North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 120 General Assembly

Article 1 - Apportionment of Members; Compensation and Allowances.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-1. Senators
(a) For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the Senate in 2012 and every two years thereafter, senatorial districts are established and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-2. House apportionment specified
(a) For the purpose of nominating and electing members of the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2012 and periodically thereafter, the State of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-4. Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess. 1986), c. 1014, s. 40(b)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-4.1. Repealed by Session Laws 1973, c. 1482, s. 3
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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(a) Effective as of the end of the term of the members of the 1973 General Assembly, G.S. 120-4.1 is repealed, subject to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-4.3 through 120-4.7. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 1A - Legislative Retirement System.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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. This...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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. The provisions of this...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-4.32. Deduction for payments allowed
(a) Any beneficiary who is a member of a domiciled employees' or retirees' association that has at least 2,000 members, the majority of whom...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-4.33A. Forfeiture of retirement benefits for certain felonies related to employment or holding office
(a) Except as provided in G.S. 120-4.12(g), the Board of Trustees shall not pay any retirement benefits or allowances, except for a return of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-4.34. Improper receipt of decedent's retirement allowance
A person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the person, with the intent to defraud, receives money as a result of cashing,...

Article 2 - Duty and Privilege of Members.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

Article 3 - Contests.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-10. Repealed by Session Laws 2005-3, s. 1, effective March 10, 2005
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-11. Repealed by Session Laws 2005-3, s. 1, effective March 10, 2005

Article 3A - Sessions; Electronic Voting.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-11.1. Time of meeting
The regular session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be held biennially beginning at 9:00 A.M. on the second Wednesday in January...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

Article 4 - Reports of Officers to General Assembly.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-12. Reports from State institutions and departments
It shall be the duty of the chief officer of each department of the State and of the boards of directors of all institutions...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-12.1. Reports on vacant positions in the Judicial Department and two other departments
The Judicial Department, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Public Safety shall each report by February 1 of each year to the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-13. Repealed by Session Laws 1961, c. 243, s. 1

Article 5 - Investigating Committees.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

Article 5A - Committee Activity.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

Article 6 - Acts, Journals, and Reports to the General Assembly.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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)...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-21 through 120-22. Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1184, s. 8
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-23 through 120-25. Transferred to G.S. 147-43.1 to 147-43.3 by Session Laws 1943, c. 543
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-26. Repealed by Session Laws 1943, c. 543
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30. Repealed by Session Laws 1961, c. 24

Article 6A - Submission of Acts.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.1 through 120-30.9. Repealed by Session Laws 1965, c. 1142
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9A. Purpose
The purpose of this Article is to ensure compliance with Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by designating certain officials who...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9B. Statewide statutes; State Board of Elections
(a) The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections or, in the discretion of the Legislative Services Commission, a person designated by the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9C. The judicial system; Administrative Office of the Courts
The Administrative Officer of the Courts shall submit to the Attorney General of the United States within 30 days of the time they become...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9D. Constitutional amendments; Secretary of State
The Secretary of State shall submit to the Attorney General of the United States within 30 days of ratification all acts of the General...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9E. Counties; County Attorney
The County Attorney of any county covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 shall submit to the Attorney General of the United States...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9F. Municipalities; municipal attorney
The municipal attorney of any municipality covered by the Voting Rights Act of 1965 shall submit to the Attorney General of the United States...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9G. School Administrative Units; State Board of Education; Local Boards of Education Attorney
(a) The State Board of Education shall submit to the Attorney General of the United States within 30 days any rules, policies, procedures, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9H. Decision letters of U. S. Attorney General published in North Carolina Register
All letters and other documents received by the authorities required by this Article to submit any "changes affecting voting" from the Attorney General of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9I. Alternate submission authority
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, in the event that the person or party responsible under G.S. 120-30.9E, 120-30.9F, or 120-30.9G for submitting...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.9J. Repeal of acts and ordinances which were denied preclearance
Any (i) city or county ordinance or resolution, (ii) act, policy, or resolution of a county board of elections, or (iii) public or local...

