GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

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HOUSE BILL 671

Short Title:  Legislator Guides.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Eddins.

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Referred to:  Ways and Means, if favorable, Appropriations.

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March 29, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMISSION TO CREATE A PROGRAM BY WHICH VOLUNTEER LEGISLATORS WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE STATE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING BETWEEN LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS TO TALK TO GROUPS TOURING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THAT PURPOSE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 120-32 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(14)	Establish a program by which, when the General Assembly is not in regular or extra session, one volunteer member of the General Assembly will be available on each nonholiday weekday to greet and address groups touring the General Assembly.  Legislators performing this task shall be paid the travel and subsistence allowances allowed under G.S. 120-3.1(a)(2) and (3)."
Section 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Legislative Services Commission twenty-four thousand dollars ($24,000) for the 1999-2000 fiscal year for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this act. 
Section 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1999.