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View NCGA Bill Details2019-2020 Session
Senate Bill 380 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 27, 2019
AN ACT MAKING TECHNICAL, CONFORMING, AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS RELATED TO DHHS BLOCK GRANTS.
Intro. by Wells, Hise, Daniel.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action) (Jul 8 2020)

SOG comments (4):

Identical bill

Identical to H 532, filed 4/1/19.

Long title change

Senate committee substitute to the 2nd edition changed the long title. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE OVERMOUNTAIN VICTORY STATE TRAIL; TO AUTHORIZE THE WILDERNESS GATEWAY STATE TRAIL; AND TO MAKE VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE STATE PARKS ACT AND THE NORTH CAROLINA TRAILS SYSTEM ACT.

Long title change

House committee substitute to the 4th edition changed the long title. Previous title was AN ACT TO REESTABLISH THE NORTH CAROLINA MILK COMMISSION.

Long title change

House committee substitute to the 5th edition changed the long title. Previous long title was AN ACT TO CLARIFY FELONIOUS POSSESSION OF ELECTRONIC SWEEPSTAKES MACHINES OR DEVICES.

Bill History:

S 380

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jul 7 2020 - View Summary

    House committee substitute deletes the content of the 5th edition and replaces it with the following.

    Amends Section 1.1 of SL 2019-192, as amended, to revise the appropriations schedule from federal block grants made to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) for the 2019-21 fiscal biennium in amounts specified for the 2020-21 fiscal year for the following: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funds; Social Services Block Grant; Low-Income Energy Assistance Block Grant; Child Care and Development Fund Block Grant; Mental Health Services Block Grant; Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant; Maternal and Child Health Block Grant; Preventive Health Services Block Grant; and Community Services Block Grant. Makes conforming adjustments to block grant totals and coordinating provisions. Adds new provisions as follows. Grants the Division of Social Services the authority to realign appropriated funds between the State-level services Low Income Energy Assistance Payments and Crisis Assistance Payments without prior consultation with the specified NCGA committee for the 2020-21 fiscal year only. Directs DHHS to develop and implement a centralized system to collect, track, analyze, monitor and disseminate performance, outputs and outcome data for the Community Services Block Grant Program and the Weatherization Assistance Program to replace the current software, with the project not continuing until the business case is approved by the Office of State Budget and Management and the State Chief Information Officer in the Enterprise Management Office's Touchdown System, at which time up to $119,486 in Low Income Energy Assistance funds and up to $358,458 in Community Service Block Grant funds can be budgeted for transfer for information technology projects for 2020-21. 

    Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.


  • Summary date: Jun 17 2020 - View Summary

    House committee substitute replaces the content of the 4th edition with the following.

    Amends G.S. 14-306.4(a) (Electronic machines and devices for sweepstakes prohibited) to (1) modify the definition of electronic machine or device to specify that the term applies whether or not the machine or device is autonomous; (2) modify the definition of entertaining display to include a fish game or any other multiplayer or multi-station video game in which players can play against the software or each other; (3) define autonomous.

    Further amends GS 14-306.4 to add new subsection (g), making it a Class G felony for any person to operate or place into operation (1) more than four electronic matches or devices in one location; (2) any electronic machine or device within 100 feet of more than three other electronic machines or devices; and (3) one or more electronic machines or devices that do not operate autonomously. Provides that conviction of a violation results in forfeiture of all electronic machines and devices operated or placed into operation. 

    Effective December 1, 2020, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. 

    Changes the act's titles.


  • Summary date: Aug 7 2019 - View Summary

    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 106-266.7 to reestablish the Milk Commission (Commission) of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (was, of the Department of Commerce). Makes organizational and clarifying changes to the provisions governing the appointment of the ten Commission members. Requires that appointments made by the NCGA be in accordance with GS 120-121 (requiring that when the NCGA is called upon by law to appoint a member to any board or commission, that appointment must be made by enactment of a bill). Sets up staggered terms with five specified members appointed to terms ending on June 30 of odd-numbered years that follow by one year a year evenly divisible by four with the remaining members appointed to terms ending June 30 of odd-numbered years that precede by one year a year evenly divisible by four. Amends the procedure for removing members by requiring that the appointing authority for a member being removed initiate the appointment (was, removal was initiated by the person holding the office that originally made the appointment of such member). Makes conforming changes. Removes obsolete language. Requires the compensation of the Commission's administrator be determined by the Office of State Human Resources (was, set according to law). Allows meeting notices to be provided by email or first-class mail. 

