Chapter 120 General Assembly
Article 1 - Apportionment of Members; Compensation and Allowances.
- § 120-1 Senators
(a) [See Editor's note. For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the Senate in 2004 and every two years thereafter, senatorial districts are...
- § 120-2 House apportionment specified
(a) [See Editor's note. For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2004 and periodically thereafter; the...
- § 120-2.1 Severability of Senate and House apportionment acts
If any provision of any act of the General Assembly that apportions Senate or House districts is held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction,...
- § 120-2.2 Dividing precincts in Senate and House apportionment acts restricted
(a) An act of the General Assembly that apportions Senate or House districts after the return of a census may not divide precincts unless an...
- § 120-2.3 Contents of judgments invalidating apportionment or redistricting acts
Every order or judgment declaring unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, in whole or in part and for any reason, any act of the General Assembly that...
- § 120-2.4 Opportunity for General Assembly to remedy defects
If the General Assembly enacts a plan apportioning or redistricting State legislative or congressional districts, in no event may a court impose its own substitute...
- § 120-2.5 Direct appeal to Supreme Court
Appeal lies of right directly to the Supreme Court from any final order or judgment of a court declaring unconstitutional or otherwise invalid in whole...
- § 120-3 Pay of members and officers of the General Assembly
(a) The Speaker of the House shall be paid an annual salary of thirty‑eight thousand one hundred fifty‑one dollars ($38,151) payable monthly, and an expense...
- § 120-3.1 Subsistence and travel allowances for members of the General Assembly
(a) In addition to compensation for their services, members of the General Assembly shall be paid the following allowances: (1) A weekly travel allowance for...
- § 120-4 Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess. 1986), c. 1014, s. 40(b)
- § 120-4.1 Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1482, s. 3
- § 120-4.2 Repeal of Legislative Retirement Fund
(a) Effective as of the end of the term of the members of the 1973 General Assembly, G.S. 120‑4.1 is repealed, subject to the following...
- § 120-4.3 through 120-4.7 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.
- § 120-4.8 Definitions
The following words and phrases as used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: (1) "Accumulated contributions" means the...
- § 120-4.9 Retirement system established
A Retirement System is established and placed under the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System for administrative purposes. The Retirement...
- § 120-4.10 Administration of retirement system
The Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System shall be the trustee of the Retirement System, under the direction of the...
- § 120-4.11 Membership
The following members of the General Assembly and former members of the General Assembly are eligible for membership in the Retirement System: (1) Members of...
- § 120-4.12 Creditable service
(a) Creditable service at retirement consists of the membership service rendered by the member of the Retirement System and any prior service purchased or granted...
- § 120-4.12A Reciprocity of creditable service with other state-administered retirement systems
(a) Only for the purpose of determining eligibility for benefits accruing under this Article, creditable service standing to the credit of a member of the...
- § 120-4.13 Transfer of membership and benefits
(a) The Board of Trustees shall set up procedures to transfer membership from the Legislative Retirement Fund to the Retirement System and to recompute benefits...
- § 120-4.14 Purchase of prior service
Purchase of prior service rendered by a member of the General Assembly before becoming a member of the Retirement System that is not service that...
- § 120-4.15 Repayment of contributions
Repayment of contributions withdrawn from the Legislative Retirement Fund and System shall be at the rate of seven percent (7%) of the highest monthly compensation...
- § 120-4.16 Repayments and purchases
(a) All repayments and purchases of service credit, allowed under this Article, shall be made within two years after the member first becomes eligible to...
- § 120-4.17 Assets of retirement system
(a) All of the assets of the Retirement System shall be credited according to the purpose for which they are held to one of two...
- § 120-4.18 Management of funds
The Board of Trustees shall manage the fund established by G.S. 120‑4.17 pursuant to G.S. 135‑7. (1983, c. 761, s. 238.)
- § 120-4.19 Contributions by the members
Effective upon convening of the 1985 Regular Session of the General Assembly, each member shall contribute by payroll deduction for each pay period for which...
- § 120-4.20 Contributions by the State
(a) Effective upon convening of the 1985 Regular Session of the General Assembly, the State shall contribute annually an amount equal to the sum of...
- § 120-4.21 Service retirement benefits
(a) Eligibility; Application. Any member may retire with full benefits who has reached 65 years of age with five years of creditable service. Any member...
- § 120-4.22 Disability retirement benefits
(a) Eligibility; Application. Upon application by or on behalf of the member, any member in service who has completed at least five years of creditable...
- § 120-4.22A Post-retirement increases in allowances
(a) Retired members and beneficiaries of the Retirement System shall receive post‑retirement increases in allowances on the same basis as post‑retirement increases in allowances are...
- § 120-4.23 Reexamination for disability retirement allowance
Any disability retiree who has not reached age 65 shall be reexamined pursuant to G.S. 135‑5(e). After he reaches age 65, no further examinations are...
- § 120-4.24 Return to membership of former member
If a retired former member of the Retirement System or of the Legislative Retirement Fund returns to service as a member of the General Assembly,...
- § 120-4.25 Return of accumulated contributions
If a member ceases to be a member of the General Assembly except by death or retirement, he shall, upon submission of an application, be...
- § 120-4.26 Benefit payment options
Any member may elect to receive his benefits in a retirement allowance payable throughout life, or he may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of...
- § 120-4.26A Benefits on death after retirement
In the event of the death of a retired member while in receipt of a retirement allowance under the provisions of this Article, there shall...
- § 120-4.27 Death benefit
The designated beneficiary of a member who dies while in service after completing one year of creditable service shall receive a lump‑sum payment of an...
- § 120-4.28 Survivor's alternate benefit
The designated beneficiary of a member who dies in service before retirement but after age 60 and after completing five years of creditable service or...
