GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
RATIFIED BILL
RESOLUTION 33
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
Section 1. When they adjourn on Thursday, August 28, 1997, the House of Representatives and the Senate shall adjourn to reconvene at noon on Monday, May 11, 1998. During that session only the following matters may be considered:
(1) Bills directly and primarily affecting the State budget for fiscal year 1998-99, provided that no such bill may be introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate after 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 28, 1998, and any such measure must have been submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 1998.
(2) Bills and resolutions introduced in 1997 and having passed third reading in 1997 in the house in which introduced, received in the other house in accordance with Senate Rule 41 or House Rule 31.1(d) as appropriate, and not disposed of in the other house by tabling, unfavorable committee report, indefinite postponement, or failure to pass any reading, and which do not violate the rules of either body.
(3) Bills and resolutions implementing the recommendations of:
a. Study commissions authorized or directed to report to the 1998 Session;
b. The House Ethics Committee; or
c. The Joint Legislative Ethics Committee or its Advisory Subcommittee.
Any bills authorized by this subdivision must be filed for introduction in the Senate or introduced in the House of Representatives no later than 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 21, 1998, and any such measure must have been submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. Thursday, May 14, 1998.
(4) Any local bill introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate by 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, 1998, and any such measure must have been submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 1996, and accompanied by a certificate signed by the principal sponsor stating that no public hearing will be required or asked for by a member on the bill, the bill is noncontroversial, and the bill is approved for introduction by each member of the House of Representatives and Senate whose district includes the area to which the bill applies.
(5) Selection, appointment, or confirmation of members of State boards and commissions as required by law, including the filling of vacancies of positions for which the appointees were elected by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, or President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
(6) Any matter authorized by joint resolution passed during the 1998 Session by two-thirds majority of the members of the House of Representatives present and voting and by two-thirds majority of the members of the Senate present and voting. A bill or resolution filed in either house under the provisions of this subdivision shall have a copy of the ratified enabling resolution attached to the jacket before filing for introduction in the Senate or introduction in the House of Representatives.
(7) Any bills primarily affecting any State or local pension or retirement system, introduced in the House of Representatives or filed for introduction in the Senate by 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, 1998, and any such measure must have been submitted to the Bill Drafting Division of the Legislative Services Office by 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 20, 1998.
(8) Joint resolutions, House resolutions, and Senate resolutions pertaining to Section 5(10) of Article III of the Constitution of North Carolina.
(9) A joint resolution adjourning the 1997 Regular Session, sine die on a date earlier than provided by Section 3 of this resolution.
(10) Bills to disapprove rules under G.S. 150B-21.3.
Section 2. The Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate may authorize appropriate committees or subcommittees of their respective houses to meet during the interim between sessions to:
(1) Review matters related to the State budget for the 1997-99 biennium,
(2) Prepare reports, including revised budgets, or
(3) Consider any other matters as the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate deems appropriate,
except that no committee or subcommittee of a house may consider, after the date of adjournment provided in Section 1 of this resolution and before the date of reconvening provided in Section 1 of this resolution, any bill, or proposed committee substitute for such bill, which originated in the other house. A conference committee may meet in the interim upon approval by the Speaker of the House of Representatives or the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
Section 3. This resolution is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of August, 1997.
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Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives