentee ballot, or that voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian, to submit an online request for absentee ballots. Requires the website to be able to track the IP address of anyone who accesses the website, and requires the website to require requests to include all information required for a valid written request under state law and an electronic signature of the voter, or the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian, if requesting on behalf of the voter. Requires the State Board to submit online requests received to the respective county board, and requires the county boards to process the online request in the same manner as completed written requests.
Specifies that the State Board is not required to comply with the initial purchase and contract requirements under GS Chapter 143 for establishing or securing a website for online requests. Sunsets this exemption on December 31, 2020.
Requires the State Board to have the secure website available to voters to submit an online request by September 1, 2020.
For 2020 elections, allows for a voter to satisfy the certification requirement for an absentee ballot by completing the voter's absentee ballot in the presence of one witness. Further, if no witness is available, allows the voter to instead attest on the container-return envelope to the need for use of the signature verification option. Directs the State Board to adopt emergency rules to ensure the integrity of the signature verification and proper signature matching when the latter option is used.
For 2020 elections, directs the State Board to adopt emergency rules establishing a uniform, statewide protocol to address an absentee ballot that is incomplete or illegible, including a means to ensure that all reasonable steps are taken to cure such a ballot when possible.
For 2020 elections, allows voters to include a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document showing the name and address of the voter as an alternative to meeting the drivers license or social security number requirements for requesting an absentee ballot.
Requires county boards to provide all valid absentee ballot requests for 2020 elections with prepaid postage for returning the executed absentee ballot.
Allows county boards flexibility for ballot counting procedures for 2020 elections, so long as ballots received by the Saturday before the election are counted on or by election day and all other absentee ballots timely received are counted on the day of the canvass.
For 2020 elections, provides for trained and certified employees of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, or rest homes to assist a registered voter who is a patient or resident in the facility in requesting, voting, or returning the voter's absentee ballot in the event the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian, or an authorized and trained multipartisan team member is unable to do so. Requires county boards to train and certify such employees and ensure that two such employees not of the same political party, or unaffiliated, are present any time a voter receives assistance, and the proper chain of custody is followed returning executed absentee ballots. Requires the Executive Director and the State Board to specify the training required for employees under these provisions.
Applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law and expires upon certification of the 2020 general election.
Part V
Deems mailed voter registration applications valid if postmarked by the Saturday before the election. Applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law and expires upon verification of the 2020 general election.
Enacts GS 163-82.23A to mandate that any State agency currently offering voter registration under the National Voter Registration Act allow any individual whose signature is on record with that agency to access that signature for online voter registration. Applies to elections held on or after that date.
Part VI
Specifies that the State Board is not required to comply with the initial purchase and contract requirements under GS Chapter 143 for contracting for necessary supplies and other items needed for 2020 elections during the COVID-19 emergency. Specifies that neither the State Board nor county boards are required to comply with the public contract requirements under GS Chapter 143 for contracting for necessary supplies and other items needed for 2020 elections during the COVID-19 emergency. Expires upon certification of the 2020 general election.
Part VII
Details public education requirements for county boards for 2020 elections, including publishing registration and voting options on its website, if applicable, and including information on how to obtain voting information and how to vote by mail in any published election notices.
Details public education requirements for the State Board for 2020 elections, including publishing registration and voting options on its website, distributing information regarding registration and voting options, coordinating with state and federal agencies regarding registration option outreach, disseminating information about registration and voting options, and assisting county boards in public education for altered one-stop site hours.
Appropriates $500,000 from the cash balance in the specified budget cot to the State Board for the 2020-21 fiscal year to implement this Part. Exempts the State Board and county boards from compliance with initial purchase and contract requirements of GS Chapter 143 in implementing this Part.
Effective July 1, 2020, and applies to elections held on or after that date.
Part VIII
Includes a severability clause.
Part IX
Provides that the act applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law and expires upon certification of the 2020 general election.
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Actions on Bills: 2020-05-28
H 85: EMISSIONS/LEE, ONSLOW, & ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES. (NEW)
H 307: MOD. UTILITY VEHICLE CLASSIFICATION. (NEW)
H 471: EXEMPT DIRECT PRIMARY CARE FROM DOI REGS. (NEW)
H 536: TEMP OUTDOOR RESTAURANTS FOR OUTDOOR SEATING (NEW).
H 902: P&C CHANGES/GLOB. TRANP./PRISON PILOT. (NEW)
H 1063: FUND VIPER TOWER HARDWARE UPGRADES.
H 1079: VARIOUS SALES TAX CHANGES.
H 1168: MURPHY BRANCH CORRIDOR REDUCTION.
H 1169: BIPARTISAN ELECTIONS ACT OF 2020. (NEW)
H 1187: RAISE THE AGE FUNDING. (NEW)
H 1208: FUNDING FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM.
S 379: RETIREE AMENDMENTS.
S 419: TECHNICAL AND OTHER CHANGES. (NEW)
S 476: SCHOOL-BASED MENTAL HEALTH. (NEW)
S 717: PED/MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE.
S 719: RETIREMENT TECH./PROTECT./& OTHER CHANGES. (NEW)
S 720: GSC CONFORMING AMENDS./2019 LAND-USE CHANGES.
S 729: GSC MODERNIZE PARTITION LAWS.
S 730: THE NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT.
S 733: UNC CAPITAL PROJECTS. (NEW)
Actions on Bills: 2020-05-28
H 1062: BEAUFORT COUNTY/ANIMAL SERVICES RECORDS.
H 1151: ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE BD. OF TRUSTEES.
H 1153: IREDELL-STATESVILLE BD. OF ED/ELECTION METHOD.
H 1154: GREATER ASHEVILLE REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
H 1157: ABOLISH CORONER IN VARIOUS COUNTIES. (NEW)
H 1159: ADD MEMBERS/JOHNSTON CNTY. AIRPORT AUTHORITY.
S 47: MORGANTON'S FIREMEN'S RELIEF FUND (NEW).
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