- § 120-4.29 Exemption from garnishment, attachment
Except for the applications of the provisions of G. S. 110‑136, and in connection with a court‑ordered equitable distribution under G.S. 50‑20, the right of...
- § 120-4.30 Termination or partial termination; discontinuance of contributions
In the event of the termination or partial termination of the Retirement System or in the event of complete discontinuance of contributions under the Retirement...
- § 120-4.31 Internal Revenue Code compliance
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, compensation for any calendar year after 1988 in which employee or employer contributions are made...
- § 120-4.32 Deduction for payments to certain employees' or retirees' associations allowed
Any beneficiary who is a member of a domiciled employees' or retirees' association that has at least 2,000 members, the majority of whom are active...
- § 120-4.33 Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies
(a) Except as provided in G.S. 120‑4.12(f), the Board of Trustees shall not pay any retirement benefits or allowances, except for a return of member...
Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.
- § 120-5 Presiding officers may administer oaths
The President of the Senate is authorized to administer oaths for the qualification of Senators and officers of the Senate, and the Speaker of the...
- § 120-6 Members to convene at appointed time and place
Every person elected to represent any county or district in the General Assembly shall appear at such time and place as may be appointed for...
- § 120-6.1 Request that reconvened session not be held
(a) As provided by Section 22(7) of Article II of the Constitution of North Carolina, if within 30 days after adjournment, a bill is returned...
- § 120-7 Penalty for failure to discharge duty
If any member shall fail to appear, or shall neglect to attend to the duties of his office, he shall forfeit and pay for not...
- § 120-8 Expulsion for corrupt practices in election
If any person elected a member of the General Assembly shall by himself or any other person, directly or indirectly, give, or cause to be...
- § 120-9 Freedom of speech
The members shall have freedom of speech and debate in the General Assembly, and shall not be liable to impeachment or question, in any court...
Article 3 - Contests.
- § 120-10 Repealed by Session Laws 2005-3, s. 1, effective March 10, 2005
- § 120-10.1 Contesting a seat
Except as otherwise provided by rules of the house, a contest of the qualifications as a candidate or election of a member of the House...
- § 120-10.2 Definitions
As used in this Article, the following terms mean: (1) Clerk. The Principal Clerk of the house in which the election of the seat is...
- § 120-10.3 Initiating a contest
(a) Who May Initiate. A contest may be initiated only by a contestant by the filing of a written notice of the intent to petition...
- § 120-10.4 Answering a notice of intent
Within 10 days after service of the notice of intent on a contestee, a contestee shall file a written answer with the clerk. The contestee's...
- § 120-10.5 Filings and service
The notice of intent to contest shall be filed by the contestant with the clerk and copies thereof served by the contestant on the contestee...
- § 120-10.6 Discovery
(a) Depositions. After service of the notice of intent, any party, after five days notice to the other party or parties may take depositions to...
- § 120-10.7 Petitions
(a) Filing. A written petition shall be filed by the contestant with the clerk within 40 days following the date of service of the notice...
- § 120-10.8 Referral to committee
(a) Referral. The clerk shall refer the notice, answer, petition, reply, depositions, and affidavits to the committee, which documents shall constitute part of the record...
- § 120-10.9 Basis for decision
(a) Eligibility and Qualification. If the contest is as to the eligibility or qualifications of the contestee, the house shall determine if the contestee is...
- § 120-10.10 Jurisdiction
A contest of any election held at the same time and place as members of the General Assembly are elected shall be considered by the...
- § 120-10.11 Judicial proceedings abated
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the initiation of a contest under this Article, any judicial proceedings involving either the contestant or the contestee...
- § 120-10.12 Determination of house not reviewable
The decision of one of the houses of the General Assembly in determining a contest pursuant to this Article may not be reviewed by the...
- § 120-10.13 Bad faith costs assessed
The prevailing party in any contest may recover that party's costs incurred in conjunction with the contest in a civil action, upon a showing that...
- § 120-10.14 Applicability
This Article applies only to a general or special election and does not apply to a primary or any other part of the nominating process....
- § 120-11 Repealed by Session Laws 2005-3, s. 1, effective March 10, 2005
Article 3A - Sessions; Electronic Voting.
- § 120-11.1 Time of meeting
The regular session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be held biennially beginning at 12:00 noon on the third Wednesday after the second...
- § 120-11.2 Installation and use of electronic voting apparatus
(a) The General Assembly of North Carolina shall, in accordance with rules adopted by each of the respective bodies, vote by use of electronic voting...
Article 4 - Reports of Officers to General Assembly.
Article 5 - Investigating Committees.
- § 120-14 Power of committees
Any committee of investigation raised either by joint resolution or resolution of either house of the General Assembly has full power to send for persons...
- § 120-15 Chairman may administer oaths
The chairman of any committee or any person in his presence, and under his direction, shall have power and authority to administer oaths. (1869‑70, c....
- § 120-16 Pay of witnesses
Any witness appearing and giving testimony shall be entitled to receive from the person at whose instance he was summoned ten cents (10) for every...
- § 120-17 Appearance before committee
Every person desiring to appear either in person or by attorney to introduce testimony, or to offer argument for or against the passage of an...
- § 120-18 Appeal from denial of right to be heard
If any committee shall refuse to grant the request of any citizen to be heard before it in a matter touching his interests, he may...
- § 120-19 State officers, etc., upon request, to furnish data and information to legislative committees or commissions
Except as provided in G.S. 105‑259, all officers, agents, agencies and departments of the State are required to give to any committee of either house...
Article 5A - Committee Activity.
- § 120-19.1 Hearings; examination of witnesses; counsel
(a) Committees of either the House or Senate of the General Assembly of North Carolina may hold separate or joint hearings, call witnesses, and compel...
