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Committee
Actions and Floor Votes
The House on Wednesday gave third-reading approval to S.
628 Out-of-State CPAs/Fees
{Clodfelter}
and the measure was enrolled. The bill allows certified public
accountants licensed in
other
states to practice in North Carolina after notifying the State
Board of Certified Public
Accountant
Examiners. The bill also authorizes the state CPA board to
increase license fees from
$200
to $400, and amends certain provisions relating to CPAs.
The Senate on Wednesday gave third-reading approval to H.
146 Modify Partnership Tax Credit {Luebke} and returned
the bill to the House for concurrence in amendments. A
partnership that engages in an activity that is eligible for a
tax credit qualifies for the credit as an entity and then
passes through to each of its partners the partner's
distributive share of the credit for which the partnership
entity qualifies. Maximum dollar limits and other limitations
that apply in determining the amount of a tax credit available
to a taxpayer apply to the same extent in determining the
amount of a tax credit for which the partnership entity
qualifies, with one exception. The exception is a limitation
that the tax credit cannot exceed the amount of tax imposed on
the taxpayer."
By a vote of 64-44 the House on Monday gave final approval to S.
173 No Death Penalty/Mentally Retarded {Ballance} and
returned the bill to the Senate for concurrence in amendments.
The House version of the bill, which would prohibit the
execution of mentally retarded murderers, is significantly
different from the version the Senate passed in April. If a
conference committee can work out differences between the
chambers, North Carolina will become the 17th state to outlaw
such executions.
The House has approved bills affecting hotel occupancy taxes
in several counties. On Thursday the chamber gave
third-reading approval to H. 583 Modify Nash Occupancy
Taxes {Tolson} and send the measure to the Senate. H.
685 Occupancy Taxes for Certain Counties {Gibson} received
second-reading approval and is on Monday’s calendar for
final action. H. 698 Carteret Occupancy Tax Changes
{Smith} is on Monday’s calendar for first reading.
The House Education Committee on Tuesday favorably reported S.
394 Principal of the
Year/Adviser
to Education Board {Miller}. The measure designates the
person selected by the
Department
of Public Instruction as the Principal of the Year as an ex
officio member of the State
Board
of Education. The measure was referred to the House
Appropriations Committee.
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The House Environment and Natural Resources Committee on
Tuesday favorably reported H.
612
Disapprove Neuse Water Quality Reclassification {Pope}.
The measure delays until
July
2004 a decision by the Environmental Management Commission
reached last October that
would
allow the town of Wake Forest to withdraw additional water
from the Neuse River.
The House Financial Institutions Committee on Wednesday
favorably reported H. 1106 Enact Mortgage Lending Act {Church}.
The measure says that it will be unlawful for any person,
other than a list of exempt entities, to act as a mortgage
broker or mortgage banker without first obtaining a license
from the Commissioner of Banks.
The House Mental Health Committee on Wednesday favorably
reported H. 381 Mental Health System Reform {lnsko}.
The measure embodies recommendations made by Joint Legislative
Oversight Committee on Mental Health, Developmental
Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services The General
Assembly last year established the and directed it to develop
a plan for reforming the state's mental health system. At that
time the legislature expressed the intent that the plan be
fully implemented not later than July 1, 2005, and directed
the committee to report its recommendations to the 2001
General Assembly
The Senate on Thursday gave second- and third-reading approval
to H. 360 Health Insurance Omnibus Changes {Dockham}.
On Tuesday, the Senate Insurance and Consumer Protection
Committee favorably reported a related bill, H. 351
Utilization Review/Grievance Changes {Dockham}.
Legislation
Enacted
SL 2001-275
(H. 695). Lift Mecklenburg County Zoning Sunset. An act to
repeal the sunset provision relating to Mecklenburg County
zoning. Effective July 12, 2001.
SL 2001-276 (H. 696). Lift Mecklenburg Municipal Zoning
Sunset. An act to repeal the sunset relating to
Mecklenburg municipal zoning. Effective July 12, 2001.
SL 2001-277
(H. 643). Testimonial Privilege For Violence Victims. An
act establishing a qualified testimonial privilege for
communications with agents of rape crisis centers and domestic
violence programs. Effective Dec. 1, 2001, and applies to all
communications made on or after that date.
SL 2001-278
(H. 598). Building Inspections Contracted. An act to
repeal the requirement that counties and municipalities may
only enter into contracts with privately employed individuals
or their employers for building inspection services for
specifically designated projects. Effective Oct. 1, 2001.
SL 2001-279
(S. 365). Electronic Listing For Property Taxes. An act to
provide for electronic listing of business personal property
for ad valorem taxes and to allow counties to extend the
listing period for electronic listing. Effective July 13,
2001.
SL 2001-280
(H. 75). Appellate Reports To Cherokee Supreme Court. An
act to provide for the distribution of copies of the appellate
division reports to the Cherokee Supreme Court. Effective July
13, 2001.
SL 2001-281
(H 722). Expand Veterinary Board/Injunctions For Chiropractic
Board. An act to increase the members of the North
Carolina Veterinary Medical Board from seven to eight and to
allow the Board of Chiropractic Examiners to bring an action
for injunctive relief in superior court to prevent persons
from practicing chiropractic without a license. Effective July
13, 2001.
SL 2001-282
(H. 884). Innocence Protection Act. An act to assist an
innocent person charged with or wrongly convicted of a
criminal offense in establishing the person's innocence.
Section 6 of this act is effective July 13, 2001. The
remainder of this act becomes effective Oct. 1, 2001, and
applies to evidence, records, and samples in the possession of
a governmental entity on or after that date.
SL 2001-283
(H 307). Minimum Housing Standards. An act to apply a law
closing a loophole in the minimum housing standards act as it
applies to municipalities located in counties with populations
in excess of 71,000 people by the last census where the owner
can avoid orders to repair, remove, or demolish a rental unit
by simply closing it so that it will apply in the entirety of
a municipality located in more than one county where some of
the municipality is located in a county that meets the
population threshold. Effective July 13, 2001.
SL 2001-284
(H. 1111). Soil and Water Conservation Commission Powers and
Duties. An act to expand the powers and duties of the Soil
and Water Conservation Commission of the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources to include development and
implementation of a program to approve water quality and
animal waste management system technical specialists and
development and approval of water quality best management
practices. Effective July 13, 2001.
SL 2001-285
(H. 334). Exemption For Interns. An act amending the
employment security laws to exempt from the definition of
employer governmental employers who hire interns. Effective
July 13, 2001.
SL 2001-286
(S. 243). Red Light Cameras/Certain Municipalities. An act
to authorize certain municipalities to use traffic control
photographic systems and to authorize the municipalities in
Wake County to use red light cameras for safety, for schools,
but not for profit. Effective July 13, 2001.
SL 2001-287
(S. 40). Continue Operations of Government. An act to
extend the expiration date of the legislation authorizing the
director of the budget to continue expenditures for the
operation of government at the level in effect on June 30,
2001, and extending expiring provisions of law. Effective July
15, 2001.
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