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Legislation Tracker: Intergovernmental Relations
| Bill: | HB8
| | Sponsors: | Stam (R37); Lewis (R53); McGrady (R117) | | Title: | EMINENT DOMAIN | | Related: | 2011:SB37 | | Status: | 05/02/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Comments: | Amends the Constitution of NC, subject to the approval by voters at a statewide election on November 6, 2012. Adds Section 19.1 to Article I of the NC Constitution and provides that private property shall not be taken by eminent domain "except for a public use. Just compensation shall be paid, and shall be determined by a jury at the request of any party." A revised version of the bill passed the House Judiciary Committee on April 6. |
| Bill: | HB9
| | Sponsors: | Dollar (R36); LaRoque (R10); Brown, L. (R73); Brown, R. (R81) | | Title: | INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION MORATORIUM | | Status: | 05/04/2011 House Committee On Transportation
| | Comments: | Provides that no involuntary annexation resolutions or ordinances may be adopted pursuant to Parts 2 or 3 of Article 4A of GS Chapter 160A, from the date the act becomes law until July 1, 2012. Also stays any litigation in State court upon enactment of the legislation. |
| Bill: | HB21
| | Sponsors: | Crawford (D32) | | Title: | COUNTY ADMINISTRATION OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS | | Status: | 04/07/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | Eliminates GS 163-284(a) in order to clarify the administration of nonpartisan municipal elections by county boards of elections, since the general abolition of municipal boards of elections in 2001. Also clarifies that certain municipalities are excepted from the requirements the voter registration and conduct of all elections be under the authority of the county board of elections. These municipalities are: Morganton, Old Fort, Granite Falls, and Rhodhiss. |
| Bill: | HB32
| | Sponsors: | LaRoque (R10); Bradley (R49); Luebke (D30); Farmer-Butterfield (D24) | | Title: | ELECTORAL FREEDOM ACT OF 2011 | | Related: | 2011:SB225 | | Status: | 07/26/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Comments: | Expands definition of political party; reduces the number of signatures required for unaffiliated candidates to be on certain ballots; exempts certain political parties from primary election requirements and allows those parties candidates to be selected by convention or plurality; eliminates need for petitions for write-in candidacies. |
| Bill: | HB36
| | Sponsors: | Warren, H. (R77); Cleveland (R14); Folwell (R74) | | Title: | EMPLOYERS & LOCAL GOV'T MUST USE E-VERIFY | | Status: | 06/23/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | This bill would require all counties to use the federal E-Verify program to screen prospective new hires. It would also require contractors and subcontractors who receive county contracts to use E-Verify for its employees who work on the contract, but was amended to apply to contractors and subcontractors that have at least 25 employees. |
| Bill: | HB64
| | Sponsors: | Sager (R11); Dixon (R4); Cleveland (R14); Jones (U65) | | Title: | RESTORE PARTISAN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS | | Related: | 2011:SB47 | | Status: | 02/10/2011 First reading in the House
| | Comments: | Companion to SB-47 |
| Bill: | HB87
| | Sponsors: | LaRoque (R10); Moore, T. (R111) | | Title: | STUDY/ACCIDENT/TICKET 30-DAY NO CONTACT | | Status: | 06/08/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
| | Comments: | This bill would amend the N.C. Constitution and provide a constitutional right to government public records and open meetings. The bill provides that the amendment would be voted on in the November 2012 general election. The bill has been removed from the House calendar several times as several legislators are arguing against a constitutional amendment and instead are suggesting that any changes to existing laws be made through revising the General Statutes. The House did amend the bill to allow a unit of government to charge a "reasonable" fee for the costs incurred when copying or compiling records to satisfy a request. The bill was re-referred to the House Rules Committee on March 29. It is uncertain if the House has the 72 votes needed to pass a constitutional amendment. |
| Bill: | HB101
| | Sponsors: | Alexander, K. (D107); Bryant (D7); Faison (D50) | | Title: | BROADBAND PARITY FOR COUNTIES & CITIES | | Status: | 03/10/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB129
| | Sponsors: | Avila (R40); Howard (R79); Carney (D102); Wainwright (D12) | | Title: | LEVEL PLAYING FIELD/LOCAL GOV'T COMPETITION | | Related: | 2011:SB87 | | Status: | 05/21/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB159
| | Sponsors: | Goodman (D66); Hall, L. (D29) | | Title: | MILITARY SERVICE NOTATION ON LICENSES | | Status: | 04/12/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB171
| | Sponsors: | Brown, L. (R73) | | Title: | MUNICIPAL SELF-ANNEXATIONS | | Status: | 04/28/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB172
| | Sponsors: | Killian (R105); McElraft (R13); Horn (R68) | | Title: | ENCOURAGE MILITARY VETERAN CONTRACTOR USE | | Status: | 03/17/2011 Reported by House committee
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| Bill: | HB189
| | Sponsors: | Hamilton (D18); Harrison (D57); Iler (R17); Keever (D115) | | Title: | REQUIRE ABC PERMITTEES TO BE TAX COMPLIANT | | Status: | 03/07/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB195
| | Sponsors: | McCormick (R92); Hill (D20); Dixon (R4); Brubaker (R78) | | Title: | ETJ/CLARIFY DEFINITION OF BONA FIDE FARM | | Status: | 03/01/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB196
| | Sponsors: | Sager (R11); LaRoque (R10) | | Title: | GOLDSBORO DEANNEXATION | | Status: | 07/27/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB226
