North Carolina HB 2431: Studies Act of 2008.

Status: Signed By Gov. 8/4/2008 (as of 2008-08-04)

State: North Carolina · Session: 2007 · Bill: HB 2431

Subjects: AGING, AGING STUDY COMN., AGRICULTURE, ANNEXATION, APPOINTMENTS, AQUACULTURE, ARMED FORCES, BOARDS, BOATING, BUDGETING, BUILDING CODE COUNCIL, BUILDING CODES, BUILDINGS, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, CERTIFICATES OF NEED, CHILD CUSTODY, CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, CITIZENSHIP, CLINICS, COASTAL RESOURCES, COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES, COMMERCE, COMMERCE DEPT., COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOARD, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONSERVATION, CONSUMER CREDIT, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, CORRECTION DEPT., CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, CORRECTIONS OVERSIGHT COMM., COUNCILS, COUNTIES, COURTS, CRIME CONTROL DEPT., CRIMES, CURRICULUM, DATA SYSTEMS, DEATH & DYING, DENTISTRY, DHHS, DISABLED PERSONS, DISASTERS & EMERGENCIES, DISEASES, EDUCATION, EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION, EDUCATION OVERSIGHT COMM., EDUCATION, STATE BOARD OF, ELECTRICITY, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY SERVICES, EMINENT DOMAIN, EMPLOYMENT, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMN., ESTATES, ETHICS, FILM INDUSTRY, FINANCIAL SERVICES, FISHERIES PRODUCTS, FOSTER CARE, FUELS, FUNDING, GENERAL ASSEMBLY, GENERAL STATUTES, GENERAL STATUTES COMN., GEOGRAPHY, GUARDIANSHIP, HEALTH CARE OVERSIGHT COMM., HEALTH SERVICES, HIGHER EDUCATION, HOSPITALS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INFRASTRUCTURE, INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE, INSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS, INSURANCE, INSURANCE, LIFE, JUVENILE CODE, JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPT., LANDOWNERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMN., LICENSES & PERMITS, LICENSING & CERTIFICATION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MEDICAL RECORDS, MEMBERSHIP, MENTAL HEALTH, MHDDSAS OVERSIGHT COMM., MINORS, MOTOR VEHICLES, MUNICIPALITIES, NURSING HOMES, OCCUPATIONS, PERSONNEL, PHARMACEUTICALS, PLANNING & ZONING, POLLUTION, POVERTY, PRESENTED, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, PRINCIPALS, PRISONERS, PRIVACY, PROPERTY, PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPT., PUBLIC OFFICIALS, RACING, RAILROADS, RATIFIED, RECREATION & LEISURE, REPORTS, RESPITE CARE, RETIREMENT, REVENUE LAWS STUDY COMM., ROADS & HIGHWAYS, SAFETY, SALARIES & BENEFITS, SEAFOOD & AQUACULTURE COMN., SECONDARY EDUCATION, SENTENCING, SESSION LAWS, SEX OFFENSES, SHERIFFS, SMALL BUSINESSES, SOCIAL SERVICES, SPEAKER, SPORTS, STATE EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS, STUDIES, TAXATION, TAXES, FRANCHISE, TEACHERS, TOBACCO, TOWING, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMM., UNC, UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS, URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UTILITIES, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, VOLUNTEERS, WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS, WATER RESOURCES, WEAPONS, REP. BARNHART, REP. DAUGHTRY, REP. KISER, REP. MCCOMAS, REP. WAINWRIGHT, REP. WEST, RECORDS, LIABILITY, GASTON COUNTY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, HOMICIDE, SUNSETS, ALTERNATIVE FUELED VEHICLES, CHAPTERED, REP. GLAZIER, REP. PATE, REP. RAPP, REP. WILLIAMS, ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, REP. COLEMAN, REP. MARTIN, REP. UNDERHILL, REP. WRAY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, ETHICS COMN., BOATS & WATERCRAFT, RATE BUREAU, REP. TILLIS, GUARDIANSHIP LAWS STUDY COMN., NATIONAL GUARD PENSION FUND STUDY COMN., SCHOOL FUNDING STUDY COMM., PARTITION SALES STUDY COMM., DROPOUT PREVENTION COMN., EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMM., URBAN GROWTH STUDY COMN., POVERTY REDUCTION STUDY COMN., CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUAL PREDATORS COMM., ELECTED OFFICIALS COMPENSATION COMN., MUNICIPAL ANNEXATION STUDY COMN., EPILEPSY STUDY COMN., CIVIC EDUCATION STUDY COMN.

