Member Announcements
On the last day of session last week, Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam (R-Wake), announced on the floor of the House that he would not seek re-election to his seat in the NC House in 2016. Rep. Stam has served 8 terms in the NC House and is currently Speaker Pro Tempore.
This week, Rep. Brian Brown (R-Pitt) resigned from his seat in the NC House to become US Senator Thom Tillis's (R-NC) eastern regional representative. Rep. Brown was in his second term as a House member.
Governor Signs Property Tax Bill
Last Friday, the Governor signed SB 159, Corrected Revaluations/Minimal Property Tax Refunds. The bill requires owners of record for corrected revaluations to pay additional taxes. The bill also gives local governments the option to adopt by resolution a policy to not mail a refund of less than $15.00 in overpayment of taxes to the taxpayer. The local government may apply the refund as a credit against the tax liability of the taxpayer for the following year, unless the taxpayer requests the refund in person at the local government tax office before the end of the fiscal year in which the refund is due.
After the General Assembly's adjournment last Wednesday, the Governor has 30 days to act on a bill and is required to reconvene the General Assembly if a bill is vetoed. There are several bills still, passed last week that are currently in front of Governor McCrory.
Read SB 159 here.
Program Evaluation Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee met on Wednesday, October 7th. The committee heard presentations on unfunded actuarial liability and centralizing management of the State Employee Supplemental Insurance Benefits.
Mrs. Kiernan McGorty, NCGA Program Evaluation Oversight staff member, reported on the Unfunded Actuarial Liability. Mrs. McGorty reported that NC ranks 41 st in unfunded liability per state resident and noted six options to reduce the State's unfunded liability. The committee accepted Mrs. McGorty's report and directed staff to present recommended legislation to the committee.
- See brief Summary here.
- See Final Report here.
- See Executive Summary here.
- See Presentation here. See slides here.
Mr. Jeff Grimes reported on the management of the State Employee Supplemental Insurance Benefits. Mr. Grimes recommended centralizing the management of the State Employee Supplemental Insurance Benefits under one committee that would oversee the transition and implementation of the centralization. The committee voted to defer action on the report to the committee's next meeting.
- See brief Summary here.
- See Final Report here.
- See Executive Summary here.
- See Recommendations here.
- See Presentation here. See slides here.
The committee will meet again on October 21, 2015.
Week in Review: Spotlight Series
Over the next several weeks the Week in Review will feature a series of spotlights on specific topics, including Agriculture & Natural Resources, Children Youth and Families, Economic Development, Education, Finance, General/Local Government, Health and Human Services, and Transportation. The spotlight will include an examination of legislation passed and presented during the 2015 "Long" Session, as well as a brief discussion of specific legislation to watch for during the 2016 "Short" Session.
Eligible Crossover Bills
Senate Joint Resolution (SJR) 721, Adjournment Resolution, passed by the General Assembly last week, sets April 25, 2016 as the date the General Assembly will reconvene next year. The 2016 session is referred to as the "short" session because it does not begin until May. This past session, the 2015 session, is referred to as the "long" session, because it begins in January.
SJR 721 authorizes bills that made crossover, those bills that have passed third reading in the chamber the bill was introduced and were received in the other chamber, to be heard during the 2016 short session, unless the bill was tabled, given an unfavorable report, indefinitely postponed, or failed any reading. Bills that are not subject to the crossover deadline that also may be considered during the 2016 "short" session include: appropriations bills, bills with any financial component, bills amending the NC constitution, bills recommending studies, bills with recommendations from commissions or committees, local bills, and bills vetoed and returned by the Governor.
Below please find a list of bills that successfully made the "crossover" deadline and are eligible for consideration during the 2016 "short" Session, per SJR 721. This is may not include other finance or appropriation bills that are also eligible for the 2016 "short" session.
Agriculture & Natural Resources
- H378, Amend Criteria/Certain Ag.
Cost-Share Pgms.
Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources - H456, Clarify Weight Limits/Ag.
Vehicles
Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources
Children, Youth and Families
- H12, Amend Gaston Foster Care
Ombudsman Prog.
