A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT requiring legislative sponsors for appropriations enacted by the current operations appropriations act.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143C‑1‑2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143C‑1‑2.  Appropriations: constitutional requirement; reversions.
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(a1)	Legislative Sponsor Requirement. – An appropriation enacted in the Current Operations Appropriations Act shall not be legally valid unless (i) the appropriation is sponsored by a member of the General Assembly and (ii) the name of the sponsoring legislator is stated in the text of the appropriation.
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SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.