| | Sponsors: | Rapp (D118); Sanderson (R3); Glazier (D45); Stam (R37) | | Title: | PROHIBIT SWEEPSTAKES DEVICES | | Status: | 03/03/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB228
| | Sponsors: | Owens (D1) | | Title: | VIDEO LOTTERY ENTERTAINMENT | | Related: | 2011:SB209 | | Status: | 03/03/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB237
| | Sponsors: | Dollar (R36); Rhyne (R97); McElraft (R13); Folwell (R74) | | Title: | ECONOMIC IMPACT/REGULATORY LEGISLATION | | Status: | 06/10/2011 Senate Committee On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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| Bill: | HB238
| | Sponsors: | Dollar (R36); Blackwell (R86); Harrison (D57); Hurley (R70) | | Title: | STATE HEALTH PLAN/REPEAL PENALTIES | | Status: | 03/07/2011 House Committee On Health and Human Services
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| Bill: | HB281
| | Sponsors: | LaRoque (R10) | | Title: | ETJ RESTRICTIONS | | Status: | 06/14/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | HB306
| | Sponsors: | Ross (D38) | | Title: | TRANSFER GSC/REVISOR OF STATUTES TO GA | | Related: | 2011:SB300 | | Status: | 05/26/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB307
| | Sponsors: | Dollar (R36); Jackson (D39); Murry (R41) | | Title: | LOCAL ELECTRONIC NOTICE | | Status: | 07/27/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Local bill with statewide interest
| | Comments: | This bill would authorize Wake County to publish "legal notice of public hearings" through electronic means "in lieu of publication in any newspaper." The notice may be published on the county's Internet site or by any other means. The bill adds Wake County to the original 2003 legislation that was for Cabarrus County. The bill also grants the same authority to several Wake County towns - Cary, Clayton, Wendell and Zebulon. The Association has a legislative goal to "Authorize electronic notice of public hearings and other legal notices Seek legislation to provide counties with options for notice of public hearings, notice of delinquent taxpayers, and other legal notices, through electronic means." |
| Bill: | HB309
| | Sponsors: | LaRoque (R10); Moore, T. (R111); Crawford (D32); Bell (D21) | | Title: | SELECTIVE VEGETATION REMOVAL/STATE HIGHWAYS | | Status: | 03/10/2011 House Committee On Transportation
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| Bill: | HB320
| | Sponsors: | McGee (R75); Ross (D38); McComas (R19); Carney (D102) | | Title: | CONTINUE P3 STUDY | | Related: | 2011:SB278 | | Status: | 06/08/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
| | Comments: | This bill would establish a 16-member Legislative Study Commission on Public‑Private Partnerships. The NCACC would be among several groups that would be consulted by the commission during its deliberations. The Commission would be charged with studying "issues related to Public‑Private Partnerships (PPPs), including examination of the appropriate authority for State, regional, and local government units to engage in PPPs for public capital projects through a regulatory framework. As part of its study, the Commission may study infrastructure banks and any other relevant issues it deems appropriate." The commission would report its recommendations prior to the 2012 Short Session. The bill passed the House on June 7. |
| Bill: | HB332
| | Sponsors: | Mills (R95); Killian (R105); Crawford (D32); Hamilton (D18) | | Title: | CLARIFY DEVELOPMENT MORATORIA AUTHORITY | | Status: | 06/24/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Position: | Oppose
| | Comments: | This bill would take away a county's authority to implement a temporary moratorium on planning/development requests while it updates its ordinances. This bill passed the House and Senate and has been presented to Governor Perdue. |
| Bill: | HB343
| | Sponsors: | Cleveland (R14); Blust (R62); Hilton (R96) | | Title: | SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT/SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS | | Status: | 03/15/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB348
| | Sponsors: | Randleman (R94) | | Title: | OFFENDERS/NO ACCESS TO PERSONNEL RECORDS.-AB | | Status: | 05/19/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Comments: | This bill denies access to personnel records that are public records to " inmates, probationers, parolees, and post‑release supervisees" in order to protect the safety of the employees. The bill passed the House on May 18 and has been sent to the Senate. |
| Bill: | HB351
| | Sponsors: | Lewis (R53); Moore, T. (R111); Killian (R105) | | Title: | RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT | | Related: | 2011:SB352 | | Status: | 07/26/2011 Vetoed by the Governor
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| Bill: | HB359
| | Sponsors: | Michaux (D31); Wilkins (D55); Hall, L. (D29); Luebke (D30) | | Title: | CITY/COUNTY BEER AND WINE LICENSE TAXES | | Related: | 2011:SB299 | | Status: | 04/07/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB366
| | Sponsors: | Warren, H. (R77); Cleveland (R14); Brawley (R103); Bradley (R49) | | Title: | SPECIAL ELECTION DATES | | Status: | 05/23/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Position: | Oppose
| | Comments: | This bill would eliminate a county's ability to hold a special election on any date other than a regular general election date, unless the Local Government Commission has determined there is a state of emergency endangering public safety or public health and the referendum is for a bond issue to finance a health and sanitation system. This bill means that elections for other general obligation bonds or any other purpose, such as a referendum for a local-option revenue or an ABC referendum, can only be held on the date of any state, county or municipal general election or on the date of the primary in an even-numbered year. This House passed the bill May 19, and the Senate referred it to its Judiciary I Committee. |
| Bill: | HB384
| | Sponsors: | Howard (R79); West (R120); Rapp (D118); Wilkins (D55) | | Title: | REGISTER OF DEEDS/FEES | | Status: | 06/24/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | This bill increases some fees collected by the Registers of Deeds. It addresses the Association's legislative goal to simplify registers of deeds fees. The House concurred with Senate changes on June 16. According to a fiscal note prepared by the General Assembly's Fiscal Research Division, the bill will generate an additional $1.3 million in fees for county Registers of Deeds offices annually beginning in FY 2012-13. |
| Bill: | HB430
| | Sponsors: | Cleveland (R14) | | Title: | REPEAL BILINGUAL BALLOT INSTRUCTION STATUTE | | Status: | 03/23/2011 First reading in the House
| | Comments: | This bill would eliminate the requirement that voting instructions must be provided in Spanish in counties where the Hispanic population exceeds 6 percent in the latest decennial census. |
| Bill: | HB438
| | Sponsors: | McComas (R19) | | Title: | ACCOUNTABLE CO. COMMS./EXPAND LOC. BD. AUTH | | Status: | 04/19/2011 Senate Committee On State and Local Government
| | Comments: | This bill adds New Hanover County to the list of counties that can combine their human services boards into a consolidated board by making an exception for "coastal counties" with populations in excess of 200,000. |
| Bill: | HB452
| | Sponsors: | Starnes (R87) | | Title: | JUDICIAL ELECTIONS CHANGES | | Status: | 06/08/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | HB472
| | Sponsors: | McGrady (R117); Stam (R37); Owens (D1); Jackson (D39) | | Title: | CITY/COUNTY ELECTRONIC NOTICE | | Status: | 05/24/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | The bill would allow a board of county commissioners to enact an ordinance to publish all required public notices on a countys website. Counties that pursue this option must create and maintain a notice book that includes a hard copy of all electronic notices. This bill would accomplish an NCACC legislative goal to "Authorize electronic notice of public hearings and other legal notices." According to estimates obtained by the NCACC, the bill could save counties more than $2 million per year. The bill failed in the House Government Committee, but has been withdrawn from that committee and sent to the House Rules Committee, where it may be converted to a local bill. |
| Bill: | HB478
| | Sponsors: | Luebke (D30); Brandon (D60); Fisher (D114); Harrison (D57) | | Title: | NONDISCRIMINATION IN STATE/EMPLOYMENT | | Related: | 2011:SB452 | | Status: | 03/29/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB489
| | Sponsors: | Pridgen (R46); Stam (R37); Martin (D34) | | Title: | MECHANICS LIEN AND BOND LAW CHANGES | | Status: | 06/01/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | HB507
| | Sponsors: | Owens (D1) | | Title: | WITHDRAWING PUBLIC USE DEDICATION | | Status: | 06/24/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB514
| | Sponsors: | Martin (D34); Killian (R105); Lewis (R53); Glazier (D45) | | Title: | UNIFORM MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS ACT | | Status: | 06/20/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB531
| | Sponsors: | Dollar (R36); LaRoque (R10); Warren, H. (R77); Brown, L. (R73) | | Title: | INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION REFORM | | Status: | 03/31/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB542
| | Sponsors: | Rhyne (R97); McComas (R19); Brisson (D22); Crawford (D32) | | Title: | TORT REFORM FOR CITIZENS AND BUSINESSES | | Status: | 06/24/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB554
| | Title: | RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INSPECTIONS | | Status: | 03/31/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB572
| | Sponsors: | Justice (R16); Sager (R11); Stevens, S. (R90); West (R120) | | Title: | ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED NONPROFITS | | Status: | 05/23/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
| | Comments: | This bill requires corporations that receive funds or in-kind donations from a local, state or federal government to provide statements describing how the public funds were used by the corporation to any member of the public who makes a written request for the information. The corporation would be required to provide a copy of its latest annual financial statement and its most recent Internal Revenue Service Form 990. A corporation may comply with this act by posting the required information on its website or another website where the information is made available free of charge. This bill passed the House and has been referred to the Senate. |
| Bill: | HB576
| | Sponsors: | Bradley (R49) | | Title: | VACANCY SPECIAL ELECTION | | Status: | 04/04/2011 First reading in the House
| | Comments: | This bill would give county boards of commissioners the option to call for a special election when filling an elective seat that becomes vacant, instead of having the board appoint the person to fulfill the unexpired term. |
| Bill: | HB587
| | Sponsors: | Bradley (R49); Warren, H. (R77); Torbett (R108); Hastings (R110) | | Title: | NORTH CAROLINA JOBS BILL | | Status: | 04/20/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB592
| | Sponsors: | Collins (R25); Howard (R79); Tolson (D23); Carney (D102) | | Title: | STUDY COUNTY PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS | | Status: | 06/08/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB593
| | Sponsors: | Collins (R25) | | Title: | ALLOW COUNTY GRANTS FOR BROADBAND | | Status: | 06/16/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | This bill authorizes counties to enter into public-private partnerships and also explicitly states that counties may enter into a public-private partnerships for communications services. This would accomplish an NCACC legislative goal to "authorize counties to offer broadband through partnership or direct service." |
