GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 8

Short Title:  Session Limits Implementing.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle; Ballance, Carter, Cooper, Dalton, Dannelly, Jordan, Kerr, Lee, Lucas, Martin of Pitt, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Plyler, Purcell, Rand, Reeves, Robinson, Soles, Warren, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II.

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January 28, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT AN ACT TO  AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO LIMIT THE LENGTH OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-11.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-11.1.  Time of meeting.
The regular session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be held biennially beginning at 12:00 noon on the first Monday in December next after their election."
Section 2.  G.S. 163-1 is amended in the table by rewriting the "DATE OF ELECTION"entries for State Senator to read: "Tuesday next after the first Monday in November 2002 and every four years thereafter".
Section 3.  G.S. 163-1 is further amended in the table by rewriting the "TERM OF OFFICE"entries for State Senator to read: "Four years".
Section 4.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall take effect only upon approval of the voters of the constitutional amendments set forth in Sections 1 through 5 of AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO LIMIT THE LENGTH OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.  If the constitutional amendments proposed in those sections are approved by the voters, Section 1 of this act becomes effective with respect to members of the General Assembly elected in 2000, and Sections 2 and 3 become effective with respect to Senators elected in 2002.
Section 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.