GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE DRS65028-LBz-346*  (05/13)

Short Title:        General Statutes Comm. Technical Corrections.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Hartsell.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to make technical corrections to the general statutes as recommended by the general statutes commission.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 120-29.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 120-29.1.  Approval of bills.

(a)        If the Governor approves a bill, the Governor shall write upon the same, below the signatures of the presiding officers of the two houses, the fact, date, and time of approval, as follows: "Approved ________.m. this ________ day of ________, ________ " and shall sign the same as follows: "________ Governor". The Governor shall then return the approved bill to the enrolling clerk.

(b)        If any bill becomes law because of the failure of the Governor to take any action, it shall be the duty of the Governor to return the measure to the enrolling clerk, who shall sign the following certificate on the measure and deposit it with the Secretary of State: "This bill having been presented to the Governor for his signature on the ________ day of ________, ________ and the Governor having failed to approve it within the time prescribed by law, the same is hereby declared to have become a law.

This ________ day of ________, ________, ________ Enrolling Clerk".

(c)        If the Governor returns any bill to the house of origin with his objections, the Governor shall write such objections on the measure or cause the objections to be attached to the measure. When any such bill becomes law after reconsideration of the two houses, the principal clerk of the second house to act shall, below the objections of the Governor, sign the following certificate: "Became law notwithstanding the objections of the Governor, ________.m. this ________ day of ________, ________". The principal clerk of the second house to act shall fill in the time. The enrolling clerk shall deposit the measure with the Secretary of State.

(d)        In calculating the period under Section 22(7) of Article II of the North Carolina Constitution, the day on which the bill is presented to the Governor shall be excluded and the entire last day of the period is included."

SECTION 2.  The Revisor of Statutes may cause to be printed all explanatory comments of the drafters of S.L. 2009-222, 2009-267, and 2009-318 as the Revisor deems appropriate.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.