| Bill: | HB595
| | Sponsors: | Barnhart (R82); Burr (R67) | | Title: | REORGANIZATION/LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMNS | | Status: | 06/24/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB635
| | Sponsors: | Murry (R41); Killian (R105); Blust (R62); Hilton (R96) | | Title: | ADJUST HIGHWAY EQUITY FORMULA | | Status: | 04/07/2011 House Committee On Transportation
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| Bill: | HB648
| | Sponsors: | Hastings (R110); Hager (R112) | | Title: | IMPROVE ENFORCEMENT/GENERAL CONTRACTOR LAWS | | Related: | 2011:SB708 | | Status: | 06/27/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB650
| | Sponsors: | Hilton (R96); LaRoque (R10); Cleveland (R14); Hastings (R110) | | Title: | AMEND VARIOUS GUN LAWS/CASTLE DOCTRINE | | Status: | 06/23/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | HB652
| | Sponsors: | Moffitt (R116); Brubaker (R78); Brawley (R103); McComas (R19) | | Title: | OMNIBUS TRANSPORTATION ACT | | Status: | 06/18/2011 Conference committee in House
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| Bill: | HB658
| | Sponsors: | Jones (U65); Stam (R37); Collins (R25); Sager (R11) | | Title: | CHANGE EARLY VOTING PERIOD | | Status: | 05/23/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | HB687
| | Sponsors: | Brawley (R103); Moffitt (R116); LaRoque (R10); Brubaker (R78) | | Title: | ATTY FEES/CITY OR COUNTY ACTION OUTSIDE AUTH | | Status: | 06/24/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | This bill enables a plaintiff to recover attorneys fees in a successful civil action against a city or county if the "court finds that there was no statutory authority for any ordinance, resolution, or administrative action of that defendant, and that the action of the defendant city or county was an abuse of authority." |
| Bill: | HB709
| | Sponsors: | Folwell (R74); Dollar (R36); Hager (R112); Crawford (D32) | | Title: | PROTECT AND PUT NC BACK TO WORK | | Related: | 2011:SB544 | | Status: | 06/24/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | This bill attempts to reform the state's workers' compensation laws and addresses counties' two primary legislative goals of putting a 500-week cap in place and making return to work provisions more reasonable. The bill passed the House June 1 and was approved June 9 by the Senate without any changes. |
| Bill: | HB714
| | Sponsors: | Torbett (R108) | | Title: | LEGAL SERVICES | | Related: | 2011:SB706 | | Status: | 06/09/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB732
| | Sponsors: | Blust (R62); Daughtry (R26) | | Title: | STUDY TORT REFORM | | Status: | 06/08/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB746
| | Sponsors: | Fisher (D114); Hamilton (D18); Bryant (D7); Luebke (D30) | | Title: | CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ACT | | Status: | 05/31/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB754
| | Sponsors: | Rapp (D118) | | Title: | NO POWELL BILL MONEY FOR NO ROAD MILES | | Status: | 04/07/2011 House Committee On Appropriations
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| Bill: | HB768
| | Sponsors: | West (R120); McElraft (R13) | | Title: | APA RULES: FEDERAL RULE RESTRICTION CEILING | | Status: | 04/07/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB786
| | Sponsors: | Blust (R62); Hilton (R96) | | Title: | NORTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY TRUST FUND CHANGES | | Status: | 04/07/2011 House Committee On Transportation
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| Bill: | HB790
| | Sponsors: | Glazier (D45); Brandon (D60); Ross (D38); Bordsen (D63) | | Title: | ENACT EMPLOYEE FAIR CLASSIFICATION ACT | | Status: | 04/07/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB797
| | Sponsors: | Sager (R11); Dixon (R4); Hill (D20); Langdon (R28) | | Title: | LIMIT ETJ | | Related: | 2011:SB622 | | Status: | 04/07/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB801
| | Sponsors: | Faison (D50); McGrady (R117) | | Title: | BUILDING CODE REVISIONS/MODIFY LEG. REVIEW | | Status: | 04/07/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB806
| | Sponsors: | Jordan (R93); Stam (R37); Moffitt (R116); Stevens, S. (R90) | | Title: | ZONING ST. OF LIMIT./AG. DIST. CHANGE | | Status: | 06/27/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Position: | Oppose
| | Comments: | This bill makes significant changes to zoning laws and specifically overturns an N.C. Court of Appeals case that upheld a Pasquotank County zoning ordinance. The bill increases the statute of limitations to challenge the validity of any zoning or unified development ordinance from two months to one year. In addition to increasing the statute of limitations, the bill provides that the statute of limitations shall begin to run when a party first has standing to challenge the ordinance. Thus, the action could potentially accrue years after the zoning ordinance passes, when a new owner comes into possession of property. This change could significantly open the door to challenges to zoning ordinances. In addition, Section 5 of H806 specifically overturns the N.C. Court of Appeals decision in the case of Tonter Investments, Inc. v. Pasquotank County. The bill limits counties' ability to manage single-family residential use on large lots. It also prohibits county adoption of an ordinance that would require lots greater than 10 acres to have frontage on a public road or county approved private road, or be served by public water or sewer lines. The bill passed third reading and is now in the Senate. |
| Bill: | HB811
| | Sponsors: | Torbett (R108) | | Title: | ASSESS TRANSPORTATION PROCESS AND FUNDING | | Status: | 05/31/2011 Senate Committee On Transportation
