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JULY 2013
Tax Reform Bolsters Budgets of Families & Businesses
Governor Pat McCrory signed comprehensive tax
reform into law on Tuesday, July 23.
“I came to the governor’s office a few short
months ago with a sense of urgency and resolve to put North Carolinians back to
work," said Governor McCrory. "I firmly believe that this reform
package will prove to be critical to growing North Carolina's economy and
getting people back to work. This tax reform package puts more money in
families’ budgets and will restore confidence for North Carolina businesses.
Because of this package, job creators will think about relocating to our great
state."
"I would like to once again commend and
thank Senate Pro Tempore Phil Berger, Speaker Thom Tillis, Commerce Secretary
Sharon Decker, Secretary of Revenue Lyons Gray and my Budget Director Art Pope
for their hard work in getting this tax deal done. This historic tax reform
package is a win-win for our state and the working families who live here,”
concluded Governor McCrory.
This plan provides fiscally-responsible tax
relief to all North Carolina taxpayers. Income tax rates for all
taxpayers will be lowered to a uniform rate of 5.8% in 2014. The corporate tax
will be reduced to 6% in 2014, making North Carolina more attractive to
job-creators.
North Carolina Tax Reform at a Glance:
· The plan is uniform for all North Carolinians across the board.
· It broadens the tax base, lowers income tax rates and reduces
taxes for North Carolina working families.
· It is also fiscally responsible and ensures appropriate revenue
for state government services.
Personal Income Tax:
· Reduces and simplifies the 3-tiered state personal income tax
from the current maximum rate of 7.75% and minimum rate of 6% to 5.8% in 2014
and 5.75% in 2015.
· Increases the standard deduction for all taxpayers, applied to
the:
First
$15,000 of income for those married filing jointly
First
$12,000 of income for heads of household
First
$7,500 of income for single filers;
· Retains the state child tax credit and increases it for
families making less than $40,000;
· Offers a $20,000 combined maximum deduction for mortgage
interest and property taxes;
· Makes charitable contributions fully deductible;
· Protects all Social Security income from state taxes.
Corporate Income Tax:
· Reduces the corporate income tax from 6.9% to 6% in 2014 and
then to 5% in 2015; a 29% rate reduction.
· If the state meets revenue targets (i.e. if there is additional
tax revenue growth due to a growing economy), the corporate income tax will
drop to 4% in 2016 and 3% in 2017.
Other Highlights:
· Caps the state gas tax;
· Eliminates North Carolina’s death tax;
· Preserves the sales tax refund for nonprofits.
What they are saying about tax reform: "Showing Lawmakers
on Capitol Hill How it's Done," "Definitely Pro-Business"
A Fiscally Responsible Budget Signed
Governor Pat McCrory signed a $20.6 billion
budget on Friday, July 26, that increases K-12 education funding, incorporates
fiscally-responsible tax reform and lays the foundation for economic growth and
job creation. The budget reflects a 2.5 percent spending increase compared to
the previous fiscal year.
“This budget is about job creation,” Governor
McCrory said. “It maintains public investments in education,
transportation and health care while at the same time encouraging job creation
investments by the private sector. This is the formula that will unleash North
Carolina’s economic potential.”
In 2013-14, funding for K-12 education is
increased to $ 7.86 billion, up from $7.44 billion in 2012-13. The increase
funds more teachers for North Carolina schools. Teacher assistants for
kindergarten and first grade are also provided. Pre-K seats are increased to
accommodate 2,500 more children. Lottery funds will now also be used for
digital learning improvements.
Overall, 56 percent of the state budget will
go to fund K-12, the 58 community colleges and 17 universities of the
University of North Carolina System. That reflects a one percent increase from
the previous budget.
The fiscally responsible tax reform package
Governor McCrory signed into law is incorporated in this budget. As a
result, North Carolina working families will have more money in their paychecks
during the next two years.
Governor McCrory’s budget provision to
compensate victims of North Carolina’s Eugenics (Sterilization) Program was
also included in this legislation.
Other budget
provisions include:
Education
· Funds Center for Safer Schools which will provide
training, technical support, and serve as a clearinghouse of information on
school safety to educators, law enforcement agencies and parents statewide.
· Allocates an additional $12.4 million to fund services for an
additional 2,500 at-risk four year olds, to serve a total of 27,500 NC Pre-K
children.
· Provides for opportunity scholarships in the second year of the
budget
· Provides $12 million for digital learning efforts.
Health and Human
Services
· Partnership for a Healthy North Carolina: This budget allows the
Department of Health and Human Services to move to the second phase of Medicaid
reform: develop a waiver consistent with the governor’s vision to create a more
sustainable system while improving care for North Carolina's most vulnerable
citizens.
· Provides $1.5 billion in additional Medicaid funding over two
years.
· Invests nearly $30 million over two years to help open the new
Broughton Psychiatric Hospital.
· Keeps North Carolina's three regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Treatment Centers (ADATC) open to treat substance abuse and dependency.
· Provides for 10 additional inspectors to monitor North Carolina
abortion clinics and handle complaints.
Commerce
· Partnership for Prosperity authorized to consolidate, streamline
and modernize North Carolina’s economic development efforts.
· Creates a new Rural Development Authority to boost job creation
in rural North Carolina.
· Creates a competitive grant program for non-profit entities.
· Allocates $60 million for Job Development Investment Grants
(JDIG) and $14 million for Job Maintenance and Capital Development Fund (JMAC) over
two years.
Transportation
· Implements transportation reform through governor’s Strategic
Mobility Fund. This reform will connect rural areas to the state’s economic
centers. Population will also factor in more prominently into the location of
future transportation infrastructure projects.
· Upgrades Department of Motor Vehicle technology and funds
extended, customer-friendly hours for offices that issue driver’s licenses.
· Caps the gasoline tax
Public Safety
· Restore funding for Trooper positions - $2,505,713 to fund 69
vacant trooper positions.
· Keep troopers on the road - The increasing cost of gasoline is
taxing the State Highway Patrol's ability to keep troopers on the road and keep
the public safe. $3,677,292 was appropriated to increase the gasoline budget to
the prior year's actual expenditures.
· Expands funding for the juvenile justice community programs by
$1.5 million in each year of the two-year budget.
· Funds 175 new probation officer positions to protect North
Carolina communities. Probation and post-release supervision caseloads
are rising as a result of the Justice Reinvestment Act
· Reinvests $4 million over the next two years in community-based
substance abuse treatment services for moderate and high-risk offenders on
community supervision. Provides increased treatment services in communities and
helps address underlying drug dependency issues that often lead to criminal
activity and prison.
· Funds 12 special Superior Court judges.
· Provides drug treatment funds through North Carolina’s courts.
Financial
Responsibility
· Fully funds state retirement system obligation and state health
plan
· Invests $233 million in the first year in the rainy day fund
bringing its balance to $650 million. An additional $37 million is invested in
the budget’s second year.
· Provides $163 million over two years for repair and renovation
of state facilities.
· $1 million will go to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) to
protect North Carolina’s military bases and increase their operational
capability
Legislative Session Ends
Governor Pat McCrory signed 30 bills on July
23, including:
Breast Density Notification & Awareness
(HB 467 - Reps. Faircloth, Adams, Harrison and Fulghum): The bill
requires health care facilities that perform mammograms to inform patients
about breast density findings. It also corrects a statute involving the
cancer registry and makes a correction to a statute involving the cancer
registry.
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NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
2013-2014 LEGISLATION PASSED
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
SB 14
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AN ACT TO DIRECT THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO DEVELOP CAREER AND COLLEGE ENDORSEMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMAS, INCREASE ACCESS TO CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND TO WORK WITH THE STATE BOARD OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLING IN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HIGH NEED EMPLOYMENT AREAS, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION STUDY
COMMITTEE ON CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
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2011-2012 Legislation ‘Effective July 1, 2012’
S.L. 2011-74 (SB 137) ESTABLISH FORGIVABLE LOAN FUND. An Act To Establish The Forgivable Education Loans For Service Program And The Forgivable Education Loans For Service Fund As Recommended By The Joint Select Committee On State-Funded Student Financial Aid.
S.L. 2011-145 (HB 200) APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2011. An Act To Spur The Creation Of Private Sector Jobs; Reorganize And Reform State Government; Make Base Budget Appropriations For Current Operations Of State Departments And Institutions; And To Enact Budget Related Amendments.
S.L. 2011-196 (HB 298) INSURANCE AMENDMENTS. An Act To Make Changes In The Insurance Laws To Privatize Online And Administrative Processes For License Applicants, Codify The Existing Seniors' Health Insurance Information Program, Ensure Accuracy In Certificates Of Insurance, Require Prior Approval Of Small Group Health Insurance Rates And Encourage The Sale Of Child-Only Health Insurance Policies, Amend The Risk-Based Capital Law To Maintain NAIC Accreditation, Provide An Exemption For Licensing Of Claims Input Employees For Portable Electronic Devices, Prohibit Federal Preemption Of Crop Adjusters' Regulation, And Ease The Regulatory Burden On The North Carolina Self-Insurance Security Association And The Association Aggregate Security System.
S.L. 2011-228 (HB 661) CDL/HAZMAT ENDORSEMENT EXPIRATION. An Act To Require The Division Of Motor Vehicles To Make A Commercial Drivers License And A Hazardous Materials Endorsement Expire At The Same Time.
S.L. 2011-326 (SB 148) GSC TECHNICAL CORRECTION/OTHER CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical Corrections To The General Statutes As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission And To Make Other Technical And Other Changes To The General Statutes And Session Laws.
S.L. 2011-379 (HB 720) SCHOOL & TEACHER PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT. An Act To Enact The School And Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act.
S.L. 2012-11 (HB 925) ANNEXATION REFORM 2. An Act To Require A Vote Of The Residents Prior To The Adoption Of An Annexation Ordinance Initiated By A Municipality.
S.L. 2012-13 (HB 966) TEACHER PREPAYMENT AND SALARY/PRE-K ELIGIBILITY. An Act To Repeal The Prohibition On Teacher Prepayment, Clarify Eligibility For The NC Pre-K Program, And Enact 2012-2013 Salary Schedules For Teachers And School Administrators.
S.L. 2012-15 (HB 302) CHARITABLE LICENSING EXEMPTION CLARIFICATION. An Act To Broaden The Exemption From Charitable Licensing Requirements For Certain Nonprofit Adult Residential Treatment Facilities And To Extend The Sunset On A Waiver Relating To Alternative Staffing Requirements For Facilities That Use Electronic Supervision Devices.
S.L. 2012-18 (HB 707) REGISTER OF DEEDS/DIRECTED TRUSTEES/ESTATES. An Act To Eliminate Obsolete Register Of Deeds Provisions From The General Statutes, To Amend Local Agency Charges For Vital Records Searches, To Clarify The Law Governing Persons Holding The Power To Direct Trustees, Trust Protectors, And Directed Trustees And Other Fiduciaries, To Make Technical Changes In The Law Governing Trusts And Decedents' Estates, And To Authorize The Revisor Of Statutes To Print Official Comments To The Uniform Trust Code.
S.L. 2012-74 (HB 1015) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE CHANGES. An Act To Set The Regulatory Fees, To Continue The Individual Income Tax Deduction For Educator Expenses, And To Enhance Economic Development.
S.L. 2012-78 (SB 749) VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE LAW CHANGES. An Act To Amend The State's Laws Pertaining To Transportation.
S.L. 2012-79 (SB 826) REVENUE LAWS TECH., CLARIFYING, & ADMIN CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical, Clarifying, And Administrative Changes To The Tax And Related Laws.
S.L. 2012-82 (SB 869) REMOVE RESTRICTION/FIREFIGHTER DISABILITY. An Act To Remove The Requirement That Firefighters And Rescue Squad Workers Have One Year Of Creditable Service In Order To Qualify For Disability Retirement Benefits Under The Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System For Injuries Incurred In The Line Of Duty.
