GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

SESSION LAW 2013-149

HOUSE BILL 892

AN ACT to amend the administrative procedure act to eliminate the requirement that an agency prepare a fiscal note when repealing a rule.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 150B-21.4 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(d) If an agency proposes the repeal of an existing rule, the agency is not required to prepare a fiscal note on the proposed rule change as provided by this section."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to all proposed rules published in the North Carolina Register on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13^th day of June, 2013.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Thom Tillis

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

                                                                    s/  Pat McCrory

                                                                         Governor

Approved 4:25 p.m. this 19^th day of June, 2013