A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for an earlier convening of the general assembly for an organizational session followed by an extended recess.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 120‑11.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120‑11.1.  Time of meeting.
The regular session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be held biennially beginning at 10:00 A.M. on the first Monday in January next after their election for the purpose of electing officers and adopting rules. If the first Monday is a holiday, the regular session shall be held at 10:00 A.M. on the first business day after the first Monday in January. The Senate and House of Representatives shall adjourn from that session no later than three days after the convening of that session, and stand adjourned until 12:00 noon on the third Wednesday thereafter."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2009.