S.L. 2012-85 (SB 895) DOT DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES LEG. REQUESTS. An Act To Amend Statutes Related To Motorcycle Licenses, To Delay The Implementation Of Two Changes To Drivers Licenses Pending An Information Technology System Upgrade, To Update Chapter 136 Of The General Statutes With The Term "Chief Engineer," Which Replaces The Term "State Highway Administrator," And To Authorize Reciprocity Agreements For Toll Payments Between The North Carolina Turnpike Authority And Other Toll Agencies, As Recommended By The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee.
S.L. 2012-130 (SB 804) RETIREMENT TECHNICAL CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical And Conforming Changes To Statutes Affecting The State Retirement Systems.
S.L. 2012-131 (SB 815) REFORM WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. An Act Initiating Reform Of The Workforce Development Laws Of North Carolina, Modifying The Composition Of The North Carolina Commission On Workforce Development, And Establishing The Joint Legislative Workforce Development System Reform Committee, As Recommended By The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee Based On Recommendations From The Program Evaluation Division.
S.L. 2012-134 (SB 828) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CHANGES. An Act To Make Changes To The Unemployment Insurance Laws.
S.L. 2012-142 (HB 950) MODIFY 2011 APPROPRIATIONS ACT. An Act To Modify The Current Operations And Capital Improvements Appropriations Act Of 2011 And For Other Purposes.
S.L. 2012-145 (SB 187) MODIFICATIONS/2012 APPROPRIATIONS ACT. An Act To Make Technical, Clarifying, And Other Modifications To The Current Operations And Capital Improvements Appropriations Acts.
S.L. 2012-152 (HB 462) CONTINGENCY CONTRACTS FOR AUDITS/ASSESSMENTS. An Act To Limit Use Of Contingent-Based Contracts For Audit Or Assessment Purposes.
S.L. 2012-157 (HB 1105) MODIFY TAXATION OF HOA PROPERTY. An Act To Simplify The Collection Of Property Taxes That Are Due On Property Owned By Certain Nonprofit Homeowners Associations.
S.L. 2012-159 (HB 989) PERMANENT LICENSE PLATES. An Act To Limit Eligibility For Permanent Registration Plates To Governmental Entities, And To Reform The Process By Which Eligible Entities Apply For And Are Issued Permanent Registration Plates, As Recommended By The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee Based On Recommendations From The Program Evaluation Division, But To Continue To Allow Civil Air Patrols, Incorporated Emergency Rescue Squads, Rural Fire Departments, And Local Chapters Of The American National Red Cross To Be Eligible For Permanent Registration Plates.
S.L. 2012-162 (SB 836) IMPROVE PROPERTY INSURANCE RATE MAKING. An Act To Improve The Rate-Making Process By Requiring The Department Of Insurance To Accept Public Comment On All Property Insurance Rate Filings, By Providing The Commissioner With The Power To Specify The Appropriate Rate Level Or Levels Between The Current Rate And The Filed Rate Upon A Finding That A Rate Filing Does Not Comply With Applicable Law, By Providing That The Cost Of Reinsurance Be Included As A Factor In Rate Making And Requiring Certain Supporting Information On Reinsurance Costs In A Filing, By Requiring That The Rate Bureau Create A Rating Plan For A Property Insurance Policy That Excludes Coverage For The Perils Of Windstorm And Hail, And By Requiring That The Rate Bureau And The Department Of Insurance Study The Fairness And Efficacy Of The Current Property Insurance Geographic Rate Territories, As Recommended By The Legislative Research Commission's Committee On Property Insurance Rate Making.
S.L. 2012-163 (SB 521) RULE IN DUMPOR'S CASE/BROKER PRICE OPINIONS. An Act Abolishing The Rule In Dumpor's Case And Concerning Broker Price Opinions.
S.L. 2012-166 (HB 320) WATER RESOURCES FLEXIBILITY. An Act To Provide Flexibility For Certain Water Resources Projects.
S.L. 2012-173 (HB 1085) STATE HEALTH PLAN/STATUTORY CHANGES. An Act To, For The State Health Plan For Teachers And State Employees, Which Covers Retirees Within The Retirement System, (1) Amend The Definition Of "Dependent Child" In Order To Comply With The Affordable Care Act, (2) Limit Enrollment Without A Qualifying Event To The Annual Enrollment Period, (3) Repeal The Optional Program Of Long-Term Care Benefits, And (4) Make A Clarifying Change Related To Coinsurance.
S.L. 2012-178 (SB 803) RETIREMENT ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES. An Act To Make Changes To Administration Of The State Retirement Systems.
S.L. 2012-185 (HB 1074) STOP WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN GOVT. ACT. An Act To Make Changes To The Statutes Governing The Teachers' And State Employees' Retirement System, The Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, And The Disability Income Plan Of North Carolina To Provide Protection And Remedies For Reporting Violations Of Retirement Law; To Establish Guidelines For Fraud Investigations That Will Enhance The Department Of State Treasurer's Capability To Prevent And Detect Fraud, Waste, And Abuse; To Make It A Class 1 Misdemeanor To Fraudulently Receive A Decedent's Monthly Disability Benefit; And To Clarify The Appointment Of The Medical Board.
S.L. 2012-190 (SB 821) STUDY AND AMEND FISHERIES LAWS. An Act To (1) Direct The Director Of The Division Of Marine Fisheries Of The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources, The Executive Director Of The Wildlife Resources Commission, And The Deputy Secretary For Transit Of The Department Of Transportation To Jointly Study Fees Associated With The Issuance Of Coastal Fishing Licenses And The Numbering And Titling Of Vessels; (2) Direct The Executive Director Of The Wildlife Resources Commission, The Director Of The Division Of Marine Fisheries Of The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources, And The Commissioner Of Agriculture To Jointly Study The Reorganization Of Fisheries Management In The State; (3) Make It Unlawful To Take Menhaden Or Atlantic Thread Herring With A Purse Seine Net Deployed By A Mother Ship And One Or More Runner Boats In Coastal Fishing Waters; (4) Amend The Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Committees; And (5) Provide That A Supermajority Of The Marine Fisheries Commission Is Required To Override A Recommendation Of The Division Of Marine Fisheries Regarding Overfishing Or Rebuilding Of Fish Stocks.