Senate Rules - H298=S488, Amend Uniform Interstate
Family Support Act
Senate Rules - H407=S423, Foster Care Family
Act
Senate Rules - H408, Adoption/Post-Adoption Services
Study Comm.
Senate Rules - H817, Enact Uniform law on Adult
Guardianship
Senate Rules - H896, Forcible Entry Into Car/Child
Trapped Inside
Senate Rules - S343, Student Assault on
Teacher/Felony Offense
House Children, Youth, and Families - S368, DOD-Certified Child Care &
State Subsidy
House Appropriations - S652, Prohibit Re-Homing of an
Adopted Minor Child
House Judiciary III
Economic Development & Taxes
- H152=S287, New Historic Preservation Tax Credit
Senate Ways & Means
- H302, Strengthen Oyster
Industry
Senate Rules - H780, Study/Economic Impact of Jones Act on
NC
Senate Rules - S326, Increase JDIG Program
Funding
House Finance - S327, Allow Prize-Linked Savings
Accounts
House Commerce and Job Development
Education
K-12
- H29, Technical Changes to Courses of
Study Statute
Senate Rules - H35, Education Innovation Task
Force
Senate Rules - H138, Arts Education
Requirement
Senate Rules - H164, School Calendar
Flexibility
Senate Ways & Means - H216, Great Leaders for Great
Schools/Study
Senate Rules - H238, Duty-Free Time/Lunch for
Teachers
Senate Rules - H248, Eliminate NC Final Exam
Senate Rules - H380, Statewide School Safety
Management
Senate Rules - H439=S530, Competency-Based
Assessments
Senate Rules - H474, Healthy Out-of-School
Recognition Program
Senate Rules - H539, Charter School
Funding
House Rules (On Concurrence) - H559, Testing Feedback for
Students/Teachers
Senate Rules - H561, School System Auth. Re: Legal
Proceedings
Conference Committee Appointed - H581, Computer Coding Course
Elective
Senate Rules - H632=S534, Study Student Online Data
Privacy
Senate Rules - H660, Transition to Personalized
Digital Learning
Senate Rules - H661, Teacher Recruitment and
Scholarships,
Senate Ways & Means - H687, Public Schools/Testing
Schedule
Senate Ways & Means - H673, Modify Read to Achieve
Senate Ways & Means - H687, Public Schools/Testing
Schedule
Senate Ways & Means - H803, School Performance Scores
Senate Ways & Means - H902, Transforming Principal
Preparation
Senate Rules - S95, Performance-Based RIF/School
Policy
House Rules - S176=H181, Charter School Grade Level
Expansion
House K-12 - S211, Damages for Late Payment of
Monies/Charters
House Judiciary I - S330, Changer Orders on School
Construction Projects
House Local Government - S456, Charter School
Modifications
House Appropriations - S503, Sex Offense With
Student/Charter Schools
House Judiciary III - S561, Funds for Special Education
Scholarships
Senate Rules (On Concurrence)
Community Colleges
- H244, Community Corr./Interstate
Compact/Fund-AB
Senate Judiciary I - H754, Community College Remediation
Pilot Project
Senate Rules - H860, Limit Soldiers' CC
Tuition
Senate Rules
Universities
- H162, Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Education/Students
Senate Education/Higher Education - H657, Study UNC-Fixed Tuition
Senate Rules - H884=H323, Reinstate Setoff Debt
Collection/UNC Health
Senate Finance - S536, Students Know Before You Go
House Education-Universities
Environment
- H332=S628, Energy Policy
Amendments
Senate Finance - H571, Implement Clean Power Plan
House Rules (On Concurrence) - H593, Amend Environmental Laws-3
Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources - H630, Alternative WQ Protection for
Falls Lake
Senate Rules - H708, Preservation of Historic/Heritage
Trees
Senate Ways & means - H763, Task Force on Regulatory
Reform
Senate Rules - H777, Exempt Isolation Float Tanks from
Pool Laws
Senate Judiciary I - S303, Protect Safety/Well-Being of NC
Citizens
House Rules
Finance
- H81, Expand 1%/$80 Rate for Mill
Machinery
Senate Finance - H106, Amend Banking Commission
Membership
Senate Commerce - H151, Property Insurance Rate-Making
Reform
Senate Rules - H496=S428, Surcharge Transparency
Senate Insurance - H809=S582, Third-Party Premium
Payments
Senate Insurance - S19=H41, Revenue Laws Technical
Changes
House Finance - S120=H196, DOI License Processing
Fees
House Judiciary IV
General/Local Government
- H3, Eminent Domain
Senate Rules - H43=S8, Winston-Salem/Parking
Meters
Senate Rules - H56=S6, State Health Plan/Rehired
Retiree Eligibility
Senate Insurance - H74, Study MPO/RPO Oversight
Senate Rules - H108, Site and Building Development
Fund
Senate Rules - H111, Stanly Co. Bd. Of Ed.