    Amends the Commission's powers under GS 106-266.8 as follows. Adds investigating all matters pertaining to the transportation of milk for consumption in this state. Adds supervising and regulating the production of milk for consumption in the state and limits the supervision and regulation of the transportation, processing, storage, distribution, delivery and sale of milk for consumption in this state. Removes references to the adoption and enforcement of regulations. Requires that rules and orders be available on the Commissions website (was, be posted in the main office of the Commission). No longer requires that a certified copy of all general administrative rules and regulations or rules of practice and procedure be filed as required by GS Chapter 150B and a certified copy be mailed to all licensed distributors and associations of producers in the state. Requires the Commission to provide adopted rules concerning fixed prices to the Codifier of Rules (was, file any rule with the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings) within two working days of its adoption. Allows the Commission to also set the maximum retail prices to be charged for milk in any market areas by any person subject to the statute, after investigation and public hearing and making the necessary finding.  Adds that the Commission does not have the authority to establish a minimum retail price for milk, except upon determining, after a public hearing, that the absence of a minimum retail price has caused or is about to cause a disruption in the North Carolina milk market or some segment of the market that is likely to depress the producer price or has caused or is likely to cause a substantial reduction in competition between processor-distributors in an area, so as to adversely affect the public health and welfare that requires an adequate supply of milk at reasonable and fair prices. Allows the Commission to issue emergency rules to establish minimum retail prices before public hearing. Sets out additional requirements for the minimum retail price. Requires the Commission to prepare and adopt a system of accounting designed to show, for each distributor of milk and milk products, under the Commissions supervision, the total purchases by any distributor of each grade or class of milk, the total sales by each distributor and the resulting revenue, for each grade of class of milk and the quantity thereof. Requires that the system show total purchases as well as the total sales and the respective classes or grades of milk sold. Requires distributors of milk and milk products under the Commission's supervision to use the accounting system. Makes it unlawful for any distributor to pay for milk upon any such basis of grade or class lower than that upon which such milk is sold or used by the distributor. Makes it unlawful for any distributor to fail to use the prescribed accounting system or to refuse to allow the system to be inspected or audited. Requires that fines from penalties be paid to the State Treasurer and placed in the Civil Fines and Forfeitures Fund (was, for disposition in the same manner as assessments). 

    Amends GS 106-266.9 by making language gender-neutral.

    Amends GS 106-266.11 to require the Commission to collect money required for the annual budget from the licensed distributors in markets where the provisions of the Article are in operation (was, from the distribution through a monthly assessment). Requires that the Commission's expenses be met by an assessment in the specified amounts on milk and cream with the amounts varying based on whether it is handled by distributors or sold by producers. Sets out further requirements for the payment of the assessments. Requires Commission officers and employees who handle Commission funds or who sign or countersign checks to severally give bond in the amounts and with the sureties determined by the Commission. The costs of the bonds is to be paid by the Commission. 

    Amends GS 106-266.12 as follows. Instead of placing receipts from assessments in the Milk Commission Account, establishes the Milk Commission Fund. Provides that revenue in the fund does not revert at the end of the fiscal year, and interest and other investment income earned by the fund accrues to the fund.  

    Amends GS 106-266.15 to refer to a Commission order to set (was, fix) milk price.

    Amends GS 106-266.17 to provide that no provisions of this Article are in conflict with the duty imposed upon the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services under GS 130A-5 to make sanitary and health inquiries and investigations. Makes conforming changes by referring to setting (was, fixing) prices. 

    Make additional technical and clarifying changes. 

    Provides that the specified five Commission members are to serve initial terms expiring June 30, 2021, and thereafter those seats are to be filled in the manner described in statute. The remaining Commission members are to be appointed to initial terms expiring on June 30, 2023, and thereafter those seats are to be filled in the manner described in statute. 

