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The North Carolina chapter of the American Planning Association proposed reforms which were adopted in 2005. [2] The purpose of these reforms was to simplify, modernize, and make technical changes to the existing land use and planning laws. [2] The reform bills were sponsored by state Senator Daniel G. Clodfelter and Representative Lucy T ...
Expedited Removal of Unauthorized Persons, or House Bill 96, has a companion in Senate Bill 71. The House version is with Bill provides avenue to immediately remove North Carolina squatters
North Carolina is a Dillon's rule state, [41] and municipalities are only able to exercise the authority that the General Assembly or state constitution explicitly gives them. [33] All municipalities in North Carolina operate under either mayor-council governments or council-manager government , [ 33 ] with most using the latter. [ 32 ]
Carcaño v. Cooper is a landmark legal case challenging the constitutionality of North Carolina's House Bill 2 (HB 2) and its replacement, House Bill 142 (HB 142). The case, originally filed in March 2016 by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Lambda Legal, sought to overturn the provisions of HB 2, which required individuals to use public bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their ...
The North Carolina General Assembly 2017–18 was the 153rd State legislature that first convened on January 11, 2017. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected on November 7, 2016. This legislature was in session from January 11, 2017, through June 30, 2017.
The state Senate passed the new masking bill — negotiated by both chambers to remedy concerns on the removal of a pandemic-era health exemption — in a 28-0 vote that Senate Democrats were ...
North Carolina is one of eight states with a citizen-only voting amendment on the ballot this election. Misinformation about the ballot measure to amend the North Carolina state constitution has ...
The constitution of North Carolina vests the state's legislative power in the General Assembly; [99] the General Assembly writes state laws/statutes. [77] [76] Legislation in North Carolina can either be in the form of general laws or special/local laws. General laws apply to the entire state, while local laws apply only to specific counties or ...