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A Resolution Setting the Date for the 2014 Legislative Breakfast and Discussion of Legislative Issues for the 2014 Short Session of the General Assembly
PURPOSE: The purpose of this item is to request that the Board of Aldermen set the date for the 2014 Legislative Breakfast and to facilitate a discussion of legislative issues to present to our local delegation at the breakfast. The delegation may be able to pursue some of the issues presented during the upcoming session of the NC General Assembly.
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DEPARTMENT: Town Clerk
CONTACT INFORMATION: Cathy Wilson
INFORMATION: The 2013 Regular Session of the 2013 General Assembly adjourned July 26, 2013, and the Reconvened 2013 Session of the 2013 General Assembly adjourned September 4, 2013. The adjournment resolutions (Res. 2013-23; HJR 1023 and Res. 2013-24; HJR 1024) provide that the Senate and House of Representatives stand adjourned to reconvene on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, at 12:00 noon.
The adjournment resolution specifies what may be considered during the Short Session. Per a 9/16/2013 memo from O.Walker Reagan, Director of Research to the Members of the General Assembly, those matters include:
1. Budget bills. Bills directly and primarily affecting the State budget, including the budget of an occupational licensing board, for fiscal year 2014-2015, provided that the bill must be submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office no later than 4:00 P.M. Friday, May 16, 2014, and must be introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate no later than 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 27, 2014.
2. Bills amending the Constitution of North Carolina.
3. Crossover bills.
a. Senate bills and resolutions introduced in 2013 that passed third reading in the Senate and were received by the House in 2013, or
b. House bills and resolutions introduced in 2013 that passed third reading in the House by May 16, 201...
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