Bills of
Statewide Interest Introduced This Week
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HOUSE
BILLS
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Blank budget bills were
tossed into the hopper this week. The budget
process starts in the House this year; these
bills will be the vehicles the chamber uses to
hammer out spending for the year beginning July
1:
H 1704 (By Ruth Easterling and David Redwine)
2000 APPROPRIATIONS ACT-1 -- An act to modify the
Current Operations and Capital Improvements
Appropriations Act of 1999 and to make other
changes in the budget operation of the State.
H 1705 (By Ruth Easterling and David Redwine)
2000 APPROPRIATIONS ACT-2 -- An act to modify the
Current Operations and Capital Improvements
Appropriations Act of 1999 and to make other
changes in the budget operation of the State.
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Local option taxes remain
popular with counties. These tax bills were
offered:
H 1735 (By Don Davis and Leslie Cox) HARNETT
LOCAL SALES TAX -- An act to authorize Harnett
County to levy a one-cent local sales and use tax
for public school capital outlay purposes, if
approved by the voters of the county.
H 1758 (By Don Davis and Leslie Cox) RAISE
AVERASBORO ROOM TAX -- An act to authorize
Harnett County to increase the occupancy tax in
Averasboro Township.
H 1654 (By Leslie Cox and Donald Davis) LEE LOCAL
SALES TAX -- An act to authorize Lee County to
levy a one-cent local sales and use tax for
public school capital outlay purposes and
community college plant fund purposes, if
approved by the voters of the county.
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Other bills:
H 1788 (By Thomas Wright)
PORTS AUTHORITY TAX CHANGES -- An act to extend
the tax credit for State Ports Authority
wharfage, handling and throughput charges
H 1697 (By Pete Oldham) CLOSE ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT GAP/FUNDS -- An act to appropriate
funds to close the academic achievement gap that
exists in the public schools.
H 1706 (By Thomas Wright) FUNDS/OFFICE OF
MINORITY HEALTH -- An act to appropriate funds
for the Office of Minority Health in the
Department of Health and Human Services.
H 1709 (By Martin Nesbitt) NO SALES TAX ON FREE
PUBLICATIONS -- An act to exempt free circulation
publications from the sales tax.
H 1726 (By Gene Rogers) TEACHER RETIREMENT
ELIGIBILITY -- An act to amend the definition of
the term "teacher" for purposes of
membership in the Teachers' and State employees'
Retirement System.
H 1727 (By Gene Arnold) ABC PILOT/STUDIES -- An
act to direct the State Board of Education to
implement a pilot program to increase the
achievement of students who are performing below
grade level, to repeal the "advanced
competencies" portion of the Excellent
Schools Act, to prohibit smoking in school
buildings during instructional hours, to require
the State Board to make an interim report and
recommendations regarding the dropout
prevention/driver's license law, to require the
Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee
to study increasing the minimum amount of
instructional time and the contractual period for
teachers and to appropriate funds.
H 1738 (By Doug Yongue, Donald Bonner and Ronnie
Sutton) UNC TUITION EXCEPTION -- An act to
provide that a nonresident is eligible to be
charged that in-state tuition rate if the
nonresident is enrolled as a student at a
constituent institution of the University of
North Carolina and the nonresident's domicile is
within a one hundred-mile radius of the UNC
campus at which the nonresident is enrolled.
H 1760 (By Art Pope and Russell Capps) EXPEDITE
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION/WAKE CO. -- An act to provide
for flexibility in school construction and repair
contracts for the Wake County schools.
