A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee to study certain issues, as recommended by the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee may continue to study issues related to occupational licensing boards. As part of this study, the Committee may consider any of the following:
(1)	Oversight of occupational licensing boards, generally.
(2)	Oversight of the North Carolina State Bar.
(3)	Disciplinary actions and procedures of occupational licensing boards.
The Committee may report the results of this study, if any, including any legislative proposals, to the 2017 General Assembly.
SECTION 2.  The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee may study whether there are certain categories of contested cases in which the burden of proof should be placed with the agency. The Committee may report the results of this study, if any, including any legislative proposals, to the 2017 General Assembly.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.