- § 120-19.2 Invitations to witnesses; when hearings and examinations held; subpoenas
(a) Committees of the General Assembly may invite witnesses to appear and testify concerning pending legislation or other matters properly before the committee and may...
- § 120-19.3 Witness fees and expenses
Witnesses subpoenaed to testify before a committee of either house of the General Assembly or a joint committee of the General Assembly shall be entitled...
- § 120-19.4 Failure to respond to subpoena or refusal to testify punishable as contempt
(a) Any person who without good cause fails to obey a subpoena which was served upon him, or, fails or refuses to testify shall be...
- § 120-19.4A Requests to State Bureau of Investigation for background investigation of a person who must be confirmed by legislative action
The President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House may request that the State Bureau of Investigation perform a background investigation on a...
- § 120-19.5 Committee staff assistance
Upon a certificate of need from the Speaker of the House, the President of the Senate, the President pro tempore of the Senate, or the...
- § 120-19.6 Interim committee activity; rules
(a) Upon a general directive by resolution of the house in question or upon a specific authorization of either the Speaker of the House, President...
- § 120-19.7 Subcommittees
By consent and approval of a majority of any committee, the chairman may designate a subcommittee of not less than five persons to conduct hearings,...
- § 120-19.8 Limitation by resolution of either house
The provisions of G.S. 120‑19.5 pertaining to staff assistance and the provisions of G.S. 120‑19.6 pertaining to interim committee activity shall not apply to the...
- § 120-19.9 Local acts affecting State highway system to be considered by transportation committees
Any local bill affecting the State highway system shall, prior to its passage, be referred to a committee of either the House or Senate charged...
Article 6 - Acts, Journals, and Reports to the General Assembly.
- § 120-20 When acts take effect
Acts of the General Assembly shall be in force only from and after 60 days after the adjournment of the session in which they shall...
- § 120-20.1 Coded bill drafting
(a) Whenever in any act: (1) It is stated that: a. A law "reads as rewritten:"; or b. Laws "read as rewritten:"; and (2) The...
- § 120-21 through 120-22 Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1184, s. 8
- § 120-23 through 120-25 Transferred to G.S. 147-43.1 to 147-43.3 by Session Laws 1943, c. 543
- § 120-26 Repealed by Session Laws 1943, c. 543
- § 120-27 Journals; preparation and filing by clerks of houses
It shall be the duty of the principal clerks of the two houses of the General Assembly to hasten the preparation of their journals for...
- § 120-28 Journals indexed by clerks
The principal clerks of the two houses of the General Assembly shall provide full and complete indexes for the journals of their respective houses. (1866‑7,...
- § 120-29 Journals deposited with Secretary of State
The principal clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives, as soon as may be practicable after the close of each session, shall deposit in...
- § 120-29.1 Approval of bills
(a) If the Governor approves a bill, the Governor shall write upon the same, below the signatures of the presiding officers of the two houses,...
- § 120-29.5 State agency reports to the General Assembly
Whenever a report is directed by law or resolution to be made to the General Assembly, the State agency preparing the report shall deliver one...
- § 120-30 Repealed by Session Laws 1961, c. 24
Article 6A - Submission of Acts.
Article 6B - Legislative Research Commission.
- § 120-30.10 Creation; appointment of members; members ex officio
(a) There is hereby created a Legislative Research Commission to consist of five Senators to be appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate...
- § 120-30.11 Time of appointments; terms of office
Appointments to the Legislative Research Commission shall be made not earlier than the close of each regular session of the General Assembly held in the...
- § 120-30.12 Vacancies
Vacancies in the appointive membership of the Legislative Research Commission occurring during a term shall be filled for the unexpired term by appointment by the...
- § 120-30.13 Cochairmen; rules of procedure; quorum
The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall serve as cochairmen of the Legislative Research Commission. The Commission shall...
- § 120-30.14 Meetings
The first meeting of the Legislative Research Commission shall be held at the call of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in the State...
- § 120-30.15 Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1184, s. 8
- § 120-30.16 Cooperation with Commission
The Legislative Research Commission may call upon any department, agency, institution, or officer of the State or of any political subdivision thereof for such facilities...
- § 120-30.17 Powers and duties
The Legislative Research Commission has the following powers and duties: (1) Pursuant to the direction of the General Assembly or either house thereof, or of...
- § 120-30.18 Facilities; compensation of members; payments from appropriations
The facilities of the State Legislative Building, and any other State office building used by the General Assembly, shall be available to the Commission for...
- § 120-30.19 through 120-30.23 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 6C - Review of Administrative Rules.
- § 120-30.24 through 120-30.28 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2
- § 120-30.29 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 688, s. 8
- § 120-30.29A Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2
- § 120-30.30, 120-30.31 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 688, s. 8
- § 120-30.32 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2
- § 120-30.33 Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 688, s. 8
- § 120-30.34 through 120-30.40 Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2
Article 6D - Local Government Fiscal Information Act.
- § 120-30.41 Short title
This Article may be cited as the "Local Government Fiscal Information Act." (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1262, s. 1.)
- § 120-30.42 Definitions
For the purposes of this Article, "unit of local government" means counties, cities, towns, and incorporated villages, sanitary districts, mosquito control districts, hospital districts, metropolitan...
- § 120-30.43 Purpose
It is the purpose of this Article to provide procedures for the preparation and distribution of fiscal information on bills, resolutions, amendments to bills and...
- § 120-30.44 Fiscal note defined
For purposes of this Article, "fiscal note" means a realistic statement of the estimated effect on the expenditures or revenues of units of local government...
- § 120-30.45 Fiscal note on legislation
(a) Every bill and resolution introduced in the General Assembly proposing any change in the law that could increase or decrease expenditures or revenues of...
