NC General Assembly 06-16-2011 Legislative Calendar Links to Bills and Live Audio Feeds

**Budget Note** Yesterday, the NC Senate voted to override the veto issued by the Governor of North Carolina, as had the NC House, and HB200 became law. I have embedded it below for you to read or download. 


Learn more about the Governor's Veto, the NC House Vote to Override Veto (73-46) and the NC Senate Vote to Override Veto. (31-19)


H200v9 2011-2012 Budget for North Carolina (right click to download)

Now, on to today's legislative calendar:



The North Carolina General Assembly is currently preparing to recess until the middle of July and here is the schedule for today. There are no committees meeting today, only sessions of the NC Senate and the NC House are currently scheduled after a Press Conference by the leaders of the NC House and NC Senate. 

If you cannot listen to these meetings live, check back later to see if I have. If I have, I'll post the audio (and a download link) for the meeting in the calendar. You can also follow what is happening in the NC General Assembly by keeping an eye on the hashtag #ncga on Twitter.

If I haven't been able to listen, please check with Voter Radio. You should already be subscribing to their podcasts anyway. I do. ʘ‿ʘ


Link for audio webcasts by room. The old linking system no longer works.

9:00 AM	Sen. P. Berger & Speaker Tillis	Press Room LB
10:00 AM	Session Convenes (House) Link to PDF of Calendar	House
10:00 AM	Session Convenes (Senate) Link to PDF of Calendar	Senate

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NC General Assembly 06-15-2011 Legislative Calendar Links to Bills and Live Audio Feeds

Early this morning, the NC House voted 73-46 to override the Governor's veto of the state budget. All five conservative Democrats who previously voted to pass the bi-partisan budget reaffirmed their vote early this morning. The bill now goes to the NC Senate, where there is also a veto-proof majority for this bill. [See history of votes on the bill] Here is a short video from WRAL of that after-midnight vote:




See more from WRAL regarding the veto override.
See the full status history of the Appropriations Act of 2011.
Download a PDF or read an HTML version.


Now, on to today's legislative calendar:




The North Carolina General Assembly is currently in session and here is the schedule for today. There are lots of committees meeting today, and there are sessions of the NC Senate and the NC House scheduled also. I have included links to bill histories, downloadable PDFs of the current versions of bills and links so that you can listen to the audio feed of these meetings live...provided they are taking place in a room that is wired for audio streaming to the Internet. 

If you cannot listen to these meetings live, check back later to see if I have. If I have, I'll post the audio (and a download link) for the meeting in the calendar. You can also follow what is happening in the NC General Assembly by keeping an eye on the hashtag #ncga on Twitter.

If I haven't been able to listen, please check with Voter Radio. You should already besubscribing to their podcasts anyway. I do. ʘ‿ʘ


Link for audio webcasts by room. The old linking system no longer works.

