GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 291

Short Title:  Chief of Militia Powers/AB.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Baddour; and Sexton (Primary Sponsors).

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Referred to:  Ways and Means.

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March 4, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL POWER TO THE GOVERNOR AS THE CHIEF OF THE STATE'S MILITIA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 127A-16 reads as rewritten:
"§ 127A-16. Governor as commander in chief.
(a)	The Governor shall be commander in chief of the militia and shall have power to call out the militia to execute the laws, secure the safety of persons and property, suppress riots or insurrections, repel invasions and provide disaster relief.
(b)	The Governor shall have the additional power, subject to the availability of funding, to place individuals, units, or parts of units of the North Carolina National Guard in a State Active Duty status to assist with the planning, support, and execution of special events having a statewide public interest.  Examples of such special statewide public interest events include State inaugural activities and State, national, and international olympic events."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.