S.L. 2012-200 (SB 229) AMEND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS 2012. An Act To Amend Certain Environmental And Natural Resources Laws To (1) Direct The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources To Report On The Integration Of Stormwater Capture And Reuse Into Stormwater Regulatory Programs; (2) Direct The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources To Study The Advisability And Feasibility Of Reallocating Water Supply In John H. Kerr Reservoir From Hydropower Storage To Water Supply Storage; (3) Direct The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources To Study And Evaluate Degradable Plastic Products And Their Potential To Contaminate Recycled Plastic Feedstocks; (4) Direct The Division Of Public Health In The Department Of Health And Human Services To Report On The Administration And Implementation Of The Lead-Based Paint Hazard Management Program For Renovation, Repair, And Painting......
S.L. 2012-203 (HB 1009) MSD AMENDMENTS. An Act To Amend The North Carolina Metropolitan Sewerage Districts Act To Modify Representation On The District Board Upon Expansion, And To Allow Metropolitan Sewerage Districts To Also Exercise The Same Powers As Metropolitan Water Districts, As Recommended By The Legislative Research Commission's Metropolitan Sewerage/Water System Committee.
2011-2012 Legislation ‘Effective August 1, 2012’
S.L. 2012-142 (HB 950) MODIFY 2011 APPROPRIATIONS ACT. An Act To Modify The Current Operations And Capital Improvements Appropriations Act Of 2011 And For Other Purposes.
S.L. 2012-143 (SB 820) CLEAN ENERGY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT. An Act To (1) Reconstitute The Mining Commission As The Mining And Energy Commission, (2) Require The Mining And Energy Commission And Other Regulatory Agencies To Develop A Modern Regulatory Program For The Management Of Oil And Gas Exploration And Development Activities In The State, Including The Use Of Horizontal Drilling And Hydraulic Fracturing For That Purpose, (3) Authorize Horizontal Drilling And Hydraulic Fracturing, But Prohibit The Issuance Of Permits For These Activities Pending Subsequent Legislative Action, (4) Enhance Landowner And Public Protections Related To Horizontal Drilling And Hydraulic Fracturing, And (5) Establish The Joint Legislative Commission On Energy Policy.
S.L. 2012-201 (HB 953) AMEND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS 2. An Act To Make Clarifying, Conforming, And Technical Amendments To Various Laws Related To Environment And Natural Resources, Delay The Implementation Deadline For Local Stormwater Management Programs Under The Jordan Lake New Development Rule, And To Make Changes To The Clean Energy And Economic Security Act.
2011-2012 Legislation ‘Effective September 1, 2012’
S.L. 2012-168 (SB 141) LAW ENFORCEMENT/VARIOUS OTHER CHANGES. An Act To Create New First Degree Trespass Offenses, To Make Various Changes Regarding The Procedures For A Motion For Appropriate Relief, To Amend The Procedure For Immediate License Revocations For Provisional Licensees Charged With Certain Criminal Moving Violations, To Clarify That Certain Changes To Payable On Death Contracts Did Not Change The Procedures For Creating Those Contracts, To Establish A Research And Planning Section Within The Department Of Public Safety, To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Designate Its Research And Planning Section As The Single State Agency Responsible For The Coordination And Implementation Of Reentry Policy Initiatives, To Direct The Department Of Public Safety To Continue Its Efforts To Assist Offenders In Successfully Reentering Society, And To Extend The Time For Local Forensic Science Labs To Obtain Accreditation And For Certain Forensic Scientists To Obtain Certification.
2011-2012 Legislation ‘Effective October 1, 2012’
S.L. 2011-326 (SB 148 ) GSC TECH CORRECTIONS/OTHER CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical Corrections To The General Statutes As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission And To Make Other Technical And Other Changes To The General Statutes And Session Laws.
S.L. 2011-369 (HB 432) SWINE IN TRANSPORT/REGULATE FERAL SWINE. An Act To Prohibit The Transportation Of Live Swine Unless The Swine Has An Official Form Of Identification Approved By The State Veterinarian For This Purpose, To Classify All Free-Ranging Mammals Of The Species Sus Scrofa As Feral Swine, To Provide For The Taking Of Feral Swine As A Nongame Animal, And To Prohibit The Removal Of Live Feral Swine From Traps.
S.L. 2012-4 (SB 745) BEER FRANCHISE LAW CLARIFICATIONS. An Act To Preserve The Three-Tier Distribution System For Malt Beverages In North Carolina By Clarifying Provisions Of The Beer Franchise Law To Provide: A Franchise Agreement Applies To All Supplier Products Under The Same Brand Name; A Wholesaler Must Sell Malt Beverages To All Retailers In Its Territory At The Same Price At The Time Of Delivery; Prohibited Acts Of Suppliers With Respect To Their Dealings With Wholesalers; Good Cause For Termination May Not Be Modified By An Agreement That Defines Good Cause In A Manner Different Than Provided By State Law; Reversion Of Small Breweries' Self-Distribution Rights Under Certain Circumstances; Certain Acts That Do Not Amount To Good Cause For Termination Of A Franchise.....
S.L. 2012-12 (HB 843) MODERNIZE NC EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT. An Act To Modernize The North Carolina Emergency Management Act And Related Statutes.
S.L. 2012-14 (HB 345) MODIFY MOVE OVER LAW. An Act To Modify The Move-Over Law To Include All Highway Maintenance Vehicles And Utility Vehicles. [Entire Act]
S.L. 2012- 16 (HB 637) ADOPTION LAW CHANGES. An Act To Amend The Laws Applicable To Adoptions, As Recommended By The North Carolina Bar Association.
S.L. 2012-17 (HB 493) LANDLORD TENANT LAW CHANGES. An Act Amending The Laws Related To Landlord Tenant Relationships And Establishing A Process Whereby A Landlord May Remove From A Residential Dwelling Unit Tangible Personal Property Belonging To A Deceased Tenant After Filing An Affidavit With The Clerk Of Court In The County In Which The Residential Dwelling Unit Is Located.
S.L. 2012-20 (HB 589) DIVORCE/DVPO/CHILD SUPPORT CHANGES. An Act To Amend The Laws Relating To Domestic Violence Protective Orders, As Recommended By The North Carolina Bar Association; And To Provide For Termination Of Child Support When A Child Is Enrolled In An Early College Program.