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| Bill: | HB813
| | Sponsors: | Howard (R79); Starnes (R87) | | Title: | ESC/JOBS REFORM | | Related: | 2011:SB532 | | Status: | 06/06/2011 First reading in the Senate
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| Bill: | HB845
| | Sponsors: | LaRoque (R10); Dollar (R36); Owens (D1) | | Title: | ANNEXATION REFORM ACT OF 2011 | | Status: | 07/01/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | This bill makes numerous changes to the state's annexation laws, including several of the components of the Association's legislative goal for annexation reform. Specifically, the bill requires cities to provide water and sewer services within three and a half years (the Association's goal sought a three-year limit). H845 requires municipalities to provide the installation of water and sewer connections to annexed residents at no charge if at least 50 percent of the property owners in the area to be annexed sign up for the service within 65 days of receiving notice of the annexation. It also provides a petition process by which citizens who live in the area to be annexed can protest the annexation. If 60 percent of the property owners within the annexed area sign the petition and return it to the county board of elections within 130 days of the adoption of the resolution, the annexation is stopped and the municipality must wait three years before it can try to annex the area again. The municipality must reimburse the board of elections for its costs. |
| Bill: | HB887
| | Sponsors: | Moffitt (R116); Howard (R79); Setzer (R89) | | Title: | ZONING/TEMP. FAMILY HEALTH CARE STRUCTURES | | Status: | 06/15/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
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| Bill: | HB903
| | Sponsors: | Justice (R16); McComas (R19) | | Title: | PORT ENHANCEMENT ZONES | | Status: | 06/03/2011 House Committee On Finance
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| Bill: | HB907
| | Sponsors: | Bryant (D7); Hall, L. (D29); Luebke (D30) | | Title: | COMMUNITY INCLUSION & DEVELOPMENT ACT | | Status: | 05/05/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | HB910
| | Sponsors: | LaRoque (R10) | | Title: | GOV'T HEALTH PLANS/ LIMITED ABORTION COVERAGE | | Status: | 06/08/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | HB922
| | Sponsors: | Hamilton (D18) | | Title: | ANNEXATION REFORM | | Status: | 05/05/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | SB22
| | Sponsors: | Brown, H. (R6); Rouzer (R12) | | Title: | APA RULES: LIMIT ADDITIONAL COSTS | | Status: | 03/25/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | Prohibits Agencies from adopting a rule that results in additional costs for those subject to the rule, unless the rule must be adopted to respond to the following: (1) Serious/unforeseen threat to public health, safety, and welfare; (2) Act of GA or Congress; (3) Change in federal or state budget policy; (4) Federal regulation; or (5) Court order. |
| Bill: | SB27
| | Sponsors: | Brock (R34); Newton (R11); Goolsby (R9) | | Title: | LOCAL ANNEXATIONS SUBJECT TO 60% PETITION | | Status: | 06/18/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | The bill temporarily suspended a specific set of ongoing involuntary annexations to allow the residents in the affected areas the opportunity to file a petition to end the annexation. |
| Bill: | SB37
| | Sponsors: | Jackson (R10) | | Title: | EMINENT DOMAIN | | Related: | 2011:HB8 | | Status: | 02/07/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB47
| | Sponsors: | Tillman (R29) | | Title: | RESTORE PARTISAN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS | | Related: | 2011:HB64 | | Status: | 06/16/2011 Reported by House committee
| | Comments: | Companion to HB-64 |
| Bill: | SB67
| | Sponsors: | Clary (R46); Tucker (R35); Goolsby (R9) | | Title: | SUNSHINE AMENDMENT | | Status: | 02/16/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB80
| | Sponsors: | Brunstetter (R31) | | Title: | LEWISVILLE ANNEXATIONS | | Related: | 2011:HB133 | | Status: | 03/15/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB87
| | Sponsors: | Apodaca (R48) | | Title: | LEVEL PLAYING FIELD/LOCAL GOV'T COMPETITION | | Related: | 2011:HB129 | | Status: | 02/21/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Comments: | Companion to HB-129 |
| Bill: | SB96
| | Sponsors: | Kinnaird (D23); McKissick (D20) | | Title: | PROHIBIT REQUEST TO DISCLOSE EXPUNCTION | | Status: | 02/22/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary II
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| Bill: | SB98
| | Sponsors: | McKissick (D20); Atwater (D18) | | Title: | 911 CALL TRANSCRIPTS | | Status: | 06/27/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | The Senate unanimously approved the bill March 22 after hearing about the need to protect caller identity. This bill allows a local government to protect the identity of those making certain 911 calls by allowing the content of the call to be released "in the form of a written transcript or altered voice reproduction." Previous law considered the actual recording of the phone call a public record. Passage of this bill accomplished an NCACC legislative goal. |
| Bill: | SB123
| | Sponsors: | Bingham (R33) | | Title: | ELIMINATE MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY INSPECTIONS | | Status: | 02/28/2011 Senate Committee On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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| Bill: | SB182
| | Sponsors: | Jenkins (D3); Pate (R5) | | Title: | STATEWIDE EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION LISTS | | Status: | 04/28/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | This bill applies statewide a local law passed in 2010 that states that copies of subscriber e-mail lists maintained by local governments are not required to be provided to someone requesting a copy. Instead, the local government can opt to make the lists available for public inspection in either printed or electronic format - or both, if the government chooses. The NCACC adopted a goal to "seek legislation to protect the privacy of e-mail notification and distribution lists of citizens who have requested electronic communication with their local governments." The Senate passed the bill as a local act that added Carteret County and the City of Greenville to those jurisdictions already covered. The House changed the bill to make it statewide, and the Senate concurred with the House changes on April 20. |
| Bill: | SB183
| | Sponsors: | Brown, H. (R6) | | Title: | SELECTIVE VEGETATION REMOVAL/STATE HIGHWAYS | | Status: | 07/18/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | This bill gives billboard owners a wider buffer from which they can remove vegetation and trees near their billboards. |
| Bill: | SB204
| | Sponsors: | Allran (R42) | | Title: | PUBLIC ENTITIES & CONTRACTORS/USE E-VERIFY | | Status: | 03/07/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
| | Comments: | This bill would require all cities and counties to "register and participate in E‑Verify to verify the work authorization of new employees." In addition, it would require all companies and firms that wish to contract with cities and counties to do the same. |
| Bill: | SB205
| | Sponsors: | Allran (R42) | | Title: | NO BENEFITS FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS | | Status: | 06/08/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | SB209
| | Sponsors: | Jenkins (D3) | | Title: | VIDEO LOTTERY ENTERTAINMENT | | Related: | 2011:HB228 | | Status: | 03/07/2011 Senate Committee On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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| Bill: | SB214
| | Sponsors: | Goolsby (R9); Jenkins (D3); Rabon (R8) | | Title: | TRANSPORTATION MAP CORRIDORS/CONDEMNATION | | Status: | 06/23/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | SB225
| | Sponsors: | Brock (R34); Kinnaird (D23) | | Title: | ELECTORAL FREEDOM ACT OF 2011 | | Related: | 2011:HB32 | | Status: | 03/07/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB265
| | Sponsors: | Apodaca (R48); Brunstetter (R31); Hartsell (R36) | | Title: | STATE HEALTH PLAN/APPROPRIATIONS AND TRANSFER | | Status: | 04/14/2011 Vetoed by the Governor
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| Bill: | SB266
| | Sponsors: | Clodfelter (D37) | | Title: | FILLING VACANCIES IN LOCAL OFFICE | | Status: | 03/09/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB276
| | Sponsors: | Jenkins (D3) | | Title: | SPIRITUOUS LIQUOR TASTINGS AT ABC STORES | | Status: | 03/10/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB277
| | Sponsors: | Jenkins (D3) | | Title: | ABC BOARD SUNDAY SALES/LOCAL OPTION | | Status: | 03/10/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB278
| | Sponsors: | Jenkins (D3) | | Title: | CONTINUE P3 STUDY | | Related: | 2011:HB320 | | Status: | 03/10/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB300
| | Sponsors: | Hartsell (R36) | | Title: | MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE/PROCESS AMENDMENTS | | Related: | 2011:HB306 | | Status: | 06/27/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
| | Comments: | Companion bill to H306 |
| Bill: | SB302
| | Sponsors: | Hartsell (R36); McKissick (D20) | | Title: | PREPAID WIRELESS/POINT OF SALE COLLECTION | | Related: | 2011:HB571 | | Status: | 03/10/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
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| Bill: | SB315
| | Sponsors: | Daniel (R44); Berger, D. (D7); Brock (R34) | | Title: | ROADSIDE CAMPAIGN SIGNS | | Status: | 08/04/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | SB344
| | Sponsors: | Clary (R46); Tucker (R35); Goolsby (R9) | | Title: | GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2011 | | Status: | 03/15/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB352
| | Sponsors: | Meredith (R19); Hise (R47) | | Title: | RESTORE CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT | | Related: | 2011:HB351 | | Status: | 03/16/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB360
| | Sponsors: | Jenkins (D3) | | Title: | CHANGE HOURS OF SALE FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES | | Status: | 03/17/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB377
| | Sponsors: | Tucker (R35); Hise (R47) | | Title: | BREWERIES TO SELL MALT BEVERAGES ON PREMISES | | Status: | 03/24/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB380
| | Sponsors: | Jackson (R10) | | Title: | ETJ/DEFINITION OF BONA FIDE FARM PURPOSES | | Status: | 05/12/2011 House Committee On Agriculture
| | Comments: | This bill would mean that land being used for farming is exempt from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction authority as long as the land remains in use as a "bona fide" farm. This bill would accomplish an NCACC legislative goal. It has been passed by the Senate. |
| Bill: | SB386
| | Sponsors: | Kinnaird (D23) | | Title: | REPEAL G.S. 95-98 | | Status: | 03/22/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
| | Position: | Oppose
| | Priority: | High
| | Category: | Federal Goal
| | Comments: | This bill would end the state's ban on collective bargaining for government employees. |
| Bill: | SB399
| | Sponsors: | Clary (R46) | | Title: | MINORITY APPEAL FROM COUNTY BD ELECTIONS | | Status: | 04/04/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | SB412
| | Sponsors: | Goolsby (R9); Clary (R46); Tucker (R35) | | Title: | PUBLIC MEETINGS/RECORDS LAW VIOLATIONS | | Status: | 03/24/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB413
| | Sponsors: | Clodfelter (D37) | | Title: | ORDINANCE FIRST READING VOTE | | Status: | 06/16/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