Sponsors: Glazier, Martin, McComas, Barnhart, Coleman, Daughtry, Harrison, Justice, Kiser, Lucas, Pate, Rapp, Tarleton, Tillis, Underhill, Wainwright, Weiss, West, Williams, Wray

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007

SESSION LAW 2008-181
HOUSE BILL 2431

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR STUDIES BY THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH
COMMISSION, STATUTORY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES AND
COMMISSIONS, AND OTHER AGENCIES, COMMITTEES, AND
COMMISSIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

PART I. TITLE

SECTION 1. This act shall be known as "The Studies Act of 2008."

PART II. LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION

SECTION 2.1. The Legislative Research Commission may study the topics
listed below. When applicable, the bill or resolution that originally proposed the issue or
study and the name of the sponsor are listed. Unless otherwise specified, the listed bill
or resolution refers to the measure introduced in the 2007 General Assembly. The
Commission may consider the original bill or resolution in determining the nature,
scope, and aspects of the study. The following groupings are for reference only:
(1) Criminal Law Issues:
a. Prohibit Execution/Severe Mental Disability (H.B. 553 – Insko,
Harrison)
b. Felony Murder Rule (H.B. 787 – Earle, Harrison)
c. Report Denial of Some Pistol Permits (H.B. 1287 – Sutton,
Jeffus, Harrison)
(2) Other:
a. Energy-Efficient State Motor Vehicle Fleet (H.B. 2720 –
Thomas, Harrison, Martin)
b. Permit/Motor Coach Companies (S.B. 285 – Swindell)
c. State Agency Related 501(c)(3) Corporations (McComas)
d. Educational Assistance For Minimum Wage Workers (H.B.
1550 – Blackwood, Wilkins, Johnson, Pierce)
e. Increase Small Brewery Limits (H.B. 1630 – Harrison, Fisher,
Jones, Crawford)
f. Television Access to State Government (H.B. 2647 – Goodwin)
SECTION 2.2. Mandatory Boating Safety Education (H.B. 2139 – Wray,
Alexander, Underhill) – The Commission may study the feasibility of implementing
mandatory boating education in this State. In conducting its study, the Commission shall
evaluate the feasibility of requiring all persons to satisfy boating education requirements
prior to operating a motorboat or personal watercraft.
SECTION 2.3. Capital Murder Statute (H.B. 1526 – Bryant, Hall, Luebke,
Harrison) – The Commission may study issues related to streamlining and making more
cost effective the determination of whether a first degree murder case may be tried as a
capital case.

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SECTION 2.4. Homeowners Associations (H.B. 1695 – Ray, Weiss) – The
Commission may study issues related to the protection and participation of homeowners
in the governance of their homeowner associations, particularly as to assessments and
record keeping of the associations.
SECTION 2.5. Youthful Offender Expunction (H.B. 898 – Bordsen) – The
Commission may study issues related to expunction of youthful offenders' criminal
records, and allowing the Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards
Commission and the Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission access to
the records of expunction.
SECTION 2.6. Improvements in Consumer Credit Reporting Practices (S.B.
1714 – Clodfelter) – The Commission may study improvements in consumer credit
reporting practices, including the means to provide that credit histories reported by
businesses and other credit reporting entities that have fewer than 500 customers or
accounts are included as part of customers' consumer credit reports or credit histories. In
its study, the Commission may consider all of the following:
(1) The reasons businesses and other credit reporting entities that have
fewer than 500 customers or accounts are not currently included as
part of customers' consumer credit reports or credit histories.
(2) The consequences of businesses and other credit reporting entities that
have fewer than 500 customers or accounts not being included as part
of customers' consumer credit reports or credit histories.
(3) The number of consumers that would benefit from the reporting of
additional payment information and whether they fall into any
demographic groups.
(4) The desirability and feasibility of including every business as part of
its customers' consumer credit reports.
(5) The estimated cost of including every business as part of its customers'
consumer credit reports and how to pay for the cost, if any.
(6) Any other issues the Commission considers relevant to this topic.
SECTION 2.7. Standards Applied in Disputed Child Custody Cases (S.B.
1880 – Clodfelter) – The Commission may study the standards applied in disputed child
custody cases and the need for any modification of existing standards, including the
possible adoption of a presumptive joint custody standard in some or all disputed child
custody cases.
SECTION 2.8. Expiration of Concealed Handgun Permits (Boseman) – The
Commission may study timing issues involved in renewing a concealed handgun permit,
including whether there should be a time limit for sheriffs to review renewal
applications so that permits do not expire before the review process is complete.
SECTION 2.9. Motorsports/Economic Impact (Purcell) – The Commission
may study the econ

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