12:05 AM	Session Convenes (House) Link to PDF of Calendar  The NC House has recessed until 1.30pm this afternoon.	House
7:30 AM	Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate) Stop Methamphetamine Labs. (H12) ETJ Restrictions. (H281) Continue P3 Study. (H320) LRC Study Auto Renewal Credit Card Contracts. (H450) Streamline Oversight/DHHS Service Providers. (H618) Atty Fees/City or County Action Outside Auth. (H687) Study Property Tax Valuation Process. (H796) Zoning/Temp. Family Health Care Structures. (H887) Butner Fire & Police District Modifications. (H895) School & Teacher Paperwork Reduction Act. (H720) Abortion-Woman's Right to Know Act. (H854)	1027 LB
7:30 AM	Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate) Additional Bills for the 1st Committee Notice Roanoke Rapids Deannexation. (H367) Household Goods Carriers/ID Markings. (H311) Establish Pharmacy Audit Rights. (H644) Study Consolidation of DV Commission/CFW. (H757)	1027 LB
8:30 AM	Appropriations/Base Budget (Senate) Restore Confidence in Government. (H351)	1027 LB
9:00 AM	House Select Committee on Tort Reform--CANCELLED (House) Please note location of this meeting. Civil Pro./Require Certificate of Merit. (S435)	605 LOB
9:00 - 11:00 AM	Redistricting (House) The introduction of testimony and documentation for the official record of the committee will be considered.	643 LOB
9:00 - 11:00 AM	Joint Legislative Committee on Redistricting	643 LOB
10:00 AM	Judiciary Subcommittee A (House) 911 Call Transcripts. (S98) Revise Probate Code. (S432) Miscellaneous Service/Process Amendments. (S300) Trusts and Estate Planning Changes. (S407) Directed Trustee and Trust Protector. (S434) AOC Omnibus Courts Act. (S580) Amend Article 13 of Business Corporation Act. (S457) Memo of Contract/Deeds & Deeds of Trust. (S519) Landlord/State Bar Notice of Lease Default. (S488) Cancel Aircraft Lien W/ Surety Bond Deposit. (S364) Allow Attorneys' Fees in Business Contracts. (S414) Motion Hearings in Multicounty Dist./RCP 7. (S586)	1327 LB
10:00 AM	Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Alcoholic Beverage Control (House) ABC Law/Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. (S324)	425 LOB
10:00 AM	Session Convenes (Senate) Link to PDF of Calendar	Senate
10:00 AM	Commerce and Job Development Subcommittee on Business and Labor (House)	544 LOB
11:00 AM	Judiciary Subcommittee B (House) Modify Graduated Licensing Requirements. (S636) Post-Release Supervision/Sex Offenders. (S684) Assault on Law Enforcement & EM Worker/Felony. (S762)	421 LOB
12:00 NOON	Transportation (House) ATV & Motorcycles Off-Road Fund. (H882)	643 LOB
12:30 PM	Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House (House)	1228/1327
1:00 PM	Finance (Senate) Electronic Monitoring Fee. (H662) Expand Duties of Economic Dev. Oversight Comm. (H24) Authorize Various Special Plates. (H289) Housing Authority/Collect Unpaid Rent. (H339) Roanoke Rapids Deannexation. (H367) Register of Deeds/Fees. (H384) Guilford Tech. May Lease Property. (H409) Extend Time For Site Of Low/Mod. Inc. Housing. (H417) Allow Salary Protection Insurance. (H453) Modify Mecklenburg County Local Taxes. (H508) Rendering Act Amendments. (H512) Raleigh/Wake Forest Boundary. (H573) Authorize Add'l Person County Occupancy Tax. (H518) Naturopathic Licensing Act. (S467) Tax Deduction for Sharing Health Care Costs. (S682)	544 LOB

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Macon County Commissioners 06-14-2011 Live Coverage Starts at 6pm

**5.41pm** I'm trying out a live video feed again, to see if the WiFi downtown has improved enough to support it. 






**4.23pm** I've embedded the final draft of the Macon county Comprehensive Plan below the agenda for tonight's meeting. Commissioners will be voting on it tonight.





The Macon County Commissioners will be meeting tonight at 6pm and I'll be there, covering the meeting on Twitter using the hashtag #MaconGov. A widget for following those tweets is below, and below that is the agenda for tonight's meeting:

MACON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
June 14, 2011 - 6 P.M.
AGENDA

1. Call to order and welcome by Chairman McClellan

2. Announcements

3. Invocation

4. Pledge of Allegiance

5. Public Hearing: 6:10 p.m. - Public Road Hearing - Attachment #5

6. Public Comment Period

7. Adjustments to and approval of the agenda

8. Reports/Presentations:

9. Old Business:

• Macon County Comprehensive Plan - Attachment 9A
• Resolution Supporting a Request for an Adjusted Need Determination to Develop an End Stage Renal Disease Treatment Center in Macon County, North Carolina - Attachment 9B

10. New Business:

• Approval of new public and private road names - Attachment 10A
• Health Center billing and collection polices and fee schedules - Attachments 10B(1), 10B(2) and 10B(3)
• Resolution opposing Senate Bill 517 - Attachment 10C
• Riverbend/Swiss Colony Water Improvements - Attachments 10D(1) and 10D(2)

11. Consent Agenda - Attachment #11
All items below are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. No separate discussion will be held except on request of a member of the Board of Commissioners.