S.L. 2012-28 (HB 673) STREET GANG NUISANCE ABATEMENT. An Act To Provide That Individuals Engaged In A Pattern Of Street Gang Activity Are Subject To Injunctions As Nuisances Pursuant To Chapter 19 Of The General Statutes.
S.L. 2012-37 (SB 806) MODIFY MORTGAGE REGULATION FUNDING. An Act To Make Changes To The Law Dealing With The Annual Assessments Of Mortgage Bankers, Mortgage Brokers, And Mortgage Servicers, As Recommended By The Joint Legislative Commission On The Modernization Of North Carolina Banking Laws.
S.L. 2012-40 (HB 235) AMEND GROUNDS/TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS. An Act To Amend The Laws Pertaining To Termination Of Parental Rights To Include Conviction Of A Sexually Related Offense That Results In The Conception Of The Juvenile As A Basis For Termination Of Parental Rights.
S.L. 2012-46 (HB 199) METAL THEFT PREVENTION ACT OF 2012. An Act To Recodify The Provisions Of The General Statutes That Regulate Precious Metals Businesses, Pawnbrokers And Cash Converters, And Secondary Metals Recyclers, And To Strengthen Metals Theft Prevention By Requiring Permitting Of Nonferrous Metals Purchasers, Making It A Crime To Cut, Mutilate, Deface, Or Otherwise Injure The Property Of Another To Obtain Nonferrous Metals, Creating Related Criminal Offenses, And Making Other Related Changes To The General Statutes.
S.L. 2012-56 (SB 816) BANKING LAW MODERNIZATION ACT. An Act To Rewrite The Banking Laws Of North Carolina, As Recommended By The Joint Legislative Study Commission On The Modernization Of North Carolina Banking Laws.
S.L. 2012-68 (HB 1066) PASSING TITLE BY WILL. An Act To Clarify, Modify, And Consolidate The Law Applicable To The Passing Of Title To Interests In Real And Personal Property Devised By A Will And The Rights Of Lien Creditors And Purchasers For Value, As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission.
S.L. 2012-69 (HB 1067) CO-OWNERS/UNEQUAL SHARES/SIMULTANEOUS DEATH. An Act To Conform The Law Governing Co-Owners With Right Of Survivorship Under The Simultaneous Death Act To The Law Governing The Holding Of Unequal Shares In A Joint Tenancy With Right Of Survivorship, As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission.
S.L. 2012-76 (SB 518) LANDLORD/STATE BAR NOTICE OF LEASE DEFAULT. An Act To Require Landlords To Give Notice To The North Carolina State Bar Of An Attorney's Default On A Lease In Order To Protect The Confidentiality Of The Attorney's Files.
S.L. 2012-90 (SB 798) VARIOUS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CHANGES. An Act To Make Various Changes To The Emergency Management Statutes; And To Establish The Joint Legislative Emergency Management Oversight Committee, As Recommended By The Senate Select Committee On Emergency Preparedness And Response.
S.L. 2012-129 (SB 656) RIGHT TO CHOOSE PHYSICAL THERAPIST. An Act To Ensure That Patients Have The Right To Choose Their Physical Therapists Under Their Health Benefit Plans.
S.L. 2012-134 (SB 828) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CHANGES. An Act To Make Changes To The Unemployment Insurance Laws.
S.L. 2012-143 (SB 820) CLEAN ENERGY AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT. An Act To (1) Reconstitute The Mining Commission As The Mining And Energy Commission, (2) Require The Mining And Energy Commission And Other Regulatory Agencies To Develop A Modern Regulatory Program For The Management Of Oil And Gas Exploration And Development Activities In The State, Including The Use Of Horizontal Drilling And Hydraulic Fracturing For That Purpose, (3) Authorize Horizontal Drilling And Hydraulic Fracturing, But Prohibit The Issuance Of Permits For These Activities Pending Subsequent Legislative Action, (4) Enhance Landowner And Public Protections Related To Horizontal Drilling And Hydraulic Fracturing, And (5) Establish The Joint Legislative Commission On Energy Policy.
S.L. 2012-147 (SB 227) SCHOOL BUS CRASH REPORTS NAME DISCLOSURE. An Act To Provide That The Name And Address Of A Minor Child Involved In A School Bus Crash May Be Disclosed Only In Certain Circumstances.
S.L. 2012-150 (HB 203) MORTGAGE SATISFACTION FORMS/NO FALSE LIENS. An Act To Provide An Alternative Mortgage Satisfaction Form That Allows A Secured Creditor To Indicate That The Underlying Obligation Has Been Extinguished; To Make It A Class I Felony To Simulate Court Process In Connection With The Collection Of A Claim, Demand, Or Account, To Knowingly File A False Lien Or Encumbrance Against The Real Or Personal Property Of A Public Officer Or Public Employee, Or To File A False Security Instrument; And To Provide That It Is A Violation Of The Residential Mortgage Fraud Act For A Person To Knowingly File A Document Falsely Claiming That A Mortgage Loan Has Been Satisfied Or Discharged.
S.L. 2012-153 (SB 910) SALE OF A MINOR/FELONY OFFENSE. An Act To Create The Criminal Offense Of Unlawful Sale, Surrender, Or Purchase Of A Minor; To Require The North Carolina Conference Of District Attorneys To Conduct A Study To Determine What Other Measures May Be Needed To Stop This Type Of Criminal Activity; To Clarify When, To Whom, And Under What Circumstances The Identity Of A Person Reporting Child Abuse Or Neglect May Be Released; To Clarify What Information The Division Of Social Services Is Required To Maintain In The Foster Care Registry And Under What Circumstances Information In The Registry May Be Withheld.
S.L. 2012-163 (SB 521) RULE IN DUMPOR'S CASE/BROKER PRICE OPINIONS. An Act Abolishing The Rule In Dumpor's Case And Concerning Broker Price Opinions.