H 1787 (By Jim Black and Martha Alexander)
MECKLENBURG/FUNDING FOR COURT SYSTEM -- An act to
authorize court officials in Mecklenburg County
to apply to the director of the Administrative
Office of the Courts to enter into contracts with
local governments for the provision of judicial
secretaries, temporary assistant public
defenders, assistant clerks, deputy clerks and
other employees in the Office of the Clerk of
Court when the public interest warrants the use
of additional court resources
H 1789 (By Douglas Yongue and Howard Hunter)
REALLOCATE WATER BOND FUNDS -- An act to
reallocate proceeds of the Clean Water bonds
H 1794 (By Alex Warner) SCHOOL CENTRAL OFFICE
SALARY FUNDS -- An act to appropriate funds to
increase the minimum pay of school supervisors,
coordinators and directors
H 1795 (By Alex Warner) TEACHER ASSISTANT SALARY
FUNDS -- An act to appropriate funds to pay
teacher assistants at least fifty percent of the
salary of a teacher with the same years of
experience
H 1796 (By William Culpepper, Ruth Easterling,
Paul McCrary and Joe Tolson) CONVENIENCE FEE FOR
COURT RECORDS -- An act to prescribe the
convenience fee for remote access to court
records
H 1797 (By Gene Arnold) BD. OF GOVS. STUDY UNC
SYSTEM -- An act to provide that the Board of
Governors of the University of North Carolina
shall study the state's university system and to
appropriate funds for that study
H 1798 (By Verla Insko and Joe Hackney) STATE PAY
JUVENILE COSTS -- An act to revise the juvenile
code to provide that the state, rather than
Orange County, pay certain costs associated with
the treatment of undisciplined and delinquent
juveniles and to appropriate funds for that
purpose
H 1800 (By Howard Hunter) COMM. DEV. INITIATIVE
FUNDS -- An act to appropriate funds to the
Department of Commerce for the Community
Development Initiative
H 1801 (By Beverly Earle) MECKLENBURG RAIL
BANKING -- An act to provide for the rail banking
of a portion of the Piedmont and Northern rail
corridor in Mecklenburg County
H 1804 (By Phil Baddour) ESTABLISH JUVENILE
DEPARTMENT -- An act to establish the Department
of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
and to make conforming amendments to the General
Statutes
H 1805 (By Martin Nesbitt) RETIREMENT WITHDRAWAL
SERVICE -- An act to allow the purchase of
withdrawal service in the Teachers' and State
Employees' retirement system
H 1806 (By George Miller) SOME ELECTRICITY TAX
EXEMPT -- An act to exempt sales to manufacturers
of electricity used in arc furnaces, induction
furnaces and aluminum manufacturing processes
from the sales and use tax
H 1676 (By Cary Allred) $30,000 HOMESTEAD
EXEMPTION -- An act to reduce property taxes on
homestead property, to allow more individuals to
qualify for homestead tax reduction, and to
reimburse local governments for one-half of the
revenue loss due to the homestead tax reduction.
H 1681 (By Bill Owens) LRC STUDY OF FRIVOLOUS
LAWSUITS -- An act to appropriate funds for the
Legislative Research Commission to study ways to
discourage the filing frivolous civil actions.
H 1684 (By Lanier Cansler) USE TAX CREDIT -- An
act to exempt the first one thousand dollars in
consumer purchases made out-of-state from the use
tax by providing a sixty dollar tax credit
against the use tax imposed on out-of-state
purchases made by an individual for a nonbusiness
purpose and to relieve an individual who is not
liable for use tax from the record-keeping
requirements.
H 1685 (By Mitchell Setzer) MERCHANT'S DISCOUNT
OF 1% -- An act to allow a one percent merchant's
discount for collecting state sales and use
taxes.
H 1686 (By Dan Barefoot) ALLOCATIONS FOR ADM
GROWTH IN SCHOOLS -- An act directing the State
Board of Education to allocate additional
resources to local school administrative units
experiencing a loss of students to charter
schools but an overall increase in average daily
membership in noncharter schools.
H 1687 (By Gene Arnold) RETIRED
TEACHERS/COMPENSATION -- An act to allow retired
teachers to teach without losing their retirement
benefits.
H 1693 (By Stan Fox) NC TECHNOLOGICAL DEV.
AUTHORITY FUNDS -- An act to appropriate funds to
the North Carolina Technological Development
Authority, Inc.
H 1657 (By Lanier Cansler) MEDICAID FUNDS/MENTAL
HEALTH -- An act to direct the Department of
Health and Human Services to allocate Medicaid
funds for the 2000-2001 fiscal year for certain
mental health purposes, and to conduct other
activities to improve mental health services.
H 1667 (By Martha Alexander) CHARLOTTE CHARTER
CONSOLIDATION -- An act to revise and consolidate
the Charter of the city of Charlotte.
SENATE BILLS
* Tax / spending /
education measures:
S 1419 (By Ham Horton) TAXPAYER PROTECTION ACT --
An act to provide governmental accountability and
protection to the taxpayers by limiting increases
in the General Fund budget, reforming the budget
process, establishing an Emergency Reserve Trust
Fund and prohibiting unfunded State mandates.
