GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 433
Committee Substitute Favorable 7/20/93

Short Title:  Unfunded Mandates Prohibited.	(Public)
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March 17, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY THE PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN UNFUNDED MANDATES TO COUNTIES AND CITIES BY THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission is authorized to study the prohibition of certain unfunded mandates to counties and cities by the State.
(a)	The Commission's study shall address the following issues:
(1)	The feasibility of prohibiting any general law requiring the expenditure of funds by counties or cities unless funds have been appropriated by the General Assembly sufficient to fund such expenditure;
(2)	The feasibility of prohibiting any local act requiring the expenditure of funds unless the local act has been approved by the local government affected by the act; and
(3)	The feasibility of mandating fiscal notes for proposed legislation requiring the expenditure of funds by counties or cities.
(b)	The Commission study may address all other issues deemed necessary to a study of unfunded mandates.
Sec. 2.  The Legislative Research Commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1995 General Assembly, and may make an interim report to the the 1993 General Assembly, 1994 Regular Session.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.