GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1032

HOUSE BILL 2141

 

AN ACT AUTHORIZING STUDIES BY THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION, AND TO MAKE OTHER AMENDMENTS AFFECTING THE RAILROAD NEGOTIATING COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Studies Authorized.  The Legislative Research Commission may study the topics listed below.  Listed with each topic is the 1985 bill or resolution that originally proposed the issue or study and the name of the sponsor.  The Commission may consider the original bill or resolution in determining the nature, scope and aspects of the study.  The topics are:

(1)       Uniform System of Voting Machines (H.B. 1664 - Wood),

(2)       Adolescent Pregnancy and Premature Births (H.B. 2078 - Jeralds),

(3)       Low-Level Radioactive Waste Regulation (S.B. 882 - Tally),

(4)       Campaign and Election Procedures (S.B. 1002 - Martin, W.)

(5)       Veterans Cemetery Study (H.B. 2117 - Lancaster).

Sec. 2.  Transportation Matters.  The Legislative Research Commission may study the actions proposed in the following portions of Senate Bill 866 of the 1985 General Assembly as introduced by Senator Redman:

 Part I

Parts VII through XIII, and

 Part XV.

Sec. 3.  Reporting Dates.  For each of the topics the Legislative Research Commission decides to study under this act or pursuant to G.S. 120-30.17(1), the Commission may report its findings, together with any recommended legislation, to the 1987 General Assembly.

Sec. 4.  Bills and Resolution References.  The listing of the original bill or resolution in Sections 1 through 3 of this act is for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed to have incorporated by reference any of the substantive provisions contained in the original bill or resolution. ---EXTEND COMPLIANCE WITH VOTING ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE ELDERLY  AND HANDICAPPED ACT.

Sec. 4.1.  Section 4 of Chapter 4, Session Laws of the Extra Session of 1986 is amended by deleting "October 1, 1986" and substituting "July 1, 1987". ---RAILROAD NEGOTIATING COMMISSION AMENDMENTS.

Sec. 5.  Section 13.4(b) of Chapter 792, Session Laws of 1985 is rewritten to read:

"(b)      The cochairmen of the Commission may appoint an executive committee for such purposes as determined by the Commission."

Sec. 6.  The first sentence of Section 13.7(4) of Chapter 792, Session Laws of 1985 is repealed.

Sec. 7.  Section 13.8 of Chapter 792, Session Laws of 1985 is amended by adding the following at the end:

"The Boards of Directors of the railroads (or the Board of Directors of the railroad, if the two railroads are merged or combined) each should appoint a negotiating committee to conduct negotiations concerning the leases. If such committees are established, the Commission shall designate two or more of its members (other than the Commission members appointed under subdivisions (6) and (7) of Section 13.2 of this act) who may attend the negotiating sessions of each railroad, without a vote; provided that if the two railroads are not merged or combined, no person so designated may attend the negotiating sessions of both railroads."

Sec. 8.  Section 13.10 of Chapter 792, Session Laws of 1985 is repealed.

Sec. 9.  Section 13.14 of Chapter 792, Session Laws of 1985 is rewritten to read:

"Sec. 13.14. The Commission shall advise the Governor and General Assembly of its opinion as to whether the Governor should vote his proxy to approve any lease negotiated by the Board of Directors of each railroad, or the Board of Directors of a merged or combined railroad, if such lease requires shareholder approval, and shall advise the Council of State whether it should approve the lease under Chapter 124 of the General Statutes."

Sec. 10.  Section 13.15 of Chapter 792, Session Laws of 1985 is amended by adding the following immediately before the period at the end:  ", and shall recommend the same to the Governor, in the exercise of his executive function of disposing of property.  In any vote on whether the stock held by the State should be sold, the members appointed under subdivisions (6) and (7) of Section 13.2 of this act would be invited to attend the meetings in this regard and to offer the Commission advice and opinion, but would not be entitled to vote."

Sec. 11.  Article 6A.1 of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 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 the United States in which a final decision is made concerning a submitted 'change affecting voting' shall be filed with the Director of the Office of Administrative Hearings. The Director shall publish the letters and other documents in the North Carolina Register."

Sec. 12.  G.S. 150B-63(d1) is amended by adding between the words "information" and "relating" the words "required by law to be published in it, and information".

Sec. 12.1.  Chapter 792 of the 1985 Session Laws (First Session, 1985) is amended by adding the following to Section 11.7:

"Upon the approval of the Legislative Services Commission, additional expenses of the Study Commission on State Parks and Recreation Areas shall be paid from funds appropriated to the General Assembly for the 1986-87 fiscal year."

Sec. 12.2.  Used Tire and Waste Oil Disposal.  The Lesiglative Research Commission may study problems surrounding the environmentally safe disposal of used tires and waste oil and their possible solutions.

Sec. 13.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of July, 1986.