Bill Text: NC S10 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Government Reorganization and Efficiency Act
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-07-24 - Conferees Changed [S10 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-S10-Introduced.html
FILED SENATE Jan 30, 2013 S.B. 10 PRINCIPAL CLERK
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
S D
SENATE DRS85013-MC-28A (01/29)
Short Title: Eliminate Obsolete Boards and Commissions. |
(Public) |
|
Sponsors: |
Senators Apodaca, Hunt, and Rabon (Primary Sponsors). |
|
Referred to: |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to eliminate obsolete boards and commissions.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
PART I. REPEAL THE SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR ACT AND THE SMALL BUSINESS CONTRACTOR AUTHORITY
SECTION 1. Part 20 of Article 10 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is repealed.
PART II. PROVIDE THAT THE COMMITTEE ON DROPOUT PREVENTION SHALL TERMINATE ON JULY 1, 2013
SECTION 2. Section 7.32(e) of S.L. 2007‑323, as rewritten by Section 7.14(a) of S.L. 2008‑107 and Section 7.19(e) of S.L. 2010‑31, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 7.32.(e) Report. – The Committee shall report to the Joint Legislative Commission on Dropout Prevention and High School Graduation created in subsection (f) of this section by December 1, 2007, on the grants awarded under subsection (d) of this section. The Committee shall terminate July 1, 2013."
PART III. ELIMINATE THE STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION ESTABLISHED IN CHAPTER 116C OF THE GENERAL STATUTES
SECTION 3.(a) G.S. 116C‑1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116C‑1. Education Cabinet created.
(a) The Education Cabinet is created. The Education Cabinet shall be located administratively within, and shall exercise its powers within existing resources of, the Office of the Governor. However, the Education Cabinet shall exercise its statutory powers independently of the Office of the Governor.
(b) The Education Cabinet shall consist of the Governor, who shall serve as chair, the President of The University of North Carolina, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Chairman of the State Board of Education, the President of the North Carolina Community Colleges System, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the President of the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities. The Education Cabinet may invite other representatives of education to participate in its deliberations as adjunct members.
(c) The Education Cabinet shall be a nonvoting body that:
(1) Works to resolve issues between existing providers of education.
(2) Sets the agenda for the State Education
Commission.
(3) Develops a strategic design for a continuum of education programs, in accordance with G.S. 116C‑3.
(4) Studies other issues referred to it by the Governor or the General Assembly.
(d) The Office of the Governor, in coordination with the staffs of The University of North Carolina, the North Carolina Community College System, and the Department of Public Instruction, shall provide staff to the Education Cabinet."
SECTION 3.(b) G.S. 116C‑2 is repealed.
PART IV. ELIMINATE THE STATE EDUCATION COMMISSION ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE 26 OF CHAPTER 143 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES
SECTION 4. Article 26 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is repealed.
PART V. PROVIDE THAT THE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA DESIGNATION COMMISSION SHALL TERMINATE JULY 1, 2013
SECTION 5. Section 18.10 of S.L. 2001‑491 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 18.10. Notwithstanding G.S. 158‑8.1, the Western North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission shall develop a regional heritage tourism plan and shall present the plan to the 2002 Regular Session of the 2001 General Assembly no later than May 1, 2002. The National Heritage Area Designation Commission created pursuant to Section 18.4 of this act shall terminate July 1, 2013."
PART VI. REPEAL THE GOVERNOR'S MANAGEMENT COUNCIL
SECTION 6. Part 24 of Article 9 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes is repealed.
PART VII. REPEAL THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR NURSING
SECTION 7. G.S. 90‑171.71 is repealed.
PART VIII. REPEAL THE BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
SECTION 8.(a) G.S. 143B‑711 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑711. Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public Safety – organization.
The Division of Adult Correction of the Department of Public
Safety shall be organized initially to include the Post‑Release
Supervision and Parole Commission, the Board of Correction,the Section
of Prisons of the Division of Adult Correction, the Section of Community
Corrections, the Section of Alcoholism and Chemical Dependency Treatment
Programs, and such other divisions as may be established under the provisions
of the Executive Organization Act of 1973."
SECTION 8.(b) G.S. 143B‑715 is repealed.
PART IX. EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 9. This act is effective when it becomes law.