- § 120-30.46 Fiscal information related to requests for State appropriations
Any State department, institution, agency, or other authority making requests for State appropriations to fund changes in existing programs or for implementing new programs shall,...
- § 120-30.47 Legislation introduced by request
Any State department, institution, agency, or other authority requesting a member or members of the General Assembly to introduce legislation which if enacted would have...
- § 120-30.48 Fiscal impact of administrative rules
An agency is required to prepare a fiscal note on a proposed administrative rule that affects the expenditures or revenues of a unit of local...
- § 120-30.49 Compiling federal mandates; annual report
(a) The Fiscal Research Division shall, in consultation with the appropriate staff of the Research and Bill Drafting Divisions, make an annual report to the...
Article 7 - Legislative Services Commission.
- § 120-31 Legislative Services Commission organization
(a) The Legislative Services Commission shall consist of the President pro tempore of the Senate, seven Senators appointed by the President pro tempore of the...
- § 120-32 Commission duties
The Legislative Services Commission is authorized to: (1) Determine the number, titles, classification, functions, compensation, and other conditions of employment of the joint legislative service...
- § 120-32.01 Information to be supplied
(a) Every State department, State agency, or State institution shall furnish the Legislative Services Office and the Research, Fiscal Research, Program Evaluation, and Bill Drafting...
- § 120-32.02 Legislative commissions' and committees' employees and consultants
(a) In the construction of a statute creating, continuing, or modifying a commission or committee whose funds are appropriated or transferred to the General Assembly...
- § 120-32.03 Grants and contributions to legislative commissions and committees
(a) In the construction of a statute creating, continuing, or modifying a commission or committee whose funds are appropriated or transferred to the General Assembly...
- § 120-32.1 Use and maintenance of buildings and grounds
(a) The Legislative Services Commission shall: (1) Establish policy for the use of the State legislative buildings and grounds; (2) Maintain and care for the...
- § 120-32.1A Evacuation of legislative buildings and grounds
The Chief of the General Assembly Police, or the Chief's designee, shall exercise at all times those means that, in the opinion of the Chief,...
- § 120-32.2 General Assembly special police
(a) All sworn members of the General Assembly special police employed by the Legislative Services Office are special policemen, and have all the powers of...
- § 120-32.3 Oath of General Assembly special police
Before exercising the duties of a special policeman, each General Assembly special police officer shall take an oath before some officer empowered to administer oaths,...
- § 120-32.4 Subpoena and contempt powers
The provisions of G.S. 120‑19.1 through 120‑19.4 shall apply to the proceedings of the Legislative Services Commission as if it were a joint committee of...
- § 120-32.5 Leave for temporary employees
Temporary part‑time or full‑time employees of the General Assembly who have four years of aggregate employment with the General Assembly (temporary or permanent) shall receive...
- § 120-32.6 Certain employment authority
G.S. 114‑2.3 and G.S. 147‑17 shall not apply to the General Assembly. (2006‑201, s. 3.)
- § 120-33 Duties of enrolling clerk
(a) All bills passed by the General Assembly shall be enrolled for ratification under the supervision of the enrolling clerk. (b) Prior to enrolling any...
- § 120-34 Printing of session laws; numbering of session laws
(a) The Legislative Services Commission shall publish all laws and joint resolutions passed at each session of the General Assembly and the executive orders of...
- § 120-35 Payment for expenses
Actual expenses for the joint operation of the General Assembly shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon authorization of the President pro tempore of...
- § 120-36 Legislative Services Officer of the General Assembly
(a) The Legislative Services Officer of the General Assembly shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Legislative Services Commission, and his...
Article 7A - Fiscal Research Division.
- § 120-36.1 Fiscal Research Division of Legislative Services Commission established
There is hereby established the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Commission, which shall be solely a staff agency of the General Assembly, shall...
- § 120-36.2 Organization
(a) The Legislative Services Commission shall appoint a Director of Fiscal Research, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The Director of Fiscal...
- § 120-36.3 Functions
In addition to the functions prescribed in Article 7 of Chapter 120, the Legislative Services Commission, acting through the Fiscal Research Division, shall have the...
- § 120-36.4 Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session 1984), c. 1034, s. 176
- § 120-36.5 Office space and equipment
The Fiscal Research Division shall be provided with suitable office space and equipment. (1971, c. 659, s. 1; 1981; c. 772, s. 7; c. 859,...
- § 120-36.6 Legislative Fiscal Research staff participation
The Legislative Services Officer shall designate a member of the Fiscal Research staff, and a member of the General Research or Bill Drafting staff who...
- § 120-36.7 Long-term fiscal notes
(a) Budget Outlook; Proposed Legislation. Every fiscal analysis of the State budget outlook shall encompass the upcoming five‑year period. Every fiscal analysis of the impact...
Article 7B - Research Division.
Article 7C - Program Evaluation.
Article 8 - Elected Officers.
Article 9 - Lobbying.
Article 9A - Legislative Branch Lobbying [Repealed].
Article 10 - Influencing Public Opinion or Legislation.
Article 11 - Legislative Intern Program.
Article 12 - Commission on Children with Special Needs.
Article 12A - Joint Legislative Utility Review Committee.
- § 120-70.1 Committee established
There is hereby established a permanent committee of the General Assembly to be known as the Joint Legislative Utility Review Committee, hereinafter called the Joint...
- § 120-70.2 Appointment of members and organization
The Joint Committee shall consist of ten sitting members of the General Assembly. Five shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate...
- § 120-70.3 Powers and duties
The Joint Committee shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To evaluate the actions of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, including the review of...
- § 120-70.4 Additional powers
The Joint Committee, while in the discharge of official duties, may exercise all the powers provided for under the provisions of G.S. 120‑19 and 120‑19.1...