S.L. 2012-167 (HB 457) MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITIES/RATE HEARINGS. An Act Providing That The Eastern Joint Municipal Power Agency Shall Hold A Public Meeting Prior To Changing Rates And The Municipal Electric Utilities That Are Members Of The Eastern Power Agency Shall Hold A Public Hearing Before Changing Electric Rates.
S.L. 2012-168 (SB 141) LAW ENFORCEMENT/VARIOUS OTHER CHANGES. An Act To Create New First Degree Trespass Offenses, To Make Various Changes Regarding The Procedures For A Motion For Appropriate Relief, To Amend The Procedure For Immediate License Revocations For Provisional Licensees Charged With Certain Criminal Moving Violations, To Clarify That Certain Changes To Payable On Death Contracts Did Not Change The Procedures For Creating Those Contracts, To Establish A Research And Planning Section Within The Department Of Public Safety, To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Designate Its Research And Planning Section As The Single State Agency Responsible For The Coordination And Implementation Of Reentry Policy Initiatives, To Direct The Department Of Public Safety To Continue Its Efforts To Assist Offenders In Successfully Reentering Society, And To Extend The Time For Local Forensic Science Labs To Obtain Accreditation And For Certain Forensic Scientists To Obtain Certification.
S.L. 2012-169 (HB 572) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR PUBLICLY FUNDED NONPROFITS. An Act To Provide Greater Accountability For Nonprofit Entities That Receive Public Funding.
S.L. 2012-170 (HB 1173) ABSCONDING PROBATION VIOLATORS FORFEIT BENEFITS. An Act To Provide That A Probation Violator Who Absconds Or Otherwise Willfully Avoids Arrest After The Issuance Of A Warrant Shall Forfeit Any Public Assistance Benefits Until Surrendering To The Court.
S.L. 2012-172 (HB 853) END COURT ORDERS/EST. LOCAL INTAKE PROCEDURES. An Act To Amend Local Intake Procedures For Receiving Delinquency And Undisciplined Complaints Under The Laws Pertaining To Undisciplined And Delinquent Juveniles, To Authorize Monitoring Of County Detention Centers By The Department Of Public Safety, To Amend Laws On State Standards For Juvenile Detention And Local Jails, To Correct References To The Agency Responsible For Juvenile Detention, And To Provide Procedures For Review Of Juveniles On Protective Supervision.
S.L. 2012-176 (HB 1044) MOTORCYCLE INSURANCE DISCOUNT/MILITARY. An Act To Allow Members Of The Military Who Have Taken A Comparable Motorcycle Safety Program Provided By Federally Certified Instructors To Receive The Same Motorcycle Insurance Discount As Citizens Who Complete The Motorcycle Safety Instruction Program, As Recommended By The House Select Committee On Military Affairs.
S.L. 2012-183 (SB 738) SOLE SOURCE ED. REQUIREMENTS/BAIL BONDSMEN. An Act To Provide For The Pre-Licensing And Continuing Education Of Bail Bondsmen And Runners.
S.L. 2012-192 (HB 244) STATE HEALTH PLAN/ADD SCHOOLS; WHISTLEBLOWERS. An Act To Authorize Sterling Montessori Academy And Charter School And The Casa Esperanza Montessori Charter School To Elect To Participate In The State Health Plan For Teachers And State Employees And To Provide Protections For Whistle-Blowers Alleging Fraud Or Other Misconduct Related To The State Health Plan.
S.L. 2012-194 (SB 847) GSC TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS/OTHER CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical Corrections To The General Statutes, Including Specifically Authorizing The Revisor Of Statutes To Print Drafters' Comments To Three Acts Enacted In 2011 In Which This Authorization Was Inadvertently Omitted, As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission, And To Make Other Amendments.
S.L. 2012-200 (SB 229) AMEND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS 2012. An Act To Amend Certain Environmental And Natural Resources Laws To (1) Direct The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources To Report On The Integration Of Stormwater Capture And Reuse Into Stormwater Regulatory Programs; (2) Direct The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources To Study The Advisability And Feasibility Of Reallocating Water Supply In John H. Kerr Reservoir From Hydropower Storage To Water Supply Storage; (3) Direct The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources To Study And Evaluate Degradable Plastic Products And Their Potential To Contaminate Recycled Plastic Feedstocks; (4) Direct The Division Of Public Health In The Department Of Health And Human Services To Report On The Administration And Implementation Of The Lead-Based Paint Hazard Management Program For Renovation, Repair, And Painting.......
2011-2012 Legislation ‘Effective November 1, 2012’
S.L. 2012-134 (SB 828) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CHANGES. An Act To Make Changes To The Unemployment Insurance Laws.
2011-2012 Legislation ‘Effective December 1, 2012’
S.L. 2012-38 (HB 149) TERRORISM/STATE OFFENSE. An Act To Create The Criminal Offense Of Terrorism.
S.L. 2012-39 (HB 176) REVIEW DV PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. An Act To Provide For Review Of A Defendant's Participation In A Court-Ordered Abuser Treatment Program, As Recommended By The Joint Legislative Committee On Domestic Violence, And To Expand
The Types Of Offenses Reported By The Clerk.
S.L. 2012-41 (HB 261) INTRASTATE MOTOR CARRIER MARKINGS. An Act To Require Intrastate Motor Carriers To Be Marked.
S.L. 2012-78 (SB 749) VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE LAW CHANGES. An Act To Amend The State's Laws Pertaining To Transportation.
S.L. 2012-79 (SB 826) REVENUE LAWS TECH, CLARIFYING, & ADMIN CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical, Clarifying, And Administrative Changes To The Tax And Related Laws.
S.L. 2012-134 (SB 828) UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CHANGES. An Act To Make Changes To The Unemployment Insurance Laws.
S.L. 2012-146 (HB 494) CONTINUOUS ALCOHOL MONITORING LAW CHANGES. An Act To Allow The Use Of Continuous Alcohol Monitoring Systems As A Condition Of Pretrial Release, As A Condition Of Probation, To Mitigate Punishments For Impaired Driving Offenses, And To Ensure Compliance With Child Custody And Visitation Orders.
