GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 2038
Committee Substitute Favorable 7/21/89

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July 13, 1989

A JOINT RESOLUTION SETTING THE TIME FOR ADJOURNMENT OF THE 1989 GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO MEET IN 1990, LIMITING THE SUBJECTS THAT MAY BE CONSIDERED IN THAT SESSION, AND PROVIDING FOR ADJOURNMENT SINE DIE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
Section 1. At 3:00 p.m. on Friday, July 28, 1989, the Senate and the House of Representatives shall adjourn to reconvene at noon on Monday, May 14, 1990.  During that session only the following matters may be considered:
(1)	Bills directly affecting the State budget for fiscal year 1990-91, provided that no  appropriations bill may be filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House after June 6, 1990.
(2)	Bills introduced in 1989 and having passed third reading in 1989 in the house in which introduced, and not disposed of in the other house by tabling, unfavorable committee report, indefinite postponement, or failure to pass any reading, including but not limited to House bills 407, 545, 689, 964, 1135, 1148, 1152, 1161, 1205, 1206, and 1297.
(3)	Bills implementing the recommendations of study commissions authorized or directed to report to the 1990 Session, including bills submitting to the State's voters the question of calling a State constitutional convention.  Any bills authorized by this subdivision must be filed for introduction no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 1990.
(4)	Any local bill filed for introduction by 5:00 p.m., on Tuesday, May 21, 1990, and accompanied by a certificate signed by the principal sponsor stating that no public hearing will be required or asked for by a member on the bill, the bill is noncontroversial, and the bill is approved for introduction by each member of the Senate and House whose district includes the local area to which the bill applies.
(5)	Selection or confirmation of members of State boards and commissions as required by law, including the filling of vacancies of positions for which the appointees were elected by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the President of the Senate, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, or Speaker of the House.
(6)	Any matter authorized by joint resolution passed during the 1990 Session by two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives present and voting and by two-thirds majority of the members of the Senate present and voting.  A bill or resolution filed in either house under the provisions of this subsection shall have a copy of the ratified enabling resolution attached to the jacket.
(7)	Any bills affecting any State or local pension or retirement system.
(8)	Joint resolutions, House resolutions, and Senate resolutions pertaining to Section 5(10) of Article III of the Constitution of North Carolina.
Sec. 2.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the House may authorize appropriate committees or subcommittees of their respective houses to meet during the interim between sessions to review matters related to the State budget for the 1989-91 biennium, to prepare reports, including revised budgets, or to consider any other matters as the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or the Speaker of the House deem appropriate. 
Sec. 3. The Senate and House of Representatives constituting the General Assembly of 1989 do adjourn sine die, on Friday, June 29, 1990, at 5:00 p.m.  The 1991 Regular Session shall convene at 12:00 noon on the date set by law.
¨	Sec. 4.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.