Recall
Senate Rules - H122, Add Counties/Towns/Cities-State
Health Plan
Senate Insurance Committee - H141, Stormwater/Flood Control
Activities
Senate Rules - H156=S129, Legal Notice/Require
Internet Publication
Senate Rules - H161, Adopt State Cat
Senate Rules - H196=S120, DOI License Processing
Fee
Senate Rules - H283=S161, Supreme Court Sessions in
Morganton
Senate Judiciary I - H311, ABC Store Election/Town of
Leland
Senate Rules - H345, Currituck County/Remove Abandoned
Vessels
Senate Local Government - H349, Develop Broadband Connectivity
Plan
Senate Rules - H370, Certain Local Govts in State
Health Plan
Senate Pensions & Retirement and Aging - H392, Fayetteville Charter/PWC
Changes
Senate Judiciary I - H388, Dare County Local Option Sales
Tax
Senate Rules - H401, Authorize Data Sharing for
NCLDS
Senate Information Technology - H402, Study Municipal Elections in Even
Years
Senate Rules - H421, Fill Vacancy on Bd of Comm by
Party/Chatham
Senate Rules - H469, Sunset Beach/Parking Meter
Proceeds
Senate Finance - H477=S516, LEO Privacy Protection
Senate Judiciary II - H483, Land-Use Regulatory Changes
Senate Rules - H502, Create Chain of Survival Task
Force
Senate Rules - H548, Zoning/Modernize &
Reorganize
Senate Rules - H591, Cities/Public Trust Areas
Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources - H613, Clarify Signs on Highways and
Roads
Senate Rules - H616, Local Government Employees'
Retire. COLA
Senate Rules - H633, Occ.Lic./Professional
Designation-Appraisers
Senate Rules - H667, Study Athletic Trainer/Health
Coverage Option
Senate Rules - H693, Add Towns to State Health
Plan
Senate Pensions & Retirement and Aging - H742, Clarify PE Licensure
Senate Rules - H779, IT Procurement/Promote
Competition
Senate Rules - H826, Study Repeal of Second
Primaries
Senate Redistricting - S36, Greensboro City Council
Changes
House Elections - S46, Jacksonville Occupancy Tax
House Local Government - S53=H44, Cities/Overgrown Vegetation
Notice
House Local Government - S71, Stagger RRC Member Terms, House
RulesS53=H44, Cities/Overgrown Vegetation Notice
House Local Government - S101, Omnibus Local Act
Senate Rules (On Concurrence) - S127, Personal Services
Contracts/PED
House Appropriations - S132, Carteret Fox Trapping
House Rules - S247=H199, Raleigh/Donate Service
Animals to Officers
House Local Government - S248=H337, Town of Cary/Release
Unneeded Easements
House Rules - S249=H322, Zoning/Recreational Land
Req.-Morrisville
House Rules - S255, Durham Voluntary Annexation
Petitions
House Rules - S330, Changer Orders on School Construction
Projects
House Local Government - S359, Promote NC-Thinks
House State Personnel - S391, County Omnibus Legislation
Senate Rules (On Concurrence) - S419, Limit Revolving Door
Employment
House State Personnel - S480, Uniform Political
Activity/Employees
House Rules
Health & Human Services
- H20=S27, Rural Access to Health Care
Act
House Rules (On Concurrence) - H56=S6, State Health Plan/Rehired
Retiree Eligibility
Senate Insurance - H122, Add Counties/Towns/Cities-State
Health Plan
Senate Insurance Committee - H135=S190, Modernize Physical Therapy
Practice
Senate Rules - H281, Records to Medical Examiner
Senate Health - H286, Dental Hygienists/Intraoral Local
Anesthetics
Senate Rules - H306=S390, NC Cancer Treatment
Fairness
Senate Rules - H370, Certain Local Govts in State
Health Plan
Senate Pensions & Retirement and Aging - H429, Amend Med. Mal. Health Care
Provider Defin.
