120-31. Legislative Services Commission organization. (a) The Legislative Services Commission shall consist of the President pro tempore of the Senate or a Senator designated by the President Pro Tempore, four Senators appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a member of the House of Representatives […]
120-32. Commission duties. The Legislative Services Commission is authorized to: (1) Determine the number, titles, classification, functions, compensation, and other conditions of employment of the joint legislative service employees of the General Assembly, including but not limited to the following departments: a. Legislative Services Officer and personnel. b. Electronic document writing system. c. Proofreaders. d. […]
120-32.01. Information to be supplied. (a) Every State department, State agency, or State institution shall furnish the Legislative Services Office and the Legislative Analysis, Fiscal Research, and Legislative Drafting Divisions any information or records requested by them and access to any facilities and personnel requested by them. Except when accessibility is prohibited by a federal […]
120-32.02. Legislative commissions’ and committees’ employees and consultants. (a) In the construction of a statute creating, continuing, or modifying a commission or committee whose funds are appropriated or transferred to the General Assembly or to the Legislative Services Commission for disbursement, unless that construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly […]
120-32.03. Grants and contributions to legislative commissions and committees. (a) In the construction of a statute creating, continuing, or modifying a commission or committee whose funds are appropriated or transferred to the General Assembly or to the Legislative Services Commission for disbursement, unless that construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General […]
120-32.04. North Carolina Youth Legislative Assembly Fund. The North Carolina Youth Legislative Assembly Fund is created as a special and nonreverting fund. Conference registration fees, gifts, donations, or contributions to or for the North Carolina Youth Legislative Assembly (YLA) program shall be credited to the Fund. The Fund shall be used solely to support planning […]
120-32.1. Use and maintenance of buildings and grounds. (a) The Legislative Services Commission shall: (1) Establish policy for the use of the State legislative buildings and grounds. (2) Maintain and care for the State legislative buildings and grounds, but the Commission may delegate the actual work of the maintenance of those buildings and grounds to […]
120-32.1A. Evacuation of legislative buildings and grounds. The Chief of the General Assembly Police, or the Chief’s designee, shall exercise at all times those means that, in the opinion of the Chief, or the Chief’s designee, may be effective in protecting the State legislative buildings and grounds and the persons within those buildings and grounds […]
120-32.2. General Assembly Special Police. (a) All sworn members of the General Assembly Special Police employed by the Legislative Services Office are special police officers, and have all the powers of policemen of cities, within any of the following areas of jurisdiction, while on official duty: (1) Within those areas of the City of Raleigh […]
120-32.3. Oath of General Assembly Special Police officers. Before exercising the duties of a special police officer, each General Assembly Special Police officer shall take an oath before some officer empowered to administer oaths, and the oaths shall be filed with the Clerk of Superior Court of Wake County. The oath of office shall be […]
120-32.4. Subpoena and contempt powers. The provisions of G.S. 120-19.1 through 120-19.4 shall apply to the proceedings of the Legislative Services Commission as if it were a joint committee of the General Assembly. (1977, c. 344, s. 5.)
120-32.5. Leave for temporary employees. Temporary part-time or full-time employees of the General Assembly who have four years of aggregate employment with the General Assembly (temporary or permanent) shall receive the same holidays, vacation leave, and sick leave as permanent part-time or full-time employees of the General Assembly respectively, or as may be determined by […]
120-32.6. Certain employment authority. (a) Use of Private Counsel. – G.S. 114-2.3, 143C-6-9(b), and 147-17(a) through (c1) shall not apply to the General Assembly. (b) General Assembly Acting on Behalf of the State of North Carolina in Certain Actions. – Whenever the validity or constitutionality of an act of the General Assembly or a provision […]
120-33. Duties of enrolling clerk. (a) All bills passed by the General Assembly shall be enrolled for ratification under the supervision of the enrolling clerk. (b) Prior to enrolling any bill, the enrolling clerk shall substitute the corresponding Arabic numeral(s) for any date or section number of the General Statutes or of any act of […]
120-34. Printing of session laws; numbering of session laws. (a) The Legislative Services Commission shall publish all laws and joint resolutions passed at each session of the General Assembly and the executive orders of the Governor issued since the adjournment of the prior session of the General Assembly. The laws and joint resolutions shall be […]
120-35. Payment for expenses. Actual expenses for the joint operation of the General Assembly shall be paid by the State Treasurer upon authorization of the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Expenses for the operation of the Senate shall be paid upon authorization of the President pro […]
120-36. Legislative Services Officer of the General Assembly. (a) The Legislative Services Officer of the General Assembly shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Legislative Services Commission, and his compensation shall be fixed by the Legislative Services Commission. (b) The Legislative Services Officer of the General Assembly shall perform such duties […]
