GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 290

HOUSE BILL 303

 

AN ACT TO RESTORE TO THE GOVERNOR POWER TO PREPARE AND ADMINISTER THE BUDGETS OF THE STATE TREASURER, STATE AUDITOR, AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE COURTS, AND CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The last paragraph of G.S. 143-2 is repealed.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143-3.2 is amended by deleting "provided that the State Auditor, State Treasurer, and Administrative Officer of the Courts shall have the exclusive authority to issue all warrants for the operation of their respective department and such warrants shall be paid by the State Treasurer from the appropriations provided therefor; and provided further," and substituting "provided".

Sec. 3.  The ninth paragraph of G.S. 143-4 is repealed.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 143-23.1 is repealed.

Sec. 5.  The fourth sentence of G.S. 143-25 is rewritten to read:

"The Director of the Budget, after consultation with the Advisory Budget Commission, may reduce all of said appropriations pro rata when necessary to prevent an overdraft or deficit to the fiscal period for which such appropriations are made."

Sec. 6.  The last sentence of G.S. 143-28 is repealed.

Sec. 7.  The last paragraph of G.S. 143-12 is amended by deleting "and shall cause to be submitted therewith such statements of disagreement, and the particulars thereof as the Commission or any of its members," and substituting "and the Commission or any of its members retain the right to submit separately to the General Assembly such statement of disagreement and the particulars thereof as they".

Sec. 8. G.S. 143-23(b) is repealed.

Sec. 9.  G.S. 120-121 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(d)      Nothing in this section or any other statute precludes any member of the General Assembly from proposing an amendment to any bill making an appointment to a board or commission, or from introducing a bill to make an appointment to a board or commission, where an appointment by the General Assembly is authorized by law."

Sec. 10.  Sections 1 through 8 of this act shall become effective July 1, 1985.  The remainder of this act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of May, 1985.