Senate Rules - H474, Healthy Out-of-School Recognition
Program
Senate Rules - H528, Establish Chiropractor Co-Pay
Parity
Senate Rules - H543, Amend Laws Pertaining to NC
Medical Board
Senate Rules - H667, Study Athletic Trainer/Health
Coverage Option
Senate Rules - H683, Occup. Therapy/Choice of
Provider
Senate Rules - H693, Add Towns to State Health
Plan
Senate Pensions & Retirement and Aging - H729, Standards for Chiropractic Peer
Review
Senate Rules - H746, LME/MCO Board Amendments
Senate Health Care - H747, Electronic Supervision
Waiver
Senate Health Care - H796, Modernize Dietetics/Nutrition
Practice Act
Senate Rules - H816, Study the Needs of Working
Caregivers
Senate Rules - H842, Medicaid Waiver
Protections/Military Families
Senate Rules - H847, Parental Rights and Med.
Treatment of Minors
Senate Judiciary II - H925, Require Hospitals to Offer
Influenza Vaccine
Senate Rules - S6=H56, State Health Plan/Rehired
Retiree Eligibility
House State Personnel - S371, LME/MCO Claims Reporting/Mental
Health Amends
Senate for Concurrence - S522, Raise Awareness of Lupus
House Health - S598, Substance-Exposed Newborns
Protection Plans
House Children, Youth, and Families
Transportation
- H4, Clarify Unmanned Aircraft System
Law
Senate Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources - H136, Speed Limit/Highway Work
Zone
Senate Rules - H183, Repeal Map Act
Senate Transportation - H256, Handicapped Parking/Veterans
Plate
Senate Transportation - H464, Regional Transportation Authority
Revisions
Senate Transportation - H476=S443, Drivers License
Donation/Donate Life NC
Senate Finance - H478, Brunswick Cty/Navigable
Waters
Senate Transportation - H479, Auto Salvage Dealer Protection
Act
Senate Judiciary II - H482, Employee Misclassification Reform
House Rules (On Concurrence) - H496=S428, Surcharge Transparency
Senate Insurance - H523, Drivers License
Designation/American Indian
Senate Transportation - H532, WC Truck Driver Status
House Rules (On Concurrence) - H550, Clarify Dealer Plate
Requirements
Senate Transportation - H551, DOT Sales of Unused
Property
Senate Transportation - H564, Exempt Motorcoach Manufacturer
& Distributor
Senate Rules - H567, NC Aircraft Repair Act
Senate Rules - H569, Rural County Dev. Funds for Road
Const.
Senate Transportation - H594, Clarify Sale of Antique &
Specialty Vehicles
Senate Transportation - H711=H753, Prohibit
Counterfeit/Nonfunctional Air Bags
Senate Rules - S188, Adjust Cap on Turnpike
Projects
House Transportation - S239=H350, Restore Driving
Privileges/Competency
House Transportation - S382, RFI/Privatization of Ferry
System
House Transportation - S383, Study/Fund
Improvements/Interstate Hwys.