Article 6B - Legislative Research Commission.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.13. Cochairmen; rules of procedure; quorum
The President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, or their designees, shall serve as cochairmen of the Legislative Research...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.15. Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1184, s. 8
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.19 through 120-30.23. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 6C - Review of Administrative Rules.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.24 through 120-30.28. Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.29. Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 688, s. 8
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.29A. Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.30, 120-30.31. Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 688, s. 8
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.32. Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.33. Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 688, s. 8
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.34 through 120-30.40. Repealed by Session Laws 1983, c. 927, s. 2

Article 6D - Local Government Fiscal Information Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-30.41. Short title
This Article may be cited as the "Local Government Fiscal Information Act." (1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1262, s. 1.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

Article 7 - Legislative Services Commission.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-31. Legislative Services Commission organization
(a) The Legislative Services Commission shall consist of the President pro tempore of the Senate or a Senator designated by the President Pro Tempore,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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 police officers, and have all the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-32.3. Oath of General Assembly Special Police officers
Before exercising the duties of a special police officer, each General Assembly Special Police officer shall take an oath before some officer empowered to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-32.6. Certain employment authority
G.S. 114-2.3 and G.S. 147-17 (a) through (c) shall not apply to the General Assembly. (2006-201, s. 3; 2011-145, s. 22.5.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

Article 7A - Fiscal Research Division.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.4. Repealed by Session Laws 1983 (Regular Session 1984), c. 1034, s. 176
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...

Article 7B - Research Division.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.8. Certification of legislation required by federal law
(a) Every bill and resolution introduced in the General Assembly proposing any change in the law which purports to implement federal law or to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.9. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.10. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 7C - Program Evaluation.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.11. Program Evaluation Division established
(a) Division. - The Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly is established. The purpose of the Division is to assist the General Assembly...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.12. Duties of Program Evaluation Division
The Program Evaluation Division of the Legislative Services Commission has the following powers and duties: (1) To examine a program or an activity of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.13. Work plan and requests for program evaluation
(a) Plan. - The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee, in consultation with the Director of the Program Evaluation Division, must establish an annual...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.14. Content of report of Program Evaluation Division
A report of an evaluation of a program or an activity of a State agency by the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.15. Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee established
(a) Membership. - The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 18 members as follows: (1) Nine members of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.16. Duties of Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee has the following powers and duties: (1) To receive and review requests for evaluations to be performed...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.17. Program Evaluation Division impact statement
(a) Every bill and resolution introduced in the General Assembly proposing a study or evaluation by the Program Evaluation Division shall have attached to...

Article 7D - Codification of Statutes.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.21. Codification of Statutes
The Legislative Services Officer shall assign to staff of the General Assembly the following duties: (1) To supervise the recodification of all the statute...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-36.22. Revisor of Statutes
The member of the staff of the General Assembly who is assigned to perform the duties prescribed by G.S. 120-36.21(2) shall be known as...

Article 8 - Elected Officers.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-37. Elected officers; salaries; staff
(a) At the convening of the first session of the General Assembly following each biennial election of members of the General Assembly, each house...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-38 through 120-39. Repealed by Session Laws 1969, c. 1184, s. 7

Article 9 - Lobbying.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-40 through 120-47. Recodified as G.S. 120-47.1 through 120-47.10

Article 9A - Legislative Branch Lobbying [Repealed].

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-47.1 through 120-47.12. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 17, effective January 1, 2007

Article 10 - Influencing Public Opinion or Legislation.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-48 through 120-55. Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 740, s. 1.2

Article 11 - Legislative Intern Program.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-56. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.10, effective July 1, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-57. Legislative Intern Program Council to promulgate a plan for the use of legislative interns
(a) For purposes of this section the term "institutions of higher education" means four year colleges and universities and community colleges that offer college...

Article 12 - Commission on Children with Special Needs.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-58 through 120-70. Repealed by Session Laws 1999-395, s. 21B.1, effective July 1, 1999

Article 12A - Joint Legislative Utility Review Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.1. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.2. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.3. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.4. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.5. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.6. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011

Article 12B - Commission on Children and Youth.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.7 through 120-70.30. Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 802, s. 10.3

Article 12C - Joint Select Committee on Low-Level Radioactive Waste.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.31. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.31(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(a) effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.32. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.31(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(a) effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.33. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.31(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(a) effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.34. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.31(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(a) effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.35. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.31(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(a) effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.36. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.31(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(a) effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.37. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.31(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(a) effective June 24, 2011

Article 12D - Environmental Review Commission.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.41. Commission established
The Environmental Review Commission is hereby established. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1100, s. 4.1.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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),...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.48. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.49. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12E - Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.50. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 22 members as follows: (1) Eleven members of the Senate appointed by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.51. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee may: (1) Review reports prepared by the Department of Transportation or any other agency of State government...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.52. 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.53 through 120-70.59. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12F - Joint Legislative Commission on Seafood and Aquaculture.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.60. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.61. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.62. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.63. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.64. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.65. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.66. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011