• Minutes - Attachment #11A
• Budget revisions - Attachment #11B
• Tax releases - Attachment #11C
• Franklin Fireworks - Attachment #11D
• E. Authorization to contract regarding recycling of fluorescent bulbs - Attachment #11E

12. Appointments - Attachment #12

13. Discussion regarding proposed FY 2011-12 budget - Attachment #13

14. Closed session - Attachment #14

• Property acquisition
• Personnel

15. Recess until June 21, 2011 at 6 p.m. 

Comprehensive Plan Final Draft

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NC General Assembly 06-14-2011 Legislative Calendar Links to Bills and Live Audio Feeds

The North Carolina General Assembly is currently in session and here is the schedule for today. There are lots of committees meeting today, and there are sessions of the NC Senate and the NC House scheduled also. I have included links to bill histories, downloadable PDFs of the current versions of bills and links so that you can listen to the audio feed of these meetings live...provided they are taking place in a room that is wired for audio streaming to the Internet. To assist you in keeping up with history the passage of the Appropriations Act of 2011 (HB 200), click here. To read more about the Governor's veto, click here. The NC House has scheduled a vote to override the veto on June 15th.

If you cannot listen to these meetings live, check back later to see if I have. If I have, I'll post the audio (and a download link) for the meeting in the calendar. You can also follow what is happening in the NC General Assembly by keeping an eye on the hashtag #ncga on Twitter.

If I haven't been able to listen, please check with Voter Radio. You should already besubscribing to their podcasts anyway. I do. ʘ‿ʘ


Link for audio webcasts by room. The old linking system no longer works.