House Rules - S600, Study/Autonomous
Vehicles-AB
House Rules - S668, Auto Insurance/Allow Optional
Enhancements
House Insurance - S673=H800, Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealer
Laws
House Commerce and Job Development - S674, Truck Dealer Cost
Reimbursement
House Judiciary I
Other Areas
- H7, Amend Firearm Restoration Law
Senate Judiciary II - H31=S308, 0.00 Alcohol Restriction-All
DWI
Senate Judiciary I - H32=S309, Amend Habitual DWI
Senate Judiciary I - H50, Amend Mand. Retire. Age/Judges
& Magistrates
Senate Rules - H95, Tribal Alcoholic Beverage
Control
Senate Commerce - H100, Record Excusals from Jury
Duty
Senate Redistricting - H159, Dog Breed Stds./Law Enforcement
Tools
Senate Redistricting - H211, Expand Use of Toxicology
Funds
Senate Appropriations/Base Budget - H235, Godwin/Repeal Spirituous Liquors
Ban
Senate Commerce - H242, White Collar Investigation
Senate Rules - H253, Justice Reinvestment Act
Changes-AB
Senate Rules - H290, Prohibit Powered Alcohol
Senate Rules - H303=S709, Dispute Resolution
Amendments
Senate Appropriations - H355, Evidence Passed Vehicle is a
School Bus
Senate Rules - H357, Toxicology Reports/District
Court
Senate Judiciary II - H375=S460, Real Property/Error
Correction & Title Curative
Senate Rules - H422, Amend Funeral Procession
Law
Senate Rules - H436, Unauthorized Practice of Law
Changes
House Judiciary I (On Concurrence) - H457, Elections Changes
Senate Rules - H460, Reporting Animal Incidents
Senate Rules - H554, Protect Public from Dangerous
Wild Animals
Senate Rules - H565, Threaten LEO or Correction
Officer
Senate Rules - H598, Revise Rule 11/Allow Cure Before
Sanctions
Senate Rules - H626, Amend Prop. Damage Offenses
Senate Judiciary I - H631, Notice Before Automatic Contract
Renewal
Senate Rules - H641, Amend Bail Bondsmen
Statutes
Senate Rules - H643, Roofing Contractors/Consumer
Protection
Senate Rules - H649, Amend Corp. Gov/Shareholder
Derivative Suits
Senate Rules - H678, Amend Innocence Commission
Statues
Senate Rules - H696, Debts to Judgment Debtors/Pay to
Sheriff
Senate Rules - H703, Cont. Task Force/Fraud Against
Older Adults
Senate Rules - H713, Body & Dash Cam
Recording/Public Access
Senate Rules - H736, NC Am. Indian Hunting/Fishing
Rights
Senate Rules - H739, Repeal Business License
Fees
Senate Rules - H740=H722, Allison's Law/GPS
Tracking Pilot Prog/Dom Vio.
Senate Rules - H793, Privacy/Up Secret Peeping
Punishment
Senate Rules - H794, Protection from Online
Impersonation
Senate Rules - H804, Kelsey Smith Act
Senate Rules - H811, Law Enforcement Body-Worn
Camera/Study
Senate Rules - H824, Concealed Handgun Permit/Admin.
Law Judge
Senate Rules - H870, Cert. of Title/Manuf. Home
Changes
Senate Rules - H880, Detain Respondents for First
Examinations
Senate Rules - H881, Landlord/Tenant-Alias &
Pluries Summary Eject
Senate Rules - S29, DOB Redaction Requests for Public
Documents
House Rules - S89, Disqualification Notice/Pistol
Sale Permit
House Rules - S105, Include No. Veterans
Employed/Annual Report
House Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs - S124, Modernize Assumed Business Name
Statutes
House Judiciary II - S269, Landlord/Tenant-Alias &
Pluries Summary Eject.
House Judiciary II - S288, Amend Laws Regarding Mental
Commitment Bars
House Rules - S298=H536, School Bus Cameras/Civil
Penalties
House Appropriations - S363=H440, Expand Outdoor Food Service
at Public Events
House Rules - S378, Increase Punishment/Misd. Death
by Vehicle
Conference Committee Appointed - S435, Business Court Amendment
House Judiciary I - S482, LLC Act Clarification
House Commerce and Job Development - S491, Manufactured Home Purchase
Agreement Change
House Judiciary IV - S508, Amend Bail Bond Laws
House Rules - S566, Disposition of Minimal Property
Tax Refunds
House Judiciary IV - S570=H650, Expunction/Boat
Violation
House Finance - S661, Private Labs Must Comply with
CODIS
House Rules - S667=H361, Principal-Based
Reserving
House Judiciary I
Read SJR 721 here.
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