Article 12G - Commission on the Family.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.70 through 120-70.75. Repealed by Session Laws 1997-443, s. 12.15
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.76 through 120-70.79. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12H - Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.80. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 22 members as follows: (1) Eleven members of the Senate appointed by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.81. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, the several educational institutions in North Carolina, in order to make...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.82. 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.83. Additional powers
The Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee, while in discharge of official duties, shall have access to any paper or document, and may compel the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.84. Reports to the Committee
By March 1, 2014, and by January 1, 2015, and annually thereafter, TFA [Teach for America, Inc.] shall report to the Joint Legislative Education...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.85. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.86. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.87. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.88. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12I - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Early Childhood Education and Development Initiatives.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.90 through 120-70.92. Repealed by Session Laws 1996, Second Extra Session, c. 18, s. 24.29(g)

Article 12J - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.93. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety
The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety is established. The Committee consists of 22 members as follows: (1) Eleven members of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.94. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Justice and Public Safety shall examine, on a continuing basis, the correctional, law enforcement, and juvenile justice...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.96 through 120-70.99. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12 - Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.100. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 16 members as follows: (1) Eight members of the Senate...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.101. Purpose and powers of Committee
The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee has the following powers and duties: (1) To review rules to which the Rules Review Commission has...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.102. 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.103. Repealed by Session Laws 2009-125, s. 5, effective October 1, 2009
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.104. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12L - Revenue Laws Study Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.105. Creation and membership of the Revenue Laws Study Committee
(a) Membership. - The Revenue Laws Study Committee is established. The Committee consists of 20 members as follows: (1) Ten members appointed by the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.106. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Revenue Laws Study Committee may: (1) Study the revenue laws of North Carolina and the administration of those laws. (2) Review the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.107. 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 Revenue...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.108. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.15, effective July 1, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.109. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12M - Joint Legislative Health Care Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.110. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.111. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.112. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.113 through 120-70.119. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12N - Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.120. Expired
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.121. Expired
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.122. Expired
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.123 through 120-70.129. Expired

Article 12O - Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.130. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 22 members as follows: (1) Eleven members of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.131. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Economic Development and Global Engagement Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, economic development and global engagement issues and...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.132. 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...

Article 12P - Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.140. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 18 members as follows: (1) Nine members of the Senate appointed by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.141. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, election administration and campaign finance regulation in North Carolina, in order...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.142. 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.143. Additional powers
The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee, while in discharge of official duties, shall have access to any paper or document and may compel the...

Article 12Q - Joint Legislative Emergency Management Oversight Committee.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.150. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Emergency Management Oversight Committee
The Joint Legislative Emergency Management Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 12 members as follows: (1) Six members of the Senate appointed...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.151. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Emergency Management Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, issues related to emergency management in North Carolina in order...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.152. 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.153. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.154. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 12R - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.155. (Expires July 1, 2023) Creation and membership
(a) The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance is established. The Committee consists of eight members appointed as follows: (1) Four members of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.156. (Expires July 1, 2023) Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) Purpose. - The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Unemployment Insurance is directed to study and review all unemployment insurance matters, workforce development programs,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.157. (Expires July 1, 2023) Organization of Committee
The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one representative as cochair, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate one...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-70.158. (Expires July 1, 2023) Sunset
This Article expires July 1, 2023. (2013-2, s. 10; 2013-224, s. 19.)

Article 13 - Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-74. Appointment of members; terms of office
The Commission shall consist of 42 members. The President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker pro tempore of the House, the Deputy President...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-76.1. Prior consultation with the Commission; reporting requirements
(a) Consultation by Governor. - Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 120-76(8) or any other provision of law requiring prior consultation by the Governor with...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-80 through 120-84. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 13A - Joint Legislative Committee to Review Federal Block Grant Funds.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.1 through 120-84.5. Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 738, s. 120(d)

Article 13B - Joint Legislative Commission on Future Strategies for North Carolina.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.6. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.28(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.7. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.28(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.8. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.28(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.9. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.28(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.10. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.28(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.11. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.28(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-84.12. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.28(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011