12:00 NOON-2:00 PM	State and Local Government (Senate) Wilmington Civil Service Board. (S319) Winston-Salem/Council Meetings. (H170) Local Development for Winston-Salem. (H207) Acquiring by Right-Condemnation of Property. (H208) Town of Cramerton/Regulate Utility Vehicles. (H212) Wake Local Energy Efficiency. (H266) Wayne Sheriff Vacancies. (H328) Apex/Cary Annexation Into Chatham Restricted. (H358) Wilmington/Contributing Structures. (H403) Pinebluff/Preserve Land for Parks. (H410) Iredell Correctional Facility/DOT Storage. (H411) Oak Island/Wheel Locks. (H420) Mount Airy Charter Amendments. (H516) Forsyth/Winston-Salem Zoning Amendments. (H558) Guilford Board of Cty Comm. Districts. (H467) Rockingham/Taking of Foxes. (H463) CHANGE Winston-Salem/Forsyth Election Method. (H523) Burke School Board Recall. (H338) Wake School Board Presiding Officer Voting. (H498) Tryon Deannexation. (H486) Belhaven Recall Elections. (H291) Reidsville Elections. (H510) Expand Joyce Creek District Board. (H416) Pasquotank Hunting. (H362) Clarify Development Moratoria Authority. (H332) Columbia Municipal Early Voting. (H360)	1124 LB
8:00 AM	Finance -- CORRECTED (House) Amend Locksmith Licensing Act/Increase Fees. (H889) Increase Criminal Court Costs/Victim's Comp. (H911) Increase In Rem Foreclosure Fee. (S537) Clarify Mill Machinery Privilege Tax. (H751) Incorporate Castle Hayne. (S237) Increase Charitable Contribution Deduction. (H886) Conservation Easements Stewardship Funds. (S309) ESC/Jobs Reform. (S532) Small Business Assistance Records. (S385) Ignition Interlock Systems/Record Checks. (H761) Encourage Invest to Retain Art 3A Installment. (S345) Global TransPark Gov. Reform & Loan Repayment. (S409) Rewrite Landscape Contractor Laws. (S447)	544 LOB
8:30 AM	Government -- CORRECTED (House) Parmele Town Board Size. (S39) Municipal Systems. (S320) Out-of-State Law Enforcement/Special Events. (S600) Clarify Use of Position. (S620) Harkers Island Sanitary District Elections. (S250) Haywood Community College Leases. (S227) Greensboro Rental Property Utility Liens. (S177) Norwood Water Lines. (S472) Prohibit Involuntary Annexation of Farms. (S530)	643 LOB
8:30 AM	Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate) Lincoln School Board Districts. (H536) Continue P3 Study. (H320) Extend Time For Site Of Low/Mod. Inc. Housing. (H417) Mountain Resources Comm'n/Staggered Terms. (H567)	1027 LB
9:00 AM	Health Care (Senate) Naturopathic Licensing Act. (S467) Nursing Homes/Food Services Inspections. (H622) Model Healthcare-Associated Infections Law. (H809)	1124 LB
9:00 AM	Sen. P. Berger & Speaker Tillis	Press Room LB
9:30-11:00 AM	Judiciary I (Senate) Restore Confidence in Government. (H351)	1027 LB
10:00 AM	Education (House) Regional Schools. (S125) Convey Blue Ridge Corr. Fac to Mayland CC. (S159) Public-Private Partnership for Schools. (S243) Extend Small Business Center Incubator Period. (S287) Educ. Oversight Comm. Study of Teacher Tenure. (S423) Modify Teacher Career Status Law. (S466) Testing in the Public Schools. (S479) Modify Law Re: Corporal Punishment. (S498) UNC/Cherokee Language Credit. (S631) Modify Regulation of Proprietary Schools. (S685) Multiple Birth Sibling Classroom Placement. (S726)	643 LOB
10:00 AM	Session Convenes (Senate) Download PDF of calendar	Senate
10:00 AM	Judiciary II (Senate) Motorcycle Safety Act. (H113) Checking Station Pattern Selection. (H381) Expand Access/Death Certificate/Adult Adoptee (for discussion only) (H846) Amend Various Gun Laws/Castle Doctrine. (H650) Capital Procedure/Severe Mental Disability. (H659) Handgun Permit Valid in Parks & Restaurants (for discussion only) (H111)	1124 LB
10:00 AM	Health and Human Services -- CORRECTED (House) This meeting is scheduled to last two hours. Expand Pharmacists' Immunizing Authority. (S246) Facilitate Statewide Health Info. Exchange. (S375) Local Human Services Administration. (S433) Task Force on Fraud Against Older Adults. (S449) Enact First Evaluation Program. (S437) Extend Reporting on Baby Boomer Preparations. (S451) Medicaid and Health Choice Provider Req. (S496) Facilitate Transfer SPH Beds Com. Facility. (S578) Conform Medical Record Laws. (S607) DSS Adoption Assistance Agreements Binding. (S644) Facilitate Locum Tenens Physicians. (S609) Revise Membership/Hearing Aid Fitters Board. (S670) Encourage Volunteer Health Care Providers. (S743) Birth Certificate/Stillborn Infants. (S770)	1228/1327