- § 120-70.5 Compensation and expenses of members
Members of the Joint Committee shall receive subsistence and travel expenses at the rates set forth in G.S. 120‑3.1. (1985, c. 499, s. 1.)
- § 120-70.6 Joint Committee staffing
The Joint Committee shall use clerical and professional employees of the General Assembly for its staff, who shall be made available to the Joint Committee...
Article 12B - Commission on Children and Youth.
Article 12C - Joint Select Committee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste.
- § 120-70.31 Committee established
The Joint Select Committee on Low‑Level Radioactive Waste is hereby established as a permanent joint committee of the General Assembly. As used in this Article,...
- § 120-70.32 Membership; cochairmen; vacancies; quorum
The Joint Select Committee shall consist of six Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and six Representatives appointed by the Speaker...
- § 120-70.33 Powers and duties
The Joint Select Committee shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To study alternatives available to the State for dealing with low‑level radioactive waste...
- § 120-70.34 Additional powers
The Joint Select Committee, while in the discharge of official duties, may exercise all the powers provided for under the provisions of G.S. 120‑19, and...
- § 120-70.35 Compensation and expenses of members
Members of the Joint Select Committee shall receive subsistence and travel expenses at the rates set forth in G.S. 120‑3.1. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c....
- § 120-70.36 Staffing
The Legislative Services Officer shall assign as staff to the Joint Select Committee professional employees of the General Assembly, as approved by the Legislative Services...
- § 120-70.37 Funding
From funds available to the General Assembly, the Legislative Services Commission shall allocate monies to fund the Joint Select Committee created by this Part. (1987...
- § 120-70.38 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 120-70.39 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 120-70.40 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 12D - Environmental Review Commission.
- § 120-70.41 Commission established
The Environmental Review Commission is hereby established. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1100, s. 4.1.)
- § 120-70.42 Membership; cochairs; vacancies; quorum
(a) The Environmental Review Commission shall consist of six Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, six Representatives appointed by the Speaker...
- § 120-70.43 Powers and duties
(a) The Environmental Review Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To evaluate actions of all boards, commissions, departments, and other agencies of...
- § 120-70.44 Additional powers
(a) The Environmental Review Commission, while in the discharge of official duties, may exercise all the powers provided for under the provisions of G.S. 120‑19,...
- § 120-70.45 Compensation and expenses of members
Members of the Environmental Review Commission shall receive subsistence and travel expenses at the rates set forth in G.S. 120‑3.1. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c....
- § 120-70.46 Staffing
The Legislative Services Officer shall assign as staff to the Environmental Review Commission professional employees of the General Assembly, as approved by the Legislative Services...
- § 120-70.47 Funding
From funds available to the General Assembly, the Legislative Services Commission shall allocate monies to fund the work of the Environmental Review Commission. (1987 (Reg....
- § 120-70.48 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 120-70.49 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 12E - Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee.
Article 12F - Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture.
- § 120-70.60 Commission established
The Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture is hereby established as a permanent joint committee of the General Assembly. As used in this Article,...
- § 120-70.61 Membership; cochairs; vacancies; quorum
(a) The Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture shall consist of 15 members: four Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;...
- § 120-70.62 Powers and duties
The Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To monitor and study the current seafood industry in North Carolina including studies of the...
- § 120-70.63 Additional powers
(a) The Commission, while in the discharge of official duties, may exercise all the powers of a joint committee of the General Assembly provided for...
- § 120-70.64 Compensation and expenses of members
Members of the Commission shall receive per diem and travel allowances in accordance with G.S. 120‑3.1 for members who are legislators, and shall receive compensation...
- § 120-70.65 Staffing
The Legislative Services Officer shall assign as staff to the Commission professional employees of the General Assembly, as approved by the Legislative Services Commission. Clerical...
- § 120-70.66 Funding
From funds available to the General Assembly, the Legislative Services Commission shall allocate monies to fund the Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture. (1989,...
- § 120-70.67 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 120-70.68 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 120-70.69 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 12G - Commission on the Family.
Article 12H - Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.
Article 12I - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Early Childhood Education and Development Initiatives.
Article 12J - Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee.
- § 120-70.93 Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 16 members as follows: (1) Eight members of...
- § 120-70.94 Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Corrections, Crime Control, and Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, the correctional, law enforcement, and juvenile justice...
- § 120-70.95 Organization of Committee
(a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair of the Joint Legislative...
- § 120-70.96 through 120-70.99 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 12K - Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee.
Article 12L - Revenue Laws Study Committee.
Article 12M - Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Committee.
Article 12N - Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee.
Article 12O - Joint Legislative Economic Development Oversight Committee.
Article 13 - Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.
- § 120-71 Purpose
The rapid increase in the functions and costs of State government and the complexity of agency operations deeply concern the General Assembly. Members of the...
- § 120-72 Definition
For the purposes of this Article, "program evaluation" is defined as: an examination of the organization, programs, and administration of State government to ascertain whether...
- § 120-73 Commission established
There is hereby established the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, hereinafter called the Commission, which shall conduct evaluative studies of the programs, policies, practices...
- § 120-74 Appointment of members; terms of office
The Commission shall consist of 38 members. The President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker pro tempore of the House, the Deputy President pro...
- § 120-75 Organization of the Commission
The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall serve as cochairmen of the Commission. Either of the...
- § 120-76 Powers and duties of the Commission
The Commission shall have the following powers: (1) To conduct program evaluation studies of the various components of State agency activity as they relate to:...
- § 120-76.1 Prior consultation with the Commission
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 120‑76(8) or any other provision of law requiring prior consultation by the Governor with the Commission, whenever an expenditure...
- § 120-77 Additional powers
The Commission, while in the discharge of official duties, shall have access to any paper or document, and may compel the attendance of any State...