| | Comments: | This bill requires that a county must hold any required public hearings at least seven days before it votes to adopt the ordinance addressed by the public hearing. This impacts budget ordinances and bond orders as well as any ordinance that requires a public hearing. It passed the Senate on April 6 and has been assigned to the House Rules Committee. |
| Bill: | SB420
| | Sponsors: | Vaughan (D27) | | Title: | MUNICIPAL SUNSHINE ACT | | Status: | 03/28/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Comments: | This bill would require city and county governing boards to designate a website to publicize its schedule of meetings, notices of meetings, Agendas and minutes of meeting, including the minutes of closed sessions "to the extent that those minutes have been made available to the public." The publisher of the website could not charge the board to post the notices and could not charge a fee to the public to access the information. A city or county could designate its own website as the site to post the notices. The bill also would require a city or county governing body to conduct a review each quarter of all of the closed session meetings it had held within the previous three years to determine whether the minutes from those closed sessions can "now be disclosed to the public." The bill also requires a governing body to create an inventory and status report of all "minutes, tape recordings or other records of the closed session" each time it goes into closed session. |
| Bill: | SB439
| | Sponsors: | Brock (R34) | | Title: | ABC PERMIT ISSUANCE | | Status: | 03/29/2011 Senate Committee On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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| Bill: | SB440
| | Sponsors: | Brock (R34) | | Title: | PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN MARCH | | Status: | 03/29/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Comments: | This bill would move the Presidential primary to the first Tuesday in March. It is currently held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in May and coincides with the state's general primary. Moving it up to March would require a statewide election to be held specifically for the Presidential primary. |
| Bill: | SB469
| | Sponsors: | East (R30) | | Title: | SMOKING BAN/EXEMPT AGE-RESTRICTED VENUES | | Status: | 03/31/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB482
| | Sponsors: | Hartsell (R36) | | Title: | ALJ FINAL DECISON AUTHORITY | | Status: | 04/04/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB503
| | Sponsors: | Davis (R50) | | Title: | NO SECOND PRIMARIES | | Status: | 04/05/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | This bill would accomplish the Assocaition's legislative goal to eliminate second primary or runoff elections. However, it leaves in place the definition of a "substantial plurality" of 40 percent of votes cast and the requirement that a winning candidate in a primary election must have a "substantial plurality." The bill does not address what happens if no candidate receives a substantial plurality. |
| Bill: | SB508
| | Sponsors: | Kinnaird (D23) | | Title: | CLARIFY VACCINE EXEMPTIONS/EMERG. MGMT ACT | | Status: | 06/13/2011 House Committee On Health and Human Services
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| Bill: | SB509
| | Sponsors: | Berger, D. (D7); McKissick (D20) | | Title: | "BAN THE BOX"/PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT | | Status: | 04/05/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB511
| | Sponsors: | Hartsell (R36); Newton (R11); Meredith (R19) | | Title: | CITIES/COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE | | Status: | 04/05/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB515
| | Sponsors: | Hartsell (R36) | | Title: | MUNICIPAL INCORPORATIONS/STUDY | | Status: | 04/06/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
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| Bill: | SB523
| | Sponsors: | Jenkins (D3) | | Title: | NORTH CAROLINA CASINO GAMING ACT | | Status: | 04/07/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB530
| | Sponsors: | Jackson (R10) | | Title: | PROHIBIT INVOLUNTARY ANNEXATION OF FARMS | | Status: | 05/03/2011 First reading in the House
| | Comments: | This bill passed the Senate on April 28 and has been referred to the House Committee on Government. The bill would preempt existing farms from being annexed by a municipality unless the farm owner consents. |
| Bill: | SB544
| | Sponsors: | Brown, H. (R6); Apodaca (R48); Davis (R50) | | Title: | PROTECT AND PUT NC BACK TO WORK | | Related: | 2011:HB709 | | Status: | 04/12/2011 First reading in the Senate
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| Bill: | SB546
| | Sponsors: | Vaughan (D27) | | Title: | SALES OF MOTOR VEHICLES/UNITS OF GOVERNMENT | | Status: | 04/12/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
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| Bill: | SB548
| | Sponsors: | Davis (R50); Apodaca (R48) | | Title: | ANNEXATION REFORM | | Status: | 04/12/2011 Filed in the Senate
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| Bill: | SB554
| | Sponsors: | Brunstetter (R31) | | Title: | PERSONNEL RECORDS TECHNICAL CHANGES | | Status: | 06/09/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
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| Bill: | SB572
| | Sponsors: | Davis (R50) | | Title: | OMNIBUS COUNTY BILL | | Status: | 06/16/2011 House Committee On Finance