10:00 AM	Judiciary Subcommittee C (House) Disputed Earnest Money/Attorneys Deposit. (S487) Set Aside Child Supp./Limited Circumstances. (S203) Amend Bail Law/Pretrial Release Programs. (S756) Pretrial Release Violation/Arrest. (S311)	1425 LB
10:00 AM	Commerce and Job Development/Business and Labor Subcommittee (House)	544 LOB
10:00 AM	Sen. Kinnaird	Press Room LB
11:00 AM	Commerce (Senate) Employers/Gov. Contractors Must Use E-Verify. (H36) Electric Cities/Uses of Rate Revenue. (H117) Commercial Real Estate Broker Lien Act. (H174) Real Estate License Law Amendments.-AB (H386) Transfer Emergency Foreclosure Program to HFA. (H484) NC Energy Independence Study. (H585) Improve Enforcement/General Contractor Laws. (H648) Homeowner/Homebuyer Protection Act. (H654) Payable on Death Accounts. (H686) Zoning St. of Limit./Ag. Dist. Change. (H806)	1027 LB
11:00 AM	Agriculture/Environment/Natural Resources (Senate) Voluntary Agriculture Districts. (H406) Bldg. Codes/Expand Equine Exemption. (H329) Amend Environmental Laws 2011. (H119) Exempt CCPCUA from IBT Requirements. (H643) Norwood Water Lines. (H482)	544 LOB
11:30 AM	Transportation (Senate) Rural Operating Assistance Program Changes. (H229) Withdrawing Public Use Dedication. (H507) CDL/HAZMAT Endorsement Expiration. (H661)	414 LOB
12:00 PM	Judiciary Subcommittee B (House) AOC Collection Assistance Fee. (S131) Allow Juvenile Record/Risk Determination/Bond. (S135) Detention Facility Requirements. (S143) Pretrial Release Violation/Arrest. (S311) Clarify Process/Reportable Offenses in Sch. (S394) Expunge Nonviolent Offense by Minor. (S397) Ordinance first reading vote. (S413) Modify Graduated Licensing Requirements. (S636) Post-Release Supervision/Sex Offenders. (S684)	415 LOB
12:00 PM	Sen. Nesbitt	Press Room LB
12:00 NOON	Pensions & Retirement and Aging (Senate) Retirement Technical Corrections.-AB (H376) Remove Restriction/LEO Disability Benefits. (H538) Johnston Memorial Hospital Not in LGERS. (H804) State Pension Plan Solvency Reform Act. (H927)	1027 LB
12:00 NOON	Transportation -- CORRECTED (House) DOT Bid Responses Not Public/Contract Awarded. (S750) Modify Weight Limits for Farm Operations. (S749) Clarify Motor Vehicle Laws. (S581) Amend Weight Limits for Farm Products. (S461) Real ID Compliance/Limited Duration Licenses. (S303) Commercial and Other M/V Law Changes.-AB (S271) Transportation Map Corridors/Condemnation. (S214) Roadside Campaign Signs. (S315) Single Trip Permits/Modular Homes. (S771)	643 LOB
1:00 PM	Insurance (House) Director and Officer Insurance for Treasurer. (S702)	1327 LB
1:00 PM	Agriculture (House) ETJ/Definition of Bona Fide Farm Purposes. (S380) Clarify Ag Development/Preservation in DACS. (S499) Sedimentation Pollution Control Act Exemption. (S491) REPS Credits at Cleanfields Parks. (S484)	643 LOB
1:00 PM	Finance (Senate) Personnel Records Technical Changes. (S554) Kinston Annexation Repealed. (H5) Rocky Mount Annexations Repealed. (H56) Farms Exempt from City Annexation/ETJ/Zoning. (H168) Authorize Various Special Plates. (H289) Housing Authority/Collect Unpaid Rent. (H339) Roanoke Rapids Deannexation. (H367) Register of Deeds/Fees. (H384) Guilford Tech. May Lease Property. (H409) Extend Time For Site Of Low/Mod. Inc. Housing. (H417) Rendering Act Amendments. (H512) Raleigh/Wake Forest Boundary. (H573) Electronic Monitoring Fee. (H662) Annexation Reform Act of 2011. (H845)	544 LOB
2:00 PM	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House) Honor John McNeill Smith, Jr. (S5) Clarify Permit Req. Collection Agency E'ee. (S63) State Mineral is Gold. (S129) Wake Commissioners Districting/Vacancies. (S151) No Benefits for Illegal Aliens. (S205) Adopt Official State Sport. (S322) Required Withholding For Nonresidents. (S382) School Buses/State Vehicles/Tires. (S416) License Plate Agency Contracts. (S661) Swine and Poultry Waste RECs. (S710) Confidentiality/Investigative Info/Optometry. (S349)	1327 LB
2:00 PM	Appropriations/Base Budget (Senate) Tax Credits for Children with Disabilities. (H344) Justice Reinvestment Act. (H642)	643 LOB
4:00 PM	Legislative Committee on New Licensing Boards Community Association Managers Licensing Act (S373)	422 LOB
7:00 PM	Session Convenes (House) Download PDF of calendar	House

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