- § 120-78 Compensation and expenses of Commission members
Members of the Commission, who are also members of the General Assembly, shall receive subsistence and travel expenses at the rates set forth in G.S....
- § 120-79 Commission staffing
(a) The Commission shall use available secretarial employees of the General Assembly, or may employ, and may remove, such professional and clerical employees as the...
- § 120-80 through 120-84 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 13A - Joint Legislative Committee to Review Federal Block Grant Funds.
Article 13B - Joint Legislative Commission on Future Strategies for North Carolina.
- § 120-84.6 Purpose
There is hereby established the Joint Legislative Commission on Future Strategies for North Carolina, hereinafter called the Commission, which shall review future trends and events...
- § 120-84.7 Membership
The Commission shall consist of six members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and six members of...
- § 120-84.8 Powers and duties
The Commission shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To review reports which propose future strategies, goals, or recommendations for North Carolina, and determine...
- § 120-84.9 Reports to the General Assembly
The reports shall contain findings, recommendations, and forecasts of potential future strategies and policy alternatives which may be beneficial to State and local governments and...
- § 120-84.10 Additional powers
The Commission shall have the following additional powers: (1) While in the discharge of official duties, to have access to any paper or document, and...
- § 120-84.11 Compensation and expenses of Commission members
Members of the Commission shall serve without pay but shall receive per diem and subsistence in accordance with G.S. 138‑5, 138‑6, or 120‑3.1, as appropriate....
- § 120-84.12 Commission staffing
(a) The Commission may use available clerical employees of the General Assembly, with the approval of the Legislative Services Commission. (b) The Commission may, with...
Article 14 - Legislative Ethics Act.
- § 120-85 Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
- § 120-85.1 Definitions
As used in this Article, the following terms mean: (1) Business with which associated. As defined in G.S. 138A‑3. (2) Confidential information. As defined in...
- § 120-86 Bribery, etc
(a) No person shall offer or give to a legislator or a member of a legislator's immediate family, or to a business with which the...
- § 120-86.1 Personnel-related action unethical
It shall be unethical for a legislator to take, promise, or threaten any legislative action, as defined in G.S. 120C‑100(5), for the purpose of influencing...
- § 120-87 Disclosure of confidential information
(a) No legislator shall use or disclose in any way confidential information gained in the course of the legislator's official activities or by reason of...
- § 120-88 Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
- § 120-89 Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
- § 120-90 Repealed by Session Laws 2001-119, s. 2
- § 120-91 Repealed by 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1028, s. 3
- § 120-92 through 120-94 Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
- § 120-95 Repealed by 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1028, s. 3
- § 120-96 Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
- § 120-97 Repealed by 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1028, s. 3
- § 120-98 Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
- § 120-99 Creation; composition
(a) The Legislative Ethics Committee is created and shall consist of 12 members, six Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, among...
- § 120-100 Term of office; vacancies
(a) Appointments to the Legislative Ethics Committee shall be made immediately after the convening of the regular session of the General Assembly in odd‑numbered years,...
- § 120-101 Quorum; expenses of members
(a) Eight members constitute a quorum of the Committee. A vacancy on the Committee does not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise...
- § 120-102 Powers and duties of Committee
(a) In addition to the other powers and duties specified in this Article, the Committee may: (1) through (4) Repealed by Session Laws 2006‑201, s....
- § 120-103 Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 11, effective January 1, 2007
- § 120-103.1 Investigations by the Committee
(a) Institution of Proceedings. On its own motion, or upon receipt of a referral of a complaint from the State Ethics Commission under Chapter 138A...
- § 120-104 Advisory opinions
(a) At the request of any member of the General Assembly, the Committee shall render formal advisory opinions on specific questions involving legislative ethics. (b)...
- § 120-105 Continuing study of ethical questions
The Committee shall conduct continuing studies of questions of legislative ethics including revisions and improvements of this Article and Chapter 138A and Chapter 120C of...
- § 120-106 Article applicable to presiding officers
The provisions of this Article shall apply to the presiding officers of the General Assembly. (1975, c. 564, s. 2.)
- § 120-107 through 120-111 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 14A - Committees on Pensions and Retirement.
- § 120-111.1 Creation
A standing committee is hereby created in the House of Representatives to be known as the Committee on Pensions and Retirement, to consist of a...
- § 120-111.2 Duties
With respect to public officers and public employees to whom State‑administered retirement benefit or pension plans are applicable, the Senate and House Committees on Pensions...
- § 120-111.3 Analysis of legislation
Every bill, which creates or modifies any provision for the retirement of public officers or public employees or for the payment of retirement benefits or...
- § 120-111.4 Staff and actuarial assistance
Upon application of the chairman of the Senate or House Committee on Pensions and Retirement, the Legislative Services Commission shall provide staff, including actuarial assistance,...
Article 15 - Legislative Actuarial Note Act.
- § 120-112 Title
This Article may be cited as the "Legislative Actuarial Note Act". (1977, c. 503, s. 1; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1091, s. 1; 1993,...
- § 120-113 Duties and functions of Fiscal Research Division
(a) The Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Commission of the General Assembly shall have authority to evaluate on a continuing basis all aspects...
- § 120-114 Actuarial notes
(a) Every bill, joint resolution, and simple or concurrent resolution introduced in the General Assembly proposing any change in the law relative to any State,...
- § 120-115 through 120-120 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 16 - Legislative Appointments to Boards and Commissions.
Article 17 - Confidentiality of Legislative Communications.
- § 120-129 Definitions
As used in this Article: (1) "Document" means all records, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, films, sound recordings, magnetic or other tapes, electronic data‑processing records,...
- § 120-130 Drafting and information requests to legislative employees
(a) A drafting request made to a legislative employee from a legislator is confidential. Neither the identity of the legislator making the request nor, except...