Article 14 - Legislative Ethics Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-85. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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. -...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-88. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-89. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-90. Repealed by Session Laws 2001-119, s. 2
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-91. Repealed by 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1028, s. 3
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-92 through 120-94. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-95. Repealed by 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1028, s. 3
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-96. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-97. Repealed by 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1028, s. 3
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-98. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 4, effective January 1, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-103. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-201, s. 11, effective January 1, 2007
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-103.1. Investigations by the Committee
(a) Institution of Proceedings. - On its own motion, upon receipt by the Committee of a signed and sworn allegation of unethical conduct by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-107 through 120-111. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 14A - Committees on Pensions and Retirement.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-111.5. House Standing Committee on State Personnel
If the House of Representatives does not have a Committee on Pensions and Retirement but does have a Committee on State Personnel, then any...

Article 15 - Legislative Actuarial Note Act.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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;...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-115 through 120-120. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 16 - Legislative Appointments to Boards and Commissions.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-121. Legislative appointments
(a) In any case where the General Assembly is called upon by law to appoint a member to any board or commission, that appointment...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-122. Vacancies in legislative appointments
When a vacancy occurs in any office subject to appointment by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-123. Service by members of the General Assembly on certain boards and commissions
No member of the General Assembly may serve on any of the following boards or commissions: (1) The Board of Agriculture, as established by...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-124 through 120-128. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 17 - Confidentiality of Legislative Communications.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-131.1. Requests from legislative employees for assistance in the preparation of fiscal notes and evaluation reports
(a) A request, including any accompanying documents, made to an agency employee by a legislative employee of the Fiscal Research Division for assistance in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-132. Testimony by legislative employees
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, no present or former legislative employee may disclose any information that the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-133. Redistricting communications
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all drafting and information requests to legislative employees and documents prepared by legislative employees for legislators concerning...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-134. Penalty
Violation of any provision of this Article shall be grounds for disciplinary action in the case of employees, for referral to the academic institution...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-149.1. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-149.2. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-149.3. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-149.4. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-149.5. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-149.6. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011

Article 19 - Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-150. Creation; appointment of members
There is created an Agriculture and Forestry Awareness Study Commission. Members of the Commission shall be citizens of North Carolina who are interested in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-151. Advisory Committee
Upon proper motion and by a vote of a majority of the members present, the Commission may appoint an Advisory Committee. Members of the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-152. Subsistence and travel expenses
The members of the Commission who are members of the General Assembly shall receive subsistence and travel allowances at the rate set forth in...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-153. Facilities and staff
The Commission may hold its meetings in the State Legislative Building with the approval of the Legislative Services Commission. The Legislative Services Commission shall...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-154. Duties
The Commission shall bring to the attention of the General Assembly the influence of agriculture and forestry on the economy of the State, develop...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-155. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-156. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-157. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 20 - Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-157.1. Committee established
(a) The Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government is established. The Committee shall consist of 14 members, appointed as follows: (1) Seven members of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-157.2. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government shall review and monitor local government capital projects that are required to go before the Local...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-157.3. 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-157.4. Additional powers
The Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government, while in discharge of official duties, shall have access to any paper or document, and may compel...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-158. Creation of Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee
(a) There is created the Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee of the Joint Legislative Committee on Local Government. (b) The Subcommittee shall consist of six members,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-159. Terms; meetings
(a) Members shall be appointed for terms ending June 30, 1987, and subsequently for two-year terms beginning July 1, 1987, and biennially thereafter. A...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-160. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.8(a), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-161. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.8(a), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-162. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-163. Petition
(a) The process of seeking the recommendation of the Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee is commenced by filing with the Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee a petition signed...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-164. Notification
(a) Not later than five days before submitting the petition to the Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee, the petitioners shall notify: (1) The board or boards...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-165. Initial inquiry
(a) The Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee shall, upon receipt of the petition, determine if the requirements of G.S. 120-163 and G.S. 120-164 have been met....
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-166. Additional criteria; nearness to another municipality
(a) The Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee may not make a positive recommendation if the proposed municipality is located within one mile of a municipality of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-168. Additional criteria; development
The Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee may not make a positive recommendation unless forty percent (40%) of the area is developed for residential, commercial, industrial, institutional,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-169. Additional criteria; area unincorporated
The Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee may not make a positive recommendation if any of the proposed municipality is included within the boundary of another incorporated...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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 Municipal Incorporations Subcommittee may not make a positive recommendation unless the area...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-175 through 120-179. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 21 - The North Carolina Study Commission on Aging.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-180. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-181. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-182. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-183. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-184. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-185. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-186. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-186.1. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-187. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-188. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6, effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-189 through 120-194. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 22 - The Public Health Study Commission.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-195. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-196. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-197. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-198. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-199. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-200. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-201. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-202. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-203. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.16(a), effective July 1, 2011 and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011