S 1434 (By Virginia Foxx) BUDGET CUTS TO REPAY
INTANGIBLES TAX -- An act requiring the Director
of the Budget to cut expenditures to provide
funds for the intangibles tax refund.
S 1420 (By Steve Metcalf and Charles Carter)
ASHEVILLE-BUNCOMBE TECH FUNDS -- An act to
appropriate funds to the Community Colleges
System Office for the Asheville-Buncombe
Technical Community College BASF Enka project.
S 1436 (By Roy Cooper) DISTRICT ATTORNEY/PUBLIC
DEFENDER SALARIES -- An act to set the salaries
of district attorneys and public defenders at an
amount that is the midpoint between the salary of
a senior regular resident Superior Court judge
and the salary of a chief District Court judge
and to appropriate funds for that purpose and to
conform the salaries of the Industrial
Commission, as required by law.
S 1451 (By Fountain Odom) CHARLOTTE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT QUICKTAKE -- An act to allow the City
of Charlotte to use the procedures of Chapter 136
of the General Statutes for condemnation for
economic development purposes within a defined
area.
S 1456 (By Dan Clodfelter) MECKLENBURG/FUNDING
FOR COURT SYSTEM -- An act to authorize court
officials in Mecklenburg County to apply to the
Director of the Administrative Office of the
Courts to enter into contract with local
governments for the provision of judicial
secretaries, temporary assistant public
defenders, assistant clerks, deputy clerks and
other employees in the Office of the Clerk of
Court when the public interest warrants the use
of additional court resources.
S 1457 (By Oscar Harris) RAISE AVERASBORO ROOM
TAX -- An act to authorize Harnett County to
increase the occupancy tax in Averasboro
Township.
S 1459 (By Luther Jordan) COMM. DEV. INITIATIVE
FUNDS -- An act to appropriate funds to the
Department of Commerce for the Community
Development Initiative.
S 1460 (By Howard Lee) FILM INDUSTRY INCENTIVES
-- An act to provide incentives for development
of the film industry on North Carolina.
S 1462 (By Roy Cooper and Charles Carter)
ESTABLISH JUVENILE DEPARTMENT -- An act to
establish the Department of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention and to make conforming
amendments to the General Statutes.
S 1464 (By David Hoyle) TREASURER INVEST IN RURAL
SBIC -- An act to authorize the State Treasurer
to invest in a small business investment company
that invests in rural North Carolina business.
S 1465 (By David Hoyle) VENTURE CAPITAL
INVESTMENT -- An act to provide venture capital
investment in North Carolina.
S 1476 (By John Kerr) INSURANCE REGULATORY CHARGE
-- An act to set the insurance regulatory charge
foe calendar year 2000.
S 1377 (By Oscar Harris) LEE LOCAL SALES TAX --
An act to authorize Lee County to levy a one-cent
local sales and use tax for public school capital
outlay purposes and community college plant fund
purposes, if approved by the voters of the
county.
S 1378 (By Oscar Harris) HARNETT LOCAL SALES TAX
-- An act to authorize Harnett County to levy a
one-cent local sales and use tax for public
school capital outlay purposes and community
college plant fund purposes, if approved by the
voters of the county.
S 1381 (By John Kerr) REALLOCATE WATER BOND FUNDS
-- An act to reallocate the proceeds of the Clean
Water Bonds.
S 1385 (By Tony Rand) PRO TEM APPOINTMENTS -- An
act to appoint persons to various public offices
upon the recommendation of the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate.
S 1389 (By Fountain Odom) FUNDS FOR SUPERIOR
COURT JUDGE -- An act to appropriate funds for a
Superior Court judge in the set of Superior Court
districts in Mecklenburg County.
S 1390 (By Fountain Odom) FUNDS FOR DISTRICT
COURT JUDGE -- An act to add an additional
District Court judge in district court District
One and to appropriate funds for that.
S 1391 (By Dan Clodfelter) CHARLOTTE CHARTER
CONSOLIDATION -- An act to revise and consolidate
the Charter of the City of Charlotte.
S 1395 (By Bill Martin) CLOSE ACADEMIC
ACHIEVEMENT GAP/FUNDS -- An act to appropriate
funds to close the academic achievement gap that
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