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Date Title Statute Requestor
08/26/93 Second Offense DWI; Mandatory Punishment 48 Consecutive Hours 20-138.1, 20-179, Parker, Joe
08/24/93 Authority of County to Enact Solid Waste User and Availability Fees 130A-309.04, 153A-292, Bass, Paula
08/16/93 Smoking in Public Places 143-601, Hines, Clay Tee
08/16/93 Participation in the State’s Purchase and Contract System 143-49, 96-9, Aycock, C. Ronald
08/16/93 State Board of Refrigeration Examiners; Authority to Adopt Regulations 87-52, 87-54, Broughton, Robert
08/13/93 Directions by Decedent Regarding Funeral Arrangements in a Preneed Contract 28A-13-1, 90-210.41, 90-210.60, Hoke, William
08/09/93 Authority of State-Chartered Credit Unions to Act as Signature Guarantors for Securities Transfers 54-109.21, Mann, George
08/06/93 North Carolina Information Highway Project N/A Renfrow, Edward
08/05/93 Action Necessary for a Bill to Become Law N/A Tillett, Jerry
08/05/93 Right of Children in Residential Facilities to Attend Public Schools 115C-140.1, 115C-355, 115C-366, Jackson, Roger
07/29/93 Family and Medical Leave Act N/A Browning, Paul
07/28/93 State Board of Education Power to Act Through Proxies 115C-11, 147-75, Harris, Kenneth
07/28/93 Proposed Contract Between UNC Charlotte and First Union Bank 116-191, Steimer, William
07/21/93 Constitutionality of House Bill 935 N/A Etheridge, Bob
07/20/93 Employee Insurance Committees 58-31-60, Miller, George
07/20/93 Raffles/Drawings 14-309.15, 18B-308, Dale, Rolland
07/20/93 Use of Modulating Headlights on Fire Cheif’s or Assistant Ch ief’s Private Vehicles 20-125, Owens, ChucK
07/16/93 Obligation to Fill a Vacancy on the Cabarrus County Board of Education 115C-67, 115C-68.3, Stacks, Leslie
07/14/93 Local Government Approval for Sanitary Landfills 130A-294, 130A-39, 153A-132.1, 153A-136, 160A-319, Evans-Stanton, Sherri
07/13/93 Senate Bill 1245 105-203, 105-267, Winner, Dennis
07/08/93 Bear Hunting 103-2, Hamilton, Richard
07/07/93 General Contractor’s License is Required to Construct Building Financed 87-1, 87-10, 87-9, Selph, Mark
07/07/93 Family and Medical Leave Act N/A Browning, Paul
07/02/93 Local Coastal Fishing Laws 113-133, 113-133.1, Grady, Robert
07/01/93 Interpretation of Administrative Code Governing Community Colleges 115C-47, 115D-1, Graves, Ellanor
06/30/93 Confidential Legislative Communications 113-133, 120-131, Grady, Robert
06/30/93 Confidential Legislative Communications 113-133, Grady, Robert
06/28/93 Federal Forfeiture of Property held Through an Estate by the Entirety 75D-1, 75D-3, 75D-5, 75D-8, Williams, B. Frederic
06/23/93 House Bill 818 153A-99, 160A-169, 95-78, 95-84, 95-97, 95-98, 95-98.1, Cooper, Roy
06/18/93 Eligibility of a Director of a Bank to Serve as a Member of the State Banking Commission 53-1, 53-135, 53-37, 53-43, 53-67, 53-78, 53-8-50, 53-92, 53A-1, 53A-20, 54B-4, 55-1-01, 55-8-01, 55-8-41, 55-8-51, 55-8-55, 55-8-56, Graham, William
06/18/93 House Bill 1109 153A-275, 158-7.1, 160A-312, Hackney, Joe
06/17/93 Power of Cities to Appropriate Funds to Local School Boards for Parking Lots 160A-302, Alexander, R. Lewis
06/09/93 Scope of a Facility’s Notification to Law Enforcement Agencies that a Client has Escaped 122C-205, Hall, M.F.
06/08/93 State Ports Authority; Public Utility Status 116-35, 62-2, 62-3, Scott, J.J.
06/08/93 Counties’ Reduction Of Contributions To Area Authorities 122C-146, 122C-147, 122C-2, Britt, C. Robin
06/04/93 Career State Employees 126-1A, 126-36.2, 126-39, 126-7.1, Penny, Ronald
06/03/93 State Education Assistance Authority Contingency Reserve Trust Fund 116-204, 116-209, 116-209.3, Broadway, Stan
05/24/93 Preneed Funeral Arrangements by Bank Trust Departments 90-210.20, 90-210.25, 90-210.30, 90-210.34, 90-210.60, 90-210.67, Carpenter, Donald
05/24/93 Ad Valorem Tax on Personal Property of Non-service members Located on Fort Bragg 104-7, Johnson, G.B.
05/20/93 Employee Insurance Committee 58-31-60, Garrett, Garland
05/20/93 Union County School Merger Plan; Supplemental Taxes 115C-500, 115C-511, 115C-67, 115C-68.2, 115C-68.3, Dawkins, Koy
05/17/93 Authorization of Civilian Employees to commute in State Owned Vehicles; Payment of Fee 143-341, Barefoot, R.A.
05/13/93 Applicability to Attorneys and Law Firms Providing Professional Services 115C-40, 115C-47, 133-23, 133-32, Lamar, L.W.
05/13/93 Approval of Differentiated Pay Plans by State Superintendent of Public Instruction 115C-238.1, 115C-238.3, 115C-238.4, 115C-238.6, Kinlaw, John
05/07/93 Interpretation of the Provisions of Rule 4(h) of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure N/A Bennington, Estie
04/29/93 Cash Gifts from Criminal Defendants to Local Law Enforcement Agencies; Propriety and Fiscal Control 159-15, 159-25, 159-32, 159-8, Gwyn, Edward
04/23/93 Federal Adoption of Property Seized Pursuant to “StateWarrants” 15A-11.1, 15A-258, Grimes, Mike
04/13/93 Extent of the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners’ Rulemaking Authority 150B-19, 150B-21.9, 88-23, 88-4, Morgan, Richard
04/12/93 Release of Patient- Specific Information by the North Carolina Medical Database Commission 131E-210, 131E-211, 131E-212, 150B-2, Hazelrigs, James
04/06/93 Statesville Conflict of Interest 14-234, Brock, Gail
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