- § 120-131 Documents produced by legislative employees
(a) Documents prepared by legislative employees upon the request of legislators are confidential. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the existence of...
- § 120-131.1 Requests from legislative employees for assistance in the preparation of fiscal notes
(a) A request made to an employee of a State agency other than the General Assembly by an employee of the Fiscal Research Division for...
- § 120-132 Testimony by legislative employees
No present or former legislative employees may be required to disclose any information that the individual, while employed or retained by the State, may have...
- § 120-133 Redistricting communications
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all drafting and information requests to legislative employees and documents prepared by legislative employees for legislators concerning redistricting the...
- § 120-134 Penalty
Violation of any provision of this Article shall be grounds for disciplinary action in the case of employees and for removal from office in the...
- § 120-135 through 120-139 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 18 - Review of Proposals to License New Occupations and Professions.
Article 18A - Review of Proposals to License New Occupations and Professions.
- § 120-149.1 Findings and purpose
The General Assembly finds that the number of licensed occupations and professions has substantially increased and that licensing boards have occasionally been established without a...
- § 120-149.2 Definitions
As used in this Article: (1) "Assessment report" means a report that initially describes the need for and the fiscal impact of a new licensing...
- § 120-149.3 Assessment of new licensing boards
(a) Any legislative proposal introduced in the General Assembly after the effective date of this act proposing (1) the establishment of a new licensing board,...
- § 120-149.4 Procedure and criteria to be used in preparation of assessment reports
(a) The Legislative Committee on New Licensing Boards shall conduct an evaluation of the need for each new licensing board. If a legislator or other...
- § 120-149.5 Hearings
(a) Before submitting a preliminary or final assessment report, the Committee may, in its discretion, hold one or more public hearings in the Legislative Building...
- § 120-149.6 Legislative Committee on New Licensing Boards
(a) The Legislative Committee on New Licensing Boards is created to consist of a Chairman and eight members, four Senators appointed by the President Pro...
Article 19 - Commission on Agriculture and Forestry Awareness.
Article 20 - Joint Legislative Commission on Municipal Incorporations.
- § 120-158 Creation of Commission
(a) There is created the Joint Legislative Commission on Municipal Incorporations, referred to in this Article as "Commission". (b) The Commission shall consist of six...
- § 120-159 Terms
Members shall be appointed for terms ending June 30, 1987, and subsequently for two‑year terms beginning July 1, 1987, and biennially thereafter. A member eligible...
- § 120-160 Compensation
Members of the Commission who are members of the General Assembly shall receive subsistence and travel allowances as provided by G.S. 120‑3.1. Members who are...
- § 120-161 Facilities and staff
The Commission may meet in the Legislative Building or the Legislative Office Building. Staff for the Commission shall be provided by the Legislative Services Commission....
- § 120-162 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 120-163 Petition
(a) The process of seeking the recommendation of the Commission is commenced by filing with the Commission a petition signed by fifteen percent (15%) of...
- § 120-164 Notification
(a) Not later than five days before submitting the petition to the Commission, the petitioners shall notify: (1) The board or boards of county commissioners...
- § 120-165 Initial inquiry
(a) The Commission shall, upon receipt of the petition, determine if the requirements of G.S. 120‑163 and G.S. 120‑164 have been met. If it determines...
- § 120-166 Additional criteria; nearness to another municipality
(a) The Commission may not make a positive recommendation if the proposed municipality is located within one mile of a municipality of 5,000 to 9,999,...
- § 120-167 Additional criteria; population
The Commission may not make a positive recommendation unless the proposed municipality has a permanent population of at least 100 and a population density (either...
- § 120-168 Additional criteria; development
The Commission may not make a positive recommendation unless forty percent (40%) of the area is developed for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or governmental uses,...
- § 120-169 Additional criteria; area unincorporated
The Commission may not make a positive recommendation if any of the proposed municipality is included within the boundary of another incorporated municipality, as defined...
- § 120-169.1 Additional criteria; level of development, services; financial impact on other local governments
(a) Repealed by Session Laws 1999‑458, s. 4. (b) Services. The Commission may not make a positive recommendation unless the area to be incorporated submits...
- § 120-170 Findings as to services
The Commission may not make a positive recommendation unless it finds that the proposed municipality can provide at a reasonable tax rate the services requested...
- § 120-171 Procedures if findings made
(a) If the Commission finds that it may not make a positive recommendation because of the provisions of G.S. 120‑166 through G.S. 120‑170, it shall...
- § 120-172 Referendum
Based on information received at the public hearing, the Commission may recommend that any incorporation act passed by the General Assembly shall be submitted to...
- § 120-173 Modification of petition
With the agreement of the majority of the persons designated by the petition as an interim governing board, the Commission may submit to the General...
- § 120-174 Deadline for recommendations
If the petition is timely received under G.S. 120‑163(e), the Commission shall make its recommendation to the General Assembly no later than 60 days after...
- § 120-175 through 120-179 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 21 - The North Carolina Study Commission on Aging.
- § 120-180 Commission; creation
The North Carolina Study Commission on Aging is created to study and evaluate the existing system of delivery of State services to older adults and...
- § 120-181 Commission; duties
The Commission shall study the issues of availability and accessibility of health, mental health, social, and other services needed by older adults. In making this...
- § 120-182 Commission; membership
The Commission shall consist of 17 members, as follows: (1) The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services or his delegate shall serve...
- § 120-183 Commission; meetings
The Commission shall have its initial meeting no later than October 1, 1987, at the call of the President of the Senate and Speaker of...
- § 120-184 Commission; reimbursement
The Commission members shall receive no salary as a result of serving on the Commission but shall receive necessary subsistence and travel expenses in accordance...
- § 120-185 Commission; public hearings
The Commission may hold public meetings across the State to solicit public input with respect to the issues of aging in North Carolina. (1987, c....
