Bill Text: NC H120 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Chapel Hill Public Campaigns
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 29-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-30 - Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [H120 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-H120-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
H 1
HOUSE BILL 120
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Short Title: Public Municipal Campaigns. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Glazier, Goodwin, Harrison, Wilkins (Primary Sponsors); Adams, K. Alexander, M. Alexander, Blue, Brisson, Bryant, Carney, Cotham, Dickson, Faison, Farmer‑Butterfield, Fisher, Goforth, Hall, Harrell, Insko, Jones, Lucas, Luebke, Mackey, Martin, Pierce, Rapp, Ross, Underhill, Weiss, and Womble. |
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Referred to: |
Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Judiciary II. |
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February 11, 2009
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish a pilot program for public financing of municipal election campaigns.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 160A‑499.1, as enacted by Section 2 of Session Law 2007‑222, reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑499.1. Uniform, nondiscriminatory program of public financing of election campaigns.
(a) A governing body of a city may appropriate funds for a public campaign financing program as defined in G.S. 163‑278.6(17a) for city office in that city's jurisdiction if the city has held at least one public hearing on the program before adopting it and the program is approved by the State Board of Elections. The State Board of Elections shall develop guidelines for the basic components needed in a program to meet the criteria set forth in G.S. 163‑278.6(17a) and shall approve a city's program that meets the criteria. Any city exercising authority under this section shall provide full notice to the county board of elections in any county in which it has territory.
(b) The governing body of a city appropriating funds
as provided by this section shall prepare a report no later than six months
after the second election in which it appropriates funds under this section
that analyzes its experience in implementing a public campaign financing
program by that date, including percent of candidates participating in a
program, sources and amounts of funding, litigation involving a program,
administrative issues, and recommendations for changes in this statute. The
report shall be presented by that date to the Joint Legislative Commission
on Governmental Operations, to the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative
Services Office, and to the committees in the House of Representatives and
Senate to which election‑related bills are primarily referred.State
Board of Elections."
SECTION 2. Sections 3 and 4 of Session Law 2007‑222 read as rewritten:
"SECTION 3. This act applies to the Town of
Chapel Hill only.and to other municipalities selected by the State
Board of Elections for participation in a pilot program for the public
financing of municipal campaigns. The State Board of Elections shall select for
the pilot program only municipalities whose governing boards have submitted
proposals that comply with the criteria of G.S. 160A‑499.1. In
selecting those municipalities, the State Board shall seek diversity of
population size, regional location, and demographic composition. The State Board
shall limit the number of municipalities selected according to its own
resources to administer the pilot program. The State Board of Elections shall closely
monitor the pilot program and report its findings and recommendations by June 30,
2016, to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, to the
Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Office, to the Joint
Legislative Elections Oversight Committee, and to the committees in the House
of Representatives and Senate to which election‑related bills are
primarily referred. The State Board shall provide interim reports to those same
entities by June 30, 2012, and June 30, 2014.
"SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes
law and expires July 1, 2012.2016."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