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | This bill would accomplish three Association legislative goals. First, it would establish a Records Preservation Modernization Commission, which would consist of 13 members - four appointed at the recommendation of the NCACC. The commission would study "issues relating to records preservation standards, procedures, and techniques." The bill would also establish June 1 as the deadline to apply for a property tax exemption or exclusion. Finally, the bill directs "taxpayers required to make monthly prepayments of sales and use taxes pursuant to G.S. 105‑164.16(b2)" to use the nine-digit zip codes of the purchaser when reporting sales. The bill passed the Senate and will be considered by the House during the 2012 Short Session. |
| Bill: | SB595
| | Sponsors: | Clary (R46) | | Title: | VOTER IDENTIFICATION AT POLLS | | Status: | 04/14/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB601
| | Sponsors: | Clodfelter (D37) | | Title: | REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES | | Status: | 04/19/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
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| Bill: | SB604
| | Sponsors: | East (R30) | | Title: | NC ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT ACT | | Status: | 04/19/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB620
| | Sponsors: | Clodfelter (D37) | | Title: | CLARIFY USE OF POSITION | | Status: | 07/01/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | SB622
| | Sponsors: | Rouzer (R12); Jackson (R10) | | Title: | LIMIT ETJ | | Related: | 2011:HB797 | | Status: | 04/19/2011 Senate Committee On Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources
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| Bill: | SB624
| | Sponsors: | Preston (R2) | | Title: | MODIFY HEARING & MAILINGS FOR RULE MAKING | | Status: | 04/27/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB627
| | Sponsors: | Davis (R50); Apodaca (R48) | | Title: | ANNEXATION REFORM | | Status: | 04/19/2011 Senate Committee On Finance
| | Position: | Support
| | Category: | Legislative Goal
| | Comments: | The proposed legislation details many of the Associations legislative goals on annexation, including: requiring the development of joint utility service plans for urbanizing areas; requiring cities to reimburse counties for the loss of sales tax due to an annexation; increasing the degree of urbanization required to annex property; requiring the direct provision of municipal water and sewer services to customers within two years of an annexation; providing that counties have the option of continuing to provide utilities to annexed areas; setting the effective date for involuntary annexations to be June 30 following the date of adoption or final Resolution of an appeal; prohibiting municipalities from annexing across county boundaries without prior consent of the Board of Commissioners of the affected county (in an instance where a municipality has already annexed across county lines, further annexation cannot occur without consent of the affected county); and prohibiting municipal involuntary annexation or regulation of farm or forestry activities within a voluntary agricultural district or conservation district. The bill would require a referendum on any involuntary annexation. |
| Bill: | SB646
| | Sponsors: | Clodfelter (D37) | | Title: | ANNEXATION LAW OMNIBUS | | Status: | 04/19/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB653
| | Sponsors: | Daniel (R44) | | Title: | ELIMINATE AGENCY FINAL DECISION AUTHORITY | | Related: | 2011:HB623 | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB654
| | Sponsors: | Goolsby (R9); Newton (R11); Daniel (R44) | | Title: | WC/ADJUST ORGAN INJURY BENEFIT ANNUALLY | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB657
| | Sponsors: | Davis (R50); Daniel (R44); Hise (R47) | | Title: | VOTING INTEGRITY | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB660
| | Sponsors: | Clodfelter (D37) | | Title: | LRC STUDY CONSOLIDATING LOCAL SPECIAL DISTS | | Status: | 04/20/2011 First reading in the Senate
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| Bill: | SB661
| | Sponsors: | Bingham (R33) | | Title: | LICENSE PLATE AGENCY CONTRACTS | | Related: | 2011:HB763 | | Status: | 05/16/2011 House Committee On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
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| Bill: | SB674
| | Sponsors: | Brunstetter (R31); Brown, H. (R6); Rucho (R39) | | Title: | CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORMS | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB681
| | Sponsors: | Rouzer (R12) | | Title: | REQUIRE QUID PRO QUO FOR AGENCY RULE MAKING | | Status: | 04/20/2011 First reading in the Senate
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| Bill: | SB683
| | Sponsors: | Hunt (R15) | | Title: | RESIDENTIAL BUILDING INSPECTIONS | | Status: | 06/23/2011 Chaptered Session Laws
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| Bill: | SB692
| | Sponsors: | Berger, D. (D7); Daniel (R44) | | Title: | WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AMENDMENTS | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate
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| Bill: | SB731
| | Sponsors: | Clodfelter (D37) | | Title: | ZONING/DESIGN AND AESTHETIC CONTROLS | | Status: | 05/23/2011 First reading in the House
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| Bill: | SB737
| | Sponsors: | Daniel (R44); Soucek (R45); Brock (R34) | | Title: | UI/FIVE-HOUR PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIREMENT | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Commerce, Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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| Bill: | SB772
| | Sponsors: | Brock (R34) | | Title: | CONSOLIDATE ETHICS, ELECTIONS, AND LOBBYING | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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| Bill: | SB773
| | Sponsors: | Brock (R34) | | Title: | CITY/COUNTY ELECTRONIC NOTICE | | Status: | 04/20/2011 Senate Committee On Judiciary I
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