- § 120-186 Commission; authority
The Commission has the authority to obtain information and data from all State officers, agents, agencies and departments, while in discharge of its duties, pursuant...
- § 120-186.1 Commission; Alzheimer's Subcommittee, Long-Term Care Subcommittee, and other subcommittees
(a) The Commission cochairs shall appoint subcommittees as needed to assist with the completion of the work of the Commission. These subcommittees may include an...
- § 120-187 Commission; reports
The Commission shall report to the General Assembly and the Governor the results of its study and recommendations. A written report shall be submitted to...
- § 120-188 Commission; staff; meeting place
The Commission may contract for clerical or professional staff or for any other services it may require in the course of its on‑going study. At...
- § 120-189 through 120-194 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 22 - The Public Health Study Commission.
- § 120-195 Commission created; purpose
There is established the Public Health Study Commission. The Commission shall examine the public health system to determine its effectiveness and efficiency in assuring the...
- § 120-196 Commission duties
The Commission shall study the availability and accessibility of public health services to all citizens throughout the State. In conducting the study the Commission shall:...
- § 120-197 Commission membership; vacancies; terms
(a) The Commission shall consist of 17 members, one of whom shall be the State Health Director. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall...
- § 120-198 Commission meetings
The Commission shall have its first meeting not later than 60 days after the sine die adjournment of the 1993 General Assembly at the call...
- § 120-199 Commission reimbursement
The Commission members shall receive no salary as a result of serving on the Commission but shall receive necessary subsistence and travel expenses in accordance...
- § 120-200 Commission subcommittees; non-Commission membership
The Commission cochairs may establish subcommittees for the purpose of making special studies pursuant to its duties, and may appoint non‑Commission members to serve on...
- § 120-201 Commission authority
The Commission may obtain information and data from all State officers, agents, agencies, and departments, while in discharge of its duties, under G.S. 120‑19, as...
- § 120-202 Commission reports
The Commission shall report to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the Lieutenant Governor the results of its study and recommendations. The Commission shall submit...
- § 120-203 Commission staff; meeting place
The Commission may contract for clerical and professional staff or for any other services it may require in the course of its ongoing study. The...
Article 23 - The Legislative Study Commission on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.
Article 24 - The Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth.
Article 25 - Joint Legislative Public Assistance Commission.
Article 25A - Legislative Commission on Methamphetamine Abuse.
Article 26 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology.
- § 120-230 Creation and purpose of the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology
There is established the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology. The Committee shall review current information technology that impacts public policy, including electronic data...
- § 120-231 Committee duties; reports
(a) The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology may: (1) Evaluate the current technological infrastructure of State government and information systems use and needs...
- § 120-232 Committee membership; terms; organization; vacancies
(a) The Committee shall consist of 16 members as follows: (1) Eight members of the Senate at the time of their appointment, appointed by the...
- § 120-233 Assistance; per diem; subsistence; and travel allowances
(a) The Committee may contract for consulting services as provided by G.S. 120‑32.02. Upon approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the Legislative Services Officer shall...
- § 120-234 Committee authority
The Committee may obtain information and data from all State officers, agents, agencies, and departments, while in discharge of its duties, under G.S. 120‑19, as...
- § 120-235 Committee subcommittees; noncommittee membership
The Committee cochairs may establish subcommittees for the purpose of making special studies pursuant to its duties, and may appoint noncommittee members to serve on...
- § 120-236 through 120-239 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 27 - The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.
- § 120-240 Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services
(a) Establishment; Definition. There is established the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services. (b) Membership. The Committee shall...
- § 120-241 Purpose of Committee
The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services shall examine, on a continuing basis, systemwide issues affecting the development,...
- § 120-242 Organization of Committee
(a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair of the Joint Legislative...
- § 120-243 Reports to Committee
Whenever the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services, is required by law to report to...
- § 120-244 Committee authority
The Committee may obtain information and data from all State officers, agents, agencies, and departments, while in discharge of its duties, under G.S. 120‑19, as...
Article 28 - Future of the North Carolina Railroad Study Commission.
- § 120-245 Commission Established
There is established the Future of the North Carolina Railroad Study Commission. (1999‑237, s. 27.25(a).)
- § 120-246 Membership
The Commission shall be composed of 18 members as follows: (1) Nine members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House....
- § 120-247 Duties of the Commission
The Commission shall study the following matters: (1) The importance of railroads and railroad infrastructure improvements to economic development in North Carolina, including improvements to...
- § 120-248 Vacancies
Any vacancy on the Commission shall be filled by the appointing authority. (1999‑237, s. 27.25(d).)
- § 120-249 Cochairs
Cochairs of the Commission shall be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from among...
- § 120-250 Quorum
A quorum of the Commission shall be nine members. (1999‑237, s. 27.25(f).)
- § 120-251 Expenses of Members
Members of the Commission shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances in accordance with G.S. 120‑3.1. (1999‑237, s. 27.25(g).)
- § 120-252 Staff
Adequate staff shall be provided to the Commission by the Legislative Services Office. (1999‑237, s. 27.25(h).)
- § 120-253 Consultants
The Commission may hire consultants to assist with the study. Before expending any funds for a consultant, the Commission shall report to the Joint Legislative...
- § 120-254 Meeting Location
The Legislative Services Commission shall grant adequate meeting space to the Commission in the State Legislative Building or the Legislative Office Building. (1999‑237, s. 27.25(j).)
- § 120-255 Reports
The Commission shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly on or before the convening of the regular session of the General Assembly each...
- § 120-256 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 120-257 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 29 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements.
Article 30 - Joint Legislative Committee on Domestic Violence.
Article 31 - Miscellaneous.
Article 32 - Article 32 Joint Legislative Commission on the Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses Program.
