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Date Title Statute Requestor
12/03/98 State Employees; Entitlement to COLA 126-7, Penny, Ronald
12/02/98 Bass Lake, Town of Holly Springs 1-45.1, 113-131, Lockhart, Thomas
12/01/98 LEA Representative on the IEP Team 115C-106, 115C-110, 115C-113, Sneeden, Brad
12/01/98 Employer Disclosure of Employee Information 126-22, 126-23, 126-24, 153A-98, 160A-168, 160A-68, Beatty, Bryan
11/25/98 Qualification for Class Membership in Bailey/Emory/Patton Lawsuits N/A Pruitt, Jack
11/20/98 Public Access to Teacher Licensure Status 115C-13, 115C-319, 115C-320, 115C-321, 115C-325, 132-1, 132-6, Harris, Lowell
11/17/98 NC Child Fatality Task Force ex Officio Members as Voting Members of the Task Force 143-573, 7B-1402, Bennett, Thomas
10/28/98 Finance Officer Serving at Pleasure of Superintendent 115C-435, 115C-45, Hunt, Grady
10/22/98 Tax Credit for North Carolina Enterprise Corporation 105-163.010, 105-163.011, 105-163.012, Hoyle, David
10/22/98 Use of Video Cameras and Cellular Telephones by Political Party Observers at Voting Places 163-146, 163-147, 163-45, 163-48, Bartlett, Gary
10/15/98 Recognition of Indian Tribes by Local Governments in North Carolina 143B-406, Peterson, R. Glen
10/13/98 Wake County Public Schools and Qualified Nonpublic Schools Exempt 153-354, 153A-351, 153A-352, 160A-414, Ellis, J. Sam
10/08/98 County Commissioner; District Board of Health 130A-37, Harrison, Hal
09/23/98 Charter School’s Entitlement to Supplemental Tax Funds 115C-238.29A, 115C-238.29E, 115C-238.29H, 115C-426, 115C-430, 115C-500, 115C-501, Goldsmith, C. Frank
09/08/98 Powers and Duties of Principal 115C-288, 115C-400, 14-202.1, 7A-543, 7A-552, Blumberg, Jonathan
08/27/98 Effective Date of Referendum 153A-62, 161-2, 163-1, Leake, Larry
08/14/98 Marriage License; Eligibility of an Alien to Obtain a Marriage License 51-2, 51-3, 51-6, 51-8, Payne, Katherine
08/05/98 Haywood County Board of Commissioners 105-349, 153A-27.1, 153A-76, 162-5.1, 163-114, Beall, Charles
08/04/98 Authority of Board of County Commissioners; College Scholarship Program 153A-149, 153A-255, Miller, Wm. Jeff
07/30/98 Legislators Serving as Members of the Board of Directors of the NC Partnership for Children 143B-168.12, Gamble, John
07/27/98 Constitutionality of Senate Bill 1569 105-129.20, 105-129.3, Webster, Hugh
07/24/98 Department Heads to Report Possible Violations of Criminal Statutes 114-15.1, Clark, R.L.
07/22/98 Town of Ocean Isle Beach Ordinance Prohibiting Gill Nets in Canals 113-133, 113-181, 113-182, 113-221, 150B-20, 160A-174, Pate, Preston
07/07/98 University Authority to Agree to Submit Claims to Binding Arbitration 126-1, 126-34.2, 143-135.3, 143-291, 22B-3, Kurz, Mary Beth
07/07/98 Proposed NPDES Permit for Smithfield Packing Company 143-215.1, Kerr, John
06/23/98 Student Lottery for Admission to Proposed Charter School 115C-238.29B, 115C-238.29C, 115C-238.29D, 115C-238.29E, 115C-238.29F, Ward, Michael
06/23/98 Eligibility for Superior Court Judgeship N/A Jones, Arnold
06/03/98 Eligibility of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians for a Grant 113-145.4, 120-30.42, 158-32, 159I-3, McNaught, David
05/28/98 Status of State Owned Computer Software 121-5, 132-1, 132-3, 132-6, 132-6.1, Faulkner, Janice
05/07/98 Suspicionless Drug Testing; Work First Applicants Recipients N/A FitzGerald, Kevin
05/05/98 Leaves of Absence for Principals Leaving School System to Work in Charter Schools 115C-238.29A, 115C-238.29E, 115C-238.29F, 115C-287.1, 115C-325, Punger, Douglas
05/04/98 Preemption of North Carolina Contribution Restrictions During Sessions 163-278.13B, Southerland, Yvonne
05/01/98 State Personnel Act; Posting and Announcements of Vacancies 126-7.1, Penny, Ronald
04/15/98 Capital Outlay Funding for Charter Schools 115C-238.29E, 115C-238.29F, 115C-238.29H, Griffin, Thomas
04/09/98 Multiple Group Memberships 54-109.26, Church, Walter
04/06/98 Ownersihp of Renourished Beach at Wrightsville Beach 146-1, 146-3, 146-6, 146-64, Wojciechowski, P.A.
03/18/98 Board for Licensing of Geologists’ Code of Professional Conduct; Applicability to State Employees 89E-6, Upton, Robert
03/08/98 Marine Fisheries Commission 113-134.1, 113-136, 113-182, 143B-289.51, Rivenbark, B.M.
03/04/98 Exchange of Fish for Tournament Raffle Tickets is a Sale Requiring an Endorsement to Sell Fish 113-130, 113-154.1, Pate, Preston
03/04/98 Public Records; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Conciliation Agreement with Sheriff 132-1, 132-1.3, Revelle, Charles
02/25/98 Application of the NC Environmental Policy Act to Development of Fishery Management Plans 113A-1, 113A-13, 113A-4, 133-182.1, Pate, Preston
02/20/98 Residency Requirements for Sheriff 162-2, 163-22, Poole, John
02/20/98 Funding of EIS Preparation by the Clean Water Management Trust Fund 113-145.1, 113-145.3, 113A-1, 113A-13, 113A-4, McNaught, David
02/12/98 State Personnel Act; Application of the Veteran’s Preference 126-4, 126-82, Penny, Ronald
02/12/98 Charter Schools 115C-238.29F, 115C-238.29G, 115C-238.E, Gulley, Wib
02/11/98 State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors 89C-10, 89C-2, 89C-25, 89C-3, Carter, Jerry
02/11/98 North Carolina Seaward Boundary 141-6, Thompson, Gary
02/02/98 Inheritance Taxes; Equitable Adoption; Qualification as a Class A Beneficiary 105-4, Pomeranz, Nancy
01/20/98 Use of Navigable-in-Fact Streams without Consent of Riparian Owners 1-45.1, Whisnant, Richard
01/20/98 Community Colleges; Authority to Enter into Lease Purchase and Installment Purchase Contracts N/A Lancaster, H. Martin
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