    Allows the Commission re-created by this act to adopt emergency rules to carry out its powers and duties for which the adoption of rules would otherwise be required under Article 2A of GS Chapter 150B. 

    Makes conforming changes to the act's titles.

     


  • Summary date: Apr 17 2019 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition deletes the proposed changes to GS 143B-135.16, which established seven State Park rules punishable as an infraction.


  • Summary date: Mar 27 2019 - View Summary

    Section 1

    Provides legislative findings. Authorizes the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) to add Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail (Trail), as described, to the State Parks System as a State Trail as provided in GS 143B-135.54(b). Provides parameters regarding the facilitation of trail segments and governing laws. Exempts the authorization from requirement that additions be accompanied by adequate appropriations for land acquisition, development, and operations. Authorizes the State to receive donations of appropriate land and to purchase other needed lands for the Trail with existing funds in the Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, and other available funding sources.

    Section 2

    Authorizes DNCR to add the Wilderness Gateway Trail (Trail) to the State Parks System as a State Trail as provided in GS 143B-135.54(b). Provides identical provisions, exemptions, and authorizations as provided in Section 1. 

    Directs the Division of Parks and Recreation of DNCR (Division) to study the feasibility of connecting the Town of Valdese, the City of Hickory, the Overmountain Victory State Trail, natural areas located in Burke and Catawba counties, and other communities and places of interest to the Trail. Requires the study to consider improving access across and from Interstate 40 to specified portions of South Mountains State Park. Requires the Division to submit a report to the specified NCGA committee and division by December 1, 2019.

    Section 3

    Amends GS 143B-135.43, granting DNCR the responsibility for the planning and coordination of State trails, which are deemed components of the State Parks System, authorized by GS 143B-135.54(b).

    Amends GS 143B-135.92, now providing that the purpose of Part 34, North Carolina Trails System, is to provide means for attaining the specified outdoor recreation needs by instituting a State Trails System (was, a State system of scenic and recreation trails). Makes conforming changes. 

    Amends GS 143B-135.94, making conforming changes to refer to the State Trails System. Replaces the definition of trail, now defining the term to mean a linear corridor on land or water, protected from motor vehicles, providing public access for recreation or transportation.

    Amends GS 143B-135.96, now providing that the State Trails System is composed of State trails, which are deemed components of the State Parks System, authorized by GS 143B-135.54(b), and planned and coordinated by the DNCR.

    Amends GS 143B-135.104 to require DNCR to publish notice of a selected trail route together with the appropriate maps and descriptions online and at the proposed trail location (was in a newspaper of general circulation in the area in which the trail is located together with the maps and descriptions posted at the appropriate courthouse).

    Amends GS 143B-135.108, establishing a general rule that, on segments of any State trail that cross property controlled by agencies or owners other than the Division, the laws, rules, and policies of those agencies or owner govern the use of the property. Makes conforming changes.

    Amends GS 143B-135.116 to provide that Part 34 does not preclude a component of the National Trails System from becoming a part of the State Trails System.

    Section 4

    Recodifies GS 143-323(a) and (d) as GS 143B-50.1(a) and (b), concerning duties of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) regarding recreation. Transfers the existing duties of DEQ under the statute to DNCR. Additionally, designates the Director of the Division of Parks and Recreation as having the authority and responsibility to accept and administer funding through the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund or any successor fund established for similar purposes. Authorizes the DNCR Secretary to designate additional personnel to assist the Division Director in the responsibility.

    Section 5

    Amends GS 143B-135.16, which makes a violation of DNCR's rules governing public use of State parks and State lakes under its charge a Class 3 misdemeanor. Now specifies seven rules punishable as an infraction, punishable by a penalty not to exceed $25; includes: (1) parking a motor vehicle outside of a designated area; (2) using skateboards and similar devices in prohibited areas; (3) bathing animals or washing clothes or motor vehicles; (4) bathing, surfing, diving, swimming, and the like in undesignated areas; (5) carrying or depositing glass, crockery, or any metallic substance on a swimming area or beach; (6) using boats, rafts, canoes, and other vessels in designated swimming areas; and (7) fishing in nondesignated areas. Adds a prohibition that a person found responsible for a violation carrying a penalty of an infraction of the statute cannot also be assessed court costs for the infraction.