GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 171

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Sponsors: Senator Sands.
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Referred to:  Rules and Operation of the Senate.
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February 15, 1994

A JOINT RESOLUTION RECONVENING THE 1993 REGULAR SESSION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RATIFYING BILLS, AND THEN ADJOURNING THAT SESSION TO THE TIME PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED.
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
Section 1.  Section 1 of Resolution 31 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Section 1.  (a)	At 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 24, 1993, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall adjourn to reconvene at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 1994.  At such reconvening, the only matters that may be considered are ratification of bills ordered enrolled on or before July 24, 1993, and Senate Joint Resolution 1297 to provide for adjournment until noon on Tuesday, May 24, 1994.
(b)	During that session reconvening on May 24, 1994, only the following matters may be considered:
(1)	Bills directly and primarily affecting the State budget for fiscal year 1994-95, provided that no appropriations or finance bill may be introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate after Tuesday, June 7, 1994, provided that any such measure submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. on that date and filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House of Representatives by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, 1994, shall be treated as if it had met the deadlines established by this subdivision.
(2)	Bills and resolutions introduced in 1993 and having passed third reading in 1993 in the house in which introduced, received in the other house, and not disposed of in the other house by tabling, unfavorable committee report, indefinite postponement, or failure to pass any reading, and do not violate the rules of either body.
(3)	Bills and resolutions implementing the recommendations of study commissions authorized or directed to report to the 1994 Session.  Any bills authorized by this subdivision must be filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House of Representatives no later than 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 26, 1994, provided that any such measure submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. on that date and filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House of Representatives by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 1994, shall be treated as if it had met the deadlines established by this subdivision.
(4)	Any local bill introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 1994, 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 House of Representatives and Senate whose district includes the area to which the bill applies, provided that any such measure submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. on that date and filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House of Representatives by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 2, 1994, shall be treated as if it had met the deadlines established by this subdivision.
(5)	Selection, appointment, 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 Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(6)	Any matter authorized by joint resolution passed during the 1994 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 subdivision shall have a copy of the ratified enabling resolution attached to the jacket before filing for introduction in the Senate or introduction in the House of Representatives.
(7)	Any bills primarily affecting any State or local pension or retirement system, introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31, 1994, provided that any such measure submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. on that date and filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House of Representatives by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 9, 1994, shall be treated as if it had met the deadlines established by this subdivision.
(8)	Joint resolutions, House resolutions, and Senate resolutions pertaining to Section 5(10) of Article III of the Constitution of North Carolina.
(9)	A joint resolution adjourning the 1993 Regular Session, sine die on a date earlier than provided by Section 3 of this resolution."
Sec. 2.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.