Summaries of 2010 North Carolina substantive legislation are online

From Walker Reagan, the North Carolina General Assembly’s Research Division Director:

“I am pleased to announce that the Summaries of Substantive Ratified Legislation – 2010 is available on the General Assembly’s web site. The direct link is provided below. It can also be accessed from the General Assembly’s homepage.

http://www.ncleg.net/documentsites/legislativepublications/Research%20Division/Summaries%20of%20Substantive%20Ratified%20Legislation/Summaries%20of%20Substantive%20Ratified%20Legislation%20for%202010.pdf”

 

 

Day 26 of 30: one 2010 NC bill left on the Governor’s desk

Governor Perdue signed an additional bill on Thursday, August 5, 2010 (day 26 of 30 to act). Here is the new law:

 

S886  Cleanfields Act of 2010.     Ch. SL 2010-195

Under Article II, Section 22 of the Constitution, the Governor has 30 days after adjournment to act on all pending bills, with July 11 being day one.   The 30-day period concludes at midnight, Monday, August 9, 2010.  The Governor has now acted on 108 of the 109 bills that were pending on her desk at adjournment of the 2009 Regular Session on July 10, 2010.

The bill  remaining on the Governor’s desk is:

H1292

Univ. Energy Savings/LEA Operational Leases

Pres. To Gov. 7/9/2010

There are three options for the Governor on HB1292:

1) Sign the bill by midnight, Monday, August 9, 2010.

2) Take no action on the bill by midnight, Monday, August 9, 2010. In this case, the bill becomes law at 12:01 am on Tuesday, August 10, 2010.

3) Veto the bill. In such case, the Governor must reconvene the session no later than the 40th day after adjournment (Thursday, August 19, 2010) to consider overriding the veto, unless a majority of the members of each house sign a petition stating that there is no need to reconvene to act on the veto.  Article II, Section 22(7) of the North Carolina Constitution states in pertinent part that if the Governor vetoes a bill after adjournment: “When the General Assembly has adjourned sine die … Governor shall reconvene that session … for reconsideration of the bill, and if the Governor does not reconvene the session, the bill shall become law on the fortieth day after such adjournment. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, if the Governor prior to reconvening the session receives written requests dated no earlier than 30 days after such adjournment, signed by a majority of the members of each house that a reconvened session to reconsider vetoed legislation is unnecessary, the Governor shall not reconvene the session for that purpose and any legislation vetoed in accordance with this section after adjournment shall not become law.” Article III, Section 5(11) of the North Carolina Constitution states in pertinent part: (11)      Reconvened sessions … At such reconvened session, the General Assembly may only consider such bills as were returned by the Governor to that reconvened session for reconsideration.  Such reconvened session shall begin on a date set by the Governor, but no later than 40 days after the General Assembly adjourned… sine die”

2010 laws enacted are listed here in order of becoming law, and here in order of bill number.  These links are normally updated within a business day of action being taken.

August 9 is deadline for NC Bill signings

Governor Perdue has until midnight Monday, August 9 (30 days) to act on bills passed by the 2010 short session of the North Carolina General Assembly prior to its July 10 adjournment. This includes bills that had been presented prior to adjournment where the in-session 10 day limit applies but had not been signed by adjournment.

As of Monday, July 12, there were 106 bills on her desk.

2010 NC Budget conference report posted

• 2010 Budget (SB 897 Bill Status History)
  • New – Conference Committee Report for Senate Bill 897, Appropriations Act of 2010, submitted June 28, 2010. Proposed Conference Committee Substitute Text 
    • Committee Money Report
    (

    Table of Contents)

NC Budget conference committee website up

 We’ve got a lot of documents posted on our website relative to the conference committee on Senate Bill 897, 2010-2011 budget. (link is to Senate Appropriations website, similar material can be found on the House side)

Here’s what’s up as of this afternoon:

 

Conference_Calendar_2010_06_10 House and Senate budget items in controversy_2010-06-08 (422 page document showing the TEXT differences between the House and Senate budgets, a similar $$$ differences analysis should be posted soon at the committee links above) Rules for SB 897 Conference Process_2010_06_10 SB 897 Conference Committee Spending Targets

NC budget as it passed the House June 4, 2010

The documents below reflect the budget bill, SB 897 as it passed the House today:

 

2010 Budget (SB 897 Bill Status History)

• New – Text – Senate Bill 897, 6th edition engrossed, as it passed the House of Representatives 6/4/2010
• New – Report – House Appropriations Committee Report on the Continuation, Expansion and Capital Budgets, Senate Bill 897, 6th Edition includes all House Floor Amendments adopted through June 4, 2010

how to find budget floor amendments in NC

The NC legislative bill status system carries scans of all floor amendments. For the 2010-2011 State budget, SB897, go to:

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=s897  and look for June 3 actions to find House floor actions, see below for what has been adopted as of 3:00 pm:

06/03/2010	House	Amend Adopted 2
06/03/2010	House	Amend Adopted 4
06/03/2010	House	Amend Adopted 5
06/03/2010	House	Amend Adopted 6
06/03/2010	House	Amend Adopted 9
06/03/2010	House	Amend Adopted 10       06/03/2010 House Amend Adopted 11 06/03/2010 House Amend Adopted 12 06/03/2010 House Amend Adopted 13 06/03/2010 House Amend Adopted 14 06/03/2010 House Amend Adopted 16

2010 NC House budget for floor posted 6/2/2010

The House Committee Substitute #2 that will be on the House floor Thursday is linked from here:

 

New – Text – Senate Bill 897, 5th Edition, Committee Substitute, as adopted by House Appropriations Committee on June 2, 2010. This includes the 33 adopted committee amendments.

New – Report – House Appropriations Committee Report on the Continuation, Expansion and Capital Budgets for Proposed House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 897, 5th Edition, June 2, 2010

2010 NC House proposed budget and “money report” posted

2010 Budget (SB 897 Bill Status History)

• New – Text – Proposed House Committee substitute for Senate Bill 897 to be presented to House Finance Committee 6/1/2010.                      (Table of Contents)

• New – Report – House Appropriations Committee Report on the Continuation, Expansion and Capital Budgets for Proposed House Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 897, 3rd Edition, June 1, 2010

2010 NC Senate draft “money” report on the web

2010 Budget (SB 897 Bill Status History)

• Text – Draft Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 897, Appropriations Act of 2010, prepared for Senate Appropriations Committee meeting on May 18, 2010.
• New – Report – Senate Appropriations Committee Report on the Continuation, Expansion, and Capital Budgets for Proposed Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 897 — May 18, 2010