S.L. 2012-149 (SB 707) SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION ACT. An Act To Enact The School Violence Prevention Act Of 2012; Limit Prayers For Judgment Continued; And End Sunset For A Provision Regarding An Lea's Basis Of Knowledge About A Child With A Disability.
S.L. 2012-150 (HB 203) MORTGAGE SATISFACTION FORMS/NO FALSE LIENS. An Act To Provide An Alternative Mortgage Satisfaction Form That Allows A Secured Creditor To Indicate That The Underlying Obligation Has Been Extinguished; To Make It A Class I Felony To Simulate Court Process In Connection With The Collection Of A Claim, Demand, Or Account, To Knowingly File A False Lien Or Encumbrance Against The Real Or Personal Property Of A Public Officer Or Public Employee, Or To File A False Security Instrument; And To Provide That It Is A Violation Of The Residential Mortgage Fraud Act For A Person To Knowingly File A Document Falsely Claiming That A Mortgage Loan Has Been Satisfied Or Discharged.
S.L. 2012-153 (SB 910) SALE OF A MINOR/FELONY OFFENSE. An Act To Create The Criminal Offense Of Unlawful Sale, Surrender, Or Purchase Of A Minor; To Require The North Carolina Conference Of District Attorneys To Conduct A Study To Determine What Other Measures May Be Needed To Stop This Type Of Criminal Activity; To Clarify When, To Whom, And Under What Circumstances The Identity Of A Person Reporting Child Abuse Or Neglect May Be Released; To Clarify What Information The Division Of Social Services Is Required To Maintain In The Foster Care Registry And Under What Circumstances Information In The Registry May Be Withheld.
S.L. 2012-154 (HB 54) HABITUAL MISDEMEANOR LARCENY. An Act To Provide That If A Defendant Has Four Or More Prior Larceny Convictions, A Subsequent Larceny Offense Is A Felony.
S.L. 2012-162 (SB 836) IMPROVE PROPERTY INSURANCE RATE MAKING. An Act To Improve The Rate-Making Process By Requiring The Department Of Insurance To Accept Public Comment On All Property Insurance Rate Filings, By Providing The Commissioner With The Power To Specify The Appropriate Rate Level Or Levels Between The Current Rate And The Filed Rate Upon A Finding That A Rate Filing Does Not Comply With Applicable Law, By Providing That The Cost Of Reinsurance Be Included As A Factor In Rate Making And Requiring Certain Supporting Information On Reinsurance Costs In A Filing, By Requiring That The Rate Bureau Create A Rating Plan For A Property Insurance Policy That Excludes Coverage For The Perils Of Windstorm And Hail, And By Requiring That The Rate Bureau And The Department Of Insurance Study The Fairness And Efficacy Of The Current Property Insurance Geographic Rate Territories, As Recommended By The Legislative Research Commission's Committee On Property Insurance Rate Making.
S.L. 2012-165 (SB 105) INCREASE PENALTIES/MURDER AND DWI DEATHS. An Act To Increase The Penalty For Certain Second Degree Murders To Class B1 Felonies, And Create A Graduated Scale Of Penalties For Deaths Caused By Driving While Impaired.
S.L. 2012-168 (SB 141) Law Enforcement/Various Other Changes. An Act To Create New First Degree Trespass Offenses, To Make Various Changes Regarding The Procedures For A Motion For Appropriate Relief, To Amend The Procedure For Immediate License Revocations For Provisional Licensees Charged With Certain Criminal Moving Violations, To Clarify That Certain Changes To Payable On Death Contracts Did Not Change The Procedures For Creating Those Contracts, To Establish A Research And Planning Section Within The Department Of Public Safety, To Require The Department Of Public Safety To Designate Its Research And Planning Section As The Single State Agency Responsible For The Coordination And Implementation Of Reentry Policy Initiatives, To Direct The Department Of Public Safety To Continue Its Efforts To Assist Offenders In Successfully Reentering Society, And To Extend The Time For Local Forensic Science Labs To Obtain Accreditation And For Certain Forensic Scientists To Obtain Certification.
S.L. 2012-185 (HB 1074) STOP WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE IN GOVT. ACT. An Act To Make Changes To The Statutes Governing The Teachers' And State Employees' Retirement System, The Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, And The Disability Income Plan Of North Carolina To Provide Protection And Remedies For Reporting Violations Of Retirement Law; To Establish Guidelines For Fraud Investigations That Will Enhance The Department Of State Treasurer's Capability To Prevent And Detect Fraud, Waste, And Abuse; To Make It A Class 1 Misdemeanor To Fraudulently Receive A Decedent's Monthly Disability Benefit; And To Clarify The Appointment Of The Medical Board.
S.L. 2012-188 (HB 1021) JUSTICE REINVESTMENT CLARIFICATIONS. An Act To Clarify Certain Provisions Of The Justice Reinvestment Act.
S.L. 2012-191 (HB 1023) EXPUNCTION/NONVIOLENT OFFENSES. An Act To Allow For Expunction Of Nonviolent Felonies Or Nonviolent Misdemeanors After Fifteen Years For Persons Who Have Had No Other Convictions For Felonies Or Misdemeanors Other Than Traffic Violations Under The Laws Of The United States, This State, Or Any Other Jurisdiction, As Recommended By The Legislative Research Commission.
S.L. 2012-193 (HB 153) NO PUBLIC RETIREMENT FOR CONVICTED FELONS. An Act To Prohibit A Person Who Has Been Convicted Of A Felony Related To Employment Or Holding Office From Receiving Retirement Benefits From The Teachers' And State Employees' Retirement System, The Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System, The Consolidated Judicial Retirement System, The Legislative Retirement System, The Optional Retirement Program For The University Of North Carolina, The Optional Retirement Program For State-Funded Community Colleges, The Supplemental Retirement Income Plan For State Law-Enforcement Officers, And The Supplemental Retirement Income Plan For Local Governmental Law-Enforcement Officers.
S.L. 2012-194 (SB 847) GSC TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS/OTHER CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical Corrections To The General Statutes, Including Specifically Authorizing The Revisor Of Statutes To Print Drafters' Comments To Three Acts Enacted In 2011 In Which This Authorization Was Inadvertently Omitted, As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission, And To Make Other Amendments.
