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Date Title Statute Requestor
08/01/95 School Merger Agreement; Powers of Interim Board 115C-67, Ridge, Paul
08/01/95 Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission; Armed Robbery; Aggregation of Sentences 14-87, 15A-1354, Boyd, Sam
07/25/95 Authority of the Parole Commission to Impose or Attach Conditions to Mandatory Reentry Paroles; 15A-1374, 15A-1380.2, Mann, Charles
07/24/95 Release of Juvenile Education Records 115C-114, 134A-2, 134A-20, 7A-517, 7A-573, 7A-574, 7A-611, 7A-652, Britt, C. Robin
07/12/95 Inventory of Safe Deposit Boxes 105-24, 7A-102, Kennedy, John
07/12/95 Student Assignment 115C-366, 115C-369, Teddy, David
06/29/95 Proposed CollegeVision Fund 116-201, 116-202, 116-209.12, 116-209.24, 116-209.25, 147-68, 147-69.2, 147-69.3, 36A-2, Broadway, Stan
06/23/95 Private Operation of County Jails 153-217, 153A-216, 153A-217, 153A-219, 153A-221, 153A-449, 162-22, 162-24, 17C-2, Baker, John
06/22/95 Ability to Challenge Decisions of the Environmental Management Commission 143-215.22I, 150B-1, 150B-2, 150B-23, Morris, John
06/19/95 Municipal Corporations/Right to Construct Docks or Piers at Dedicated Street Ends N/A Hollowell, Ben
06/19/95 Creation of Physician Hospital Organizations by Municipal Hospitals 131E, 131E-12, 131E-23, 131E-5, 131E-7, 159-30, Huffistetler, Noah
06/13/95 Closure of Shad Season 113-132, 113-136, 113-182, 143B-289.11, 150B-21.1, Freeman, Doug
06/09/95 Authority of the General Assembly to Provide Relief to Federal Pensioners N/A Cohen, Gerry
06/07/95 Constitutionality; Attorneys and the Practice of Law 84-28, Daughtry, N. Leo
05/30/95 Marina Easements; Submerged Lands 113-202.1, Ware, Norma
05/23/95 Department of Cultural Resources; U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission 121-11, 143B-49, 143B-73, Scheu, Capt. D.R.
05/22/95 Confidentiality of Letters from Internal Affairs Department 132-6, 160A-168, Burns, Keith
05/20/95 Bonds and Other Evidences of Debt 122A-19, 131A-21, 131E-28, 143B-456, Kerr, John
05/16/95 Trust Assets 32-2, 53-101, 53-117, 53-122, 53-159.1, 53-17, 53-2, 53-43, Lingerfelt, Hal
05/08/95 Crime Victims Compensation; Collateral Source; Under-Insured or Uninsured Coverage 15B-11, 15B-2, 20-279.21, 20-4.01, Eichelberger, Gary
05/01/95 Assign State Board of Education’s Constitutional Powers to Independent Body 115C-295.1, Robinson, Jay
04/20/95 Access To Records By Social Services Board 108A-11, 108A-80, 108A-9, 7A, 7A-675, FitzGerald, Kevin
04/18/95 Where Home Health Providers May Serve Patients 131E-175, 131E-176, 131E-177, 131E-178, 131E-183, 75-1, Britt, C. Robin
04/07/95 Effect of North Carolina’s Withdrawal from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 113-252, Preston, Jean
03/20/95 EMC “Wetlands” Rulemaking Authority 143-212, 143-214.1, 143-215.3, Whisnant, Richard
03/14/95 Whether Substance Abuse Is Included In Definition of Handicapped Person 168-1, 168-10, 168-21, 168-8, 168-9, Britt, C. Robin
03/07/95 Fishery Resource Grants Program 14-234, Lucas, Robert
03/02/95 Tarboro Zoning Ordinance 160A-381, 160A-383, Brinson, Z. Creighton
02/16/95 Takings Implications of Proposed Wetlands Rules N/A Perdue, Beverly
02/13/95 Open Meetings Law; Closed Meetings to Discuss Acquisition of Land for Industrial Park 132-6, 143-318.10, 143-318.11, Holshouser, John
02/10/95 Tree Cutting in Front of Billboards 113A-129.1, 12-3.1, 136-126, 136-127, 136-93, 146-11, 146-12, 146-13, 150B-19, Colton, Marie
02/10/95 Defense Bonds in Land Repossession Actions; Summary Ejectment 1-111, 42-26, 42-30, 42-31, 42-34, 7A-214, 7A-218, 7A-219, 7A-220, 7A-223, Hampton, Thurman
02/09/95 Authority to require that the Governor consult with the Commission 143-4, Dorman, Marvin
02/03/95 North Carolina Educational Assistance Authority Proposed College Vision Fund 116-201, 116-204, 116-209, 116-209.3, 143-1, 147-69.2, 58-1-10, 84-23.1, Broadway, Stan
02/02/95 Authority to Adopt a Rule Limiting the Introduction of Bills N/A Gamble, John
01/27/95 Appointment of County Manager to Property Tax Commission; Conflict of Interest; Dual Office Holding 105-288, 105-290, 128-1.1, 14-234, 153A-82, Basnight, Marc
01/26/95 Authority of the State Controller to Coordinate All Telecommunications Matters 143-341, 143-49, 143-50, 143B-426.35, 143B-426.39, 147-64.4, Pittman, William
01/25/95 Cost of Voter Registration Records 163-66, 163-82.10, Gilkeson, William
01/19/95 Legislator Serving on State Board of Education 128-1.1, Little, Teena
01/17/95 Voter Assistance by a Candidate 163-147, 163-152, 163-153, 163-42, 163-45, Gilkeson, William
01/05/95 Right to a Natural Death; Procedures for Natural Death in the Absence of a Declaration 90-21.12, 90-321, 90-322, Britt, C. Robin
12/21/94 Local Board of Education’s Authority to Recover Overpayment of Teacher Salary 115C-302, 115C-316, Shuford, Reginald
12/19/94 Residency Requirements for Members of the Coastal Resources Commission 113A-103, 113A-104, Basnight, Marc
12/14/94 Conflicting Definitions of Pyrotechnics in a State-Wide and a Local Act 14-410, 14-414, Sexton, Wayne
12/14/94 Collateralization of Deposit Accounts Public Authority 115C-444, 115D-58.7, 116-36, 117-29, 117-33, 147-69, 147-79, 159-30, 159-31, 159-7, 18B-702, Graham, William
12/08/94 Taxation of Nonresident Professional Athletes; Withholding upon Wages and Salaries 105-134, 105-152, 105-155, 105-163, 105-163.1, 105-163.2, 105-268.1, Faulkner, Janice
12/08/94 Forfeiture of Cash Bond; Clerk of Court to Report Convictions to Division of Motor Vehicles 109-25, 15A-531, 15A-534, 20-24, 20-24.1, 20-24.2, 20-4.01, 58-74-5, 7A-146, Brantley, David
11/28/94 Power of Board of County Commissioners to Rescind Merger Plan 115-25.1, 115C-67, 115C-68.1, Sharpe, Larry
11/22/94 Application of the North Carolina Environmental Policy Act to the Superintendent’s Responsibilities 113A-1, 113A-11, 113A-4, 113A-9, 115C-521, Jackson, Roger
11/02/94 Employee Selection of Chiropractic Treatment in Workers’ Compensation Claim 90-157.1, 97-1, 97-25, 97-7, Odum, Fountain
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