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Date	Title	Statute	Requestor
07/27/89	Adoption, Child Placement	131D-10.2, 131D-10.7,	Wood, James
07/10/89	Definition of Amusement Device	95-111.18, 95-111.3,	Brooks, John
04/14/89	Defense of State Employees, Medical Contractors and Sanitarians	143-291, 143-300.3, 143-300.4, 143-300.5, 143-300.6, 147-17,	Robinson, Richard
03/22/89	Credit Unions; Employees’ Performance Bonds	54-109.11, 54-109.21, 54-109.44,	Brown, Stanley
03/06/89	Financial Privacy Act; Financial Institutions as Victims of Crime	25-4-104, 53B-10, 53B-2, 53B-3, 53B-5,	McNaught, Mary Claire
01/04/89	Plats and Subdivisions Registration; Register of Deeds	47-18, 47-20, 47-30,	Freeman, Joe
11/03/88	Agency Finding Employees To Fill Specific Positions	126-18, 126-7.1,	Lee, Richard
09/07/88	Administrative Procedure Act; Contested Cases; Evidence; Official Record	150B-29, 150B-30, 150B-33, 150B-36, 150B-37, 150B-47, 150B-51,	DeLuca, John
09/06/88	Relationship between Administrative Procedures Act and Securities Act	143B-11, 143B-3, 150B-1, 150B-2, 150B-3, 78A-36, 78A-37, 78A-39,	Wallis, Stephen
08/24/88	Waste Material; Discharge or Dumping into the Ocean	113-131, 130A-18, 130A-22, 130A-290, 130A-294, 130A-299, 130A-303, 143-213, 143-214.2, 143-215.6, 143-215.75, 143-215.76, 75A-10, 75A-17, 76-40, 76-409,	Jordan, Robert
07/06/88	Status of Funds Seized by Local Law Enforcement Authorities	147-83, 15-11.1, 160A-17.1,	Tomlinson, Aubrey
06/21/88	Method of Appointment of Members of County Boards of Social Services	108A-2, 108A-3, 143-318.10, 143-318.11, 143-318.13,	Schoeberle, Stephen
06/15/88	Municipality Contracting to Provide Security at Local Hospital	74C-2, 74C-3,	Kirk, James
05/20/88	Motor Vehicle Registration; Salvage Titles	20-109.1, 20-4.01, 20-71.2, 20-71.3,	Rhodes, James
05/18/88	Notary Publics; Verification of Divorce Complaint; Notary of Counsel to Plaintiff’s Attorney	10-5, 47-8, 50-8,	Knight, James
05/17/88	Division of Motor Vehicles Accident Reports; Juvenile Code; Confidentiality of Juvenile Records	20-166.1, 7A-675,	Cawn, Maurice
05/02/88	Jails; Sheriffs; Supervision of Local Confinement Facilities	153A-169, 162-14, 162-22, 162-24, 162-41, 162-50, 162-56,	Snepp, Frank
04/18/88	Elections; Residence; Elected Town Commissioner Removing Residence from Town While Serving	160A-63, 163-59,	Wessell, John
03/03/88	Public Construction Contracts; Contract Payment Bond	44A-26, 44A-34,	Lofton, James
02/26/88	Reduced Speed Limits; School Zones; State Highway System Streets	136-18, 136-66.1, 20-141, 20-141.1, 20-16, 20-169,	Karpinos, Ralph
01/05/88	Authority of Division of Motor Vehicles Over Private Passenger Buses	20-376, 20-384, 62-281,	Hiatt, William
01/05/88	Motor Vehicles; Licenses; Name Change	N/A	Hiatt, William
01/04/88	Department of Transportation, Motor Vehicles, Twin Trailers, Access to Terminals	20-115.1, 20-116,	Harrington, James
01/03/88	Condominium Act; N.C.G.S. Chapter 47C; Plats and Plans; Registers of Deeds	47C-1-105, 47C-2-101, 47C-2-105, 47C-2-109, 47C-2-110,	Bartlet, Robert
12/18/87	Motor Vehicles; Regulations of Dark-Shaded Windows; Preemption	N/A	Hiatt, William
12/11/87	Administrative Procedure Act; Occupational Licensing Agencies	150B-1, 150B-23, 150B-38, 150B-40,	Fisher, Phillip
12/08/87	Salary Continuation Plan	143-166.13, 17C-2, 17C-6,	Hodnett, Gerald
11/11/87	Per Diem Payments to Members of the Motor Vehicle Dealers’ Advisory Board	138-5, 20-305.493B-1,	Teal, Lester
11/06/87	Offer of Employment at Salaries Neither Approved	126-3, 126-4,	Lee, Richard
11/04/87	Conduct of Members of Regional Airport Authorities	14-234,	Buchanan, Victor
10/16/87	License Requirement for Security Guard and Patrol Businesses	74C-13, 74C-3, 74C-4, 74C-5,	Kirk, James
10/06/87	Licensing; Professional Engineers	74C-2, 74C-3, 74C-8, 89C-3,	Speir, Montgomery
09/24/87	Confidentiality of North Carolina Medical Database Commission Records	131E-210, 131E-212, 131E-213,	Long, James
07/29/87	Education; School Employee Serving on Board of County Commissioners; Incompatibility of Duties	115C-10,	Eaddy, Martin
07/15/87	Equitable Distribution	50-21,	Barnes, Henson
07/13/87	Right to Attend Private School for Part of the School Day	115C-378, 115C-81,	Walser, W. Max
06/26/87	Law Enforcement; Retirement; Supplemental Retirement Income Plan; Counties; Municipal Corporations	135-93, 143-166.50,	Baker, John
06/25/87	Business and Commerce	59-103, 59-104, 59-201, 59-902, 66-68,	Smith, Clyde
04/07/87	Motor Vehicles; South Carolina Bond Forfeitures	15A-302, 20-16, 20-24, 20-26,	Hiatt, William
03/17/87	Authority to Set Salaries	126-5, 143B-10, 143B-2,	Kirk, Phillip
03/08/87	Passing Stopped School Bus on School Property	20-138.1, 20-140, 20-140.2, 20-217, 20-4.01,	Leonard, Alan
02/26/87	License Requirement for Private Investigators	74C-3,	Kirk, James
02/04/87	Farm Worker Council; Status of Local Sanitation Inspectors	130A-2, 130A-239, 130A-241, 130A-242, 143-291,	Everett, Bob
01/07/87	Notary Public; Requirement of Literacy	10-1.1, 10-5,	Hatley, Ludelle
12/22/86	Application of Professional Corporation Act, G.S. 55B to Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOP)	55B-6,	Mann, Julian
11/26/86	Retirement, Law Enforcement Officers, Special Separation Allowance Benefit	128-21, 128-27, 143-166.41, 143-166.42, 143-166.50,	McNaught, Claire
11/20/86	Applicability to Donations to Lenox Baker Children’s Hospital	131E-56, 131E-57, 143-1, 143-10, 147-77, 147-86.10,	Vinegar, Richard
11/10/86	Administrative Procedures Act; Rulemaking Requirements; Employee Insurance Committees	143B-10, 150B-11, 150B-2, 150B-9, 58-194.3,	Drury, Elizabeith
10/30/86	Cash Management	115C-126.1, 122C-185, 122C-51, 122C-58, 143-1, 143-16.1, 143-18.1, 143-2, 147-69.2, 147-69.3, 147-77, 147-83, 147-86.10, 147-86.11,	Kirk, Phillip
08/06/86	Optometrists; Post-operative care of cataract surgery patients; practice of medicine	90-114, 90-18,	Paris, Bryant

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