2011-2012 Legislation ‘Effective January 1, 2013’
S.L. 2011-203 (HB 112) REALIGN WAKE SUPERIOR COURT DISTRICTS. An Act To Realign The Districts For Wake County Superior Court Judge Seats To Provide For Single Member Districts And Equal Representation In Those Districts, Which Are To Be Determined.
S.L. 2011-263 (HB 36) EMPLOYERS & LOCAL GOV'T MUST USE E-VERIFY. An Act To Require Counties, Cities, And Employers To Use The Federal E-Verify Program To Verify The Work Authorization Of Newly Hired Employees.
S.L. 2011-417 (HB 679) WAKE SUPERIOR COURT CURATIVE. A Curative Act Of The General Assembly To Assign All Inadvertently Unassigned Areas By Session Law 2011-203, An Act To Realign The Districts For Wake County Superior Court Judge Seats To Provide For Single Member Districts And Equal Representation In Those Districts, And To Clarify The Textual Explanation Of The Plan For Wake County Superior Court Judges.
S.L. 2012-71 (HB 1069) INTESTATE PROPERTY/CHILD'S YEAR'S ALLOWANCE. An Act To Increase The Minimum Amount Of Intestate Personal Property Passing To The Surviving Spouse And The Amount Of The Year's Allowance From A Decedent's Estate For A Surviving Child, To Reinsert Erroneously Removed References To A Child's "Next Friend" In The Statutes Relating To A Child's Year's Allowance, And To Specify That The Child's Year's Allowance May Be Paid To A Widower On The Child's Behalf As Well As To A Widow, As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission.
S.L. 2012-78 (SB 749) VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE LAW CHANGES. An Act To Amend The State's Laws Pertaining To Transportation.
S.L. 2012-88 (HB 605) EXPAND SETOFF DEBT COLLECTION ACT. An Act To Expand The Definition Of Local Agency For Purposes Of The Debt Setoff Collection Act.
S.L. 2012-127 (HB 512) RENDERING ACT AMENDMENTS. An Act To Amend The Laws Governing Rendering Plants And Operations, To Require Certification Of Grease Ownership By Collectors Of Waste Kitchen Grease, And To Create Criminal Penalties Related To Waste Kitchen Grease.
S.L. 2012-142 (HB 950) MODIFY 2011 APPROPRIATIONS ACT. An Act To Modify The Current Operations And Capital Improvements Appropriations Act Of 2011 And For Other Purposes.
S.L. 2012-155 (HB 614) ENACT VOLUNTEER HEALTH CARE SERVICES ACT. An Act Allowing Registered Sponsoring Organizations To Arrange For The Voluntary Provision Of Health Care Services In This State, Relieving Providers Of Voluntary Health Care Services From Additional Licensure Requirements, And Providing Limited Protection From Civil Liability To Persons Providing Voluntary Health Care Services In Association With Sponsoring Organizations.
S.L. 2012-160 (HB 737) STRENGTHEN CHILD SAFETY LAWS/CARE FACILITIES. An Act To Strengthen The Laws Regarding The Safety Of Children In Child Care Facilities.
S.L. 2012-172 (HB 853) End Court Orders/Est. Local Intake Procedures. An Act To Amend Local Intake Procedures For Receiving Delinquency And Undisciplined Complaints Under The Laws Pertaining To Undisciplined And Delinquent Juveniles, To Authorize Monitoring Of County Detention Centers By The Department Of Public Safety, To Amend Laws On State Standards For Juvenile Detention And Local Jails, To Correct References To The Agency Responsible For Juvenile Detention, And To Provide Procedures For Review Of Juveniles On Protective Supervision.
S.L. 2012-173 (HB 1085) STATE HEALTH PLAN/STATUTORY CHANGES. An Act To, For The State Health Plan For Teachers And State Employees, Which Covers Retirees Within The Retirement System, (1) Amend The Definition Of "Dependent Child" In Order To Comply With The Affordable Care Act, (2) Limit Enrollment Without A Qualifying Event To The Annual Enrollment Period, (3) Repeal The Optional Program Of Long-Term Care Benefits, And (4) Make A Clarifying Change Related To Coinsurance.
S.L. 2012-175 (HB 1052) MECHANICS LIENS/PAYMENT BOND REFORMS. An Act To Make Various Amendments To North Carolina's Mechanics Lien And Payment Bond Laws, As Recommended By The Legislative Research Commission's Mechanics Liens On Real Property Committee.
S.L. 2012-177 (SB 951) TRANSFER CERTAIN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. An Act To Transfer The Cleveland County Correctional Facility To Cleveland County Community College And To Transfer The Haywood Correctional Center To The Haywood County Board Of Commissioners.
S.L. 2012-190 (SB 821) STUDY AND AMEND FISHERIES LAWS. An Act To (1) Direct The Director Of The Division Of Marine Fisheries Of The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources, The Executive Director Of The Wildlife Resources Commission, And The Deputy Secretary For Transit Of The Department Of Transportation To Jointly Study Fees Associated With The Issuance Of Coastal Fishing Licenses And The Numbering And Titling Of Vessels; (2) Direct The Executive Director Of The Wildlife Resources Commission, The Director Of The Division Of Marine Fisheries Of The Department Of Environment And Natural Resources, And The Commissioner Of Agriculture To Jointly Study The Reorganization Of Fisheries Management In The State; (3) Make It Unlawful To Take Menhaden Or Atlantic Thread Herring With A Purse Seine Net Deployed By A Mother Ship And One Or More Runner Boats In Coastal Fishing Waters; (4) Amend The Marine Fisheries Commission Advisory Committees; And (5) Provide That A Supermajority Of The Marine Fisheries Commission Is Required To Override A Recommendation Of The Division Of Marine Fisheries Regarding Overfishing Or Rebuilding Of Fish Stocks.
S.L. 2012-194 (SB 847) GSC TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS/OTHER CHANGES. An Act To Make Technical Corrections To The General Statutes, Including Specifically Authorizing The Revisor Of Statutes To Print Drafters' Comments To Three Acts Enacted In 2011 In Which This Authorization Was Inadvertently Omitted, As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission, And To Make Other Amendments.
