GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

FIRST EXTRA SESSION 2018

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SENATE BILL DRS45004-LGy-2A

 

 

 

Short Title:      Clarify Language of Veto Exceptions.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senator J. Jackson (Primary Sponsor).

Referred to:

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to Clarify that all bills which are not subject to gubernatorial veto contain no other matter.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 5 of S.L. 2018‑118 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 5. Subsection (5) of Section 22 of Article II of the North Carolina Constitution reads as rewritten:

"(5)      Other exceptions. Every bill:

(a)        In which the General Assembly makes an appointment or appointments to public office and which contains no other matter;

(b)        Revising the senate districts and the apportionment of Senators among those districts and containing no other matter;

(c)        Revising the representative districts and the apportionment of Representatives among those districts and containing no other matter;

(d)       Revising the districts for the election of members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States and the apportionment of Representatives among those districts and containing no other matter;

(e)        Recommending a nominee or nominees to fill a vacancy in the office of Justice and Judge of the General Court of Justice, in accordance with Section 23 of Article IV of this Constitution; orConstitution and containing no other matter; or

(f)        Electing a nominee or nominees to fill a vacancy in the office of Justice or Judge of the General Court of Justice, in accordance with Section 23 of Article IV of this Constitution,Constitution and containing no other matter,

shall be read three times in each house before it becomes law and shall be signed by the presiding officers of both houses."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.