Article 23 - The Legislative Study Commission on Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-204 through 120-207. Repealed by Session Laws 2006-32, s. 2, effective June 29, 2006

Article 23A - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-208. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services
(a) The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services is established. The Committee consists of 22 members as follows: (1) Eleven members...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-208.1. Purpose and powers of Committee
(a) The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services shall examine, on a continuing basis, the systemwide issues affecting the development, budgeting,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-208.2. 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-208.3. Additional powers
The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services, while in discharge of official duties, shall have access to any paper or document,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-208.4. Reports to the Committee
(a) Whenever a Division within the Department of Health and Human Services is required by law to report to the General Assembly or to...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-209. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-210. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-211. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-212. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-213. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-214. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 24 - The Legislative Study Commission on Children and Youth.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-215. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.5(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-216. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.5(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-217. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.5(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-218. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.5(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-219. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.5(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-220. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.5(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-221. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.5(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-222. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-223. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-224. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 25 - Joint Legislative Public Assistance Commission.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-225. Repealed by Session Laws 2001-424, s. 21.13(a)

Article 25A - Legislative Commission on Methamphetamine Abuse.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-226. Commission established; purpose; reports
(a) Establishment. - The Legislative Commission on Methamphetamine Abuse is established. (b) Purpose. - The purpose of the Commission is to study: (i) issues...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-227. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-228. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-229. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 26 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Information Technology.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 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...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-236. Report on use of mobile devices by executive-branch agencies
Beginning October 1, 2012, each agency shall report annually to the Chairs of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations and the House of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-237. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-238. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-239. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 27 - The Joint Legislative Oversight Committee On Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-240. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-241. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-242. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-243. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-244. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.6(b), effective June 24, 2011

Article 28 - Future of the North Carolina Railroad Study Commission.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-245. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-246. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-247. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-248. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-249. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-250. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-251. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-252. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-253. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-254. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-255. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-266, s. 1.22, effective July 1, 2011, and Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.7(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-256. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-257. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 29 - Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Capital Improvements.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-258. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-259. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-260. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.2(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-261. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-262. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-263. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-264. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 30 - Joint Legislative Committee on Domestic Violence.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-265. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.4(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-266. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.4(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-267. Repealed by Session Laws 2011-291, s. 1.4(b), effective June 24, 2011
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-268. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-269. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 31 - Miscellaneous.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-270. Report by State agencies to the General Assembly on ways to reduce incidence of identity theft
Agencies of the State shall evaluate the agency's efforts to reduce the dissemination of personal identifying information, as defined in G.S. 14-113.20(b). The evaluation...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-271. Use of likenesses of any seal or coat of arms of the Senate
(a) Whoever, except as directed by the Senate or the Principal Clerk of the Senate on its behalf, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells, or...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-272. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-273. Reserved for future codification purposes
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-274. Reserved for future codification purposes

Article 32 - Article 32 Joint Legislative Commission on the Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses Program.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-275. (Effective until June 30, 2015) Commission established
There is established the Joint Legislative Commission on the Department of Transportation Disadvantaged Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Businesses Program. (2006-261, s. 5.)
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-276. (Effective until June 30, 2015) Membership; terms
(a) Membership. - The Commission shall be composed of 12 members as follows: (1) Five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-277. (Effective until June 30, 2015) Duties of the Commission
The Commission shall: (1) Monitor the implementation, and assess and evaluate the effectiveness, of the Department of Transportation program under G.S. 136-28.4. (2) Review...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-278. (Effective until June 30, 2015) Department of Transportation reporting
The Department of Transportation shall report quarterly to the Commission on the status of the program under G.S. 136-28.4 and efforts made to achieve...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-279. (Effective until June 30, 2015) Organization of Commission
(a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair of the Joint...

Article 33 - Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy.

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-285. Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy
(a) The Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy is established. (b) The Commission shall consist of 10 members as follows: (1) Five members of...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-286. Purpose and powers and duties of Commission
(a) The Joint Legislative Commission on Energy Policy shall exercise legislative oversight over energy policy in the State. In the exercise of this oversight,...
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 120-287. Organization of Commission
(a) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair of the Joint...

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