A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish the study commission on greenhouse Regulations.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  There is created the Study Commission on Greenhouse Regulations.  The Commission shall consist of seven members appointed as follows:
(1)	Two members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(2)	Two members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(3)	A representative of the greenhouse industry appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
(4)	A representative of the greenhouse industry appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(5)	The Commissioner of Insurance or the Commissioner's designee, ex officio.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall each appoint a cochair for the Commission. The appointing authority shall fill vacancies. The Commission shall meet upon the call of the cochairs. 
SECTION 2.  The Commission shall study the building code regulations applicable to greenhouses and shall consider whether greenhouses should be exempt from State and local building codes. In particular, the Commission shall review the manufacturing guidelines set forth in the National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association Structural Design manual and determine whether greenhouses that are built in accordance with the National Greenhouse Manufacturers Association Structural Design manual and that are not used for retail sales should be exempt from building code regulations. In conducting the study, the Commission shall review the laws that govern the manufacture or construction, the design, and the inspection of greenhouses in other states.
SECTION 3.  The Commission may contract for consultant services as provided by G.S. 120‑32.02. Upon approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the Legislative Services Officer shall assign professional and clerical staff to assist in the work of the Commission. Clerical staff shall be furnished to the Commission through the offices of the House of Representatives' and the Senate's Directors of Legislative Assistants. The Commission may meet in the Legislative Building or the Legislative Office Building upon the approval of the Legislative Services Commission. Members of the Commission shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances at the rate established in accordance with G.S. 120‑3.1, 138‑5, and 138‑6, as appropriate.  The Commission, while in the discharge of its official duties, may exercise all the powers provided under the provisions of G.S. 120‑19 and G.S. 120‑19.1 through G.S. 120‑19.4, including the power to request all officers, agents, agencies, and departments of the State to provide any information, data, or documents within their possession, ascertainable from their records, or otherwise available to them, and the power to subpoena witnesses.
SECTION 4.  The Commission may report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations, including any legislative proposals, to the General Assembly by the convening of the 2008 Regular Session of the 2007 General Assembly. The Commission shall expire on that date, or upon filing its final report, whichever occurs earlier.
SECTION 5.  Of the funds appropriated to the General Assembly, the Legislative Services Commission shall allocate funds for the expenses of the Commission established by this act.  
SECTION 6.  This act is effective when it becomes law.