GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-442
HOUSE BILL 291

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE GOVERNOR SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO PLACE INDIVIDUALS AND UNITS OR PARTS OF UNITS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD TO ASSIST WITH STATE INAUGURAL ACTIVITIES.

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 activities connected with the swearing in and installation of the Governor and other members of the Council of State."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of July, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 9:58 p.m. this 10th day of August, 1999