A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT directing the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure oversight committee to study how to reconcile and harmonize administrative hearings in contested cases arising under article 3A of chapter 150b of the general statutes.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee shall study the procedural and substantive requirements of administrative hearings conducted under Article 3A of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.  The Committee shall examine the various procedures used by the entities that conduct administrative hearings under Article 3A to identify areas of consistency and inconsistency with the purpose of designing procedures that are applicable to all Article 3A hearings and that ensure that the hearings provide a meaningful opportunity to be heard and for dispute resolution.  The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee shall report its findings and recommendations to the 2012 Regular Session of the 2011 General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.