A JOINT RESOLUTION to modify executive order No. 85 to delete the proposed creation of a Division of Prevention, Access and Public Health Services.
Whereas, Section 5(10) of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution states: "Administrative reorganization. The General Assembly shall prescribe the functions, powers, and duties of the administrative departments and agencies of the State and may alter them from time to time, but the Governor may make such changes in the allocation of offices and agencies and in the allocation of those functions, powers, and duties as he considers necessary for efficient administration. If those changes affect existing law, they shall be set forth in executive orders, which shall be submitted to the General Assembly not later than the sixtieth calendar day of its session, and shall become effective and shall have the force of law upon adjournment sine die of the session, unless specifically disapproved by resolution of either house of the General Assembly or specifically modified by joint resolution of both houses of the General Assembly"; and
Whereas, on March 25, 2011, the Governor issued Executive Order No. 85, entitled "CONSOLIDATION AND REORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF STATE GOVERNMENT," which recited that it was issued under Section 5(10) of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution; Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
SECTION 1.  Executive Order No. 85, dated March 25, 2011, and entitled "CONSOLIDATION AND REORGANIZATION OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH AGENCIES TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF STATE GOVERNMENT" is modified pursuant to Section 5 of Article III of the North Carolina Constitution by deleting the provisions of Section 7 of the Executive Order that proposed to create the Division of Prevention, Access and Public Health Services.
SECTION 2.  This resolution is effective upon ratification.