Bill Summaries: S308 (2017-2018 Session)

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  • Summary date: Jan 11 2018 - View summary

    AN ACT TO APPOINT PERSONS TO VARIOUS PUBLIC OFFICES UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND TO CORRECT A TERM IN THE 2017 APPOINTMENTS BILL. Enacted January 10, 2018. Effective January 10, 2018.


  • Summary date: Jan 10 2018 - View summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Changes the long and short titles. Deletes all provisions of the previous edition and now makes the following appointments upon recommendation of the Speaker.

    Appoints Haywood Edwin White III to the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington for a term expiring on June 30, 2019, to fill the unexpired term of Christopher J. Leonard.

    Appoints Harvey "Keith" Purvis to the North Carolina Agriculture Finance Authority for a term expiring on June 30, 2019, to fill the unexpired term of Anthony L. Gordon.

    Appoints Heather S. VunCannon to the Charter School Advisory Board for a term expiring on June 30, 2019, to fill the unexpired term of Anthony Helton.

    Appoints Frank A. Stewart to the North Carolina State Ports Authority for a term expiring on June 30, 2018, to fill the unexpired term of Daniel L. Gurley.

    Appoints Susan D. Neeley to the North Carolina Institute of Medicine for a term expiring January 1, 2020, to fill the unexpired term of Kevin Sowers.

    Amends Section 2.2 of SL 2017-213, to change the expiration of the appointment of Bradford T. Smith to the Ferry Transportation Authority Board of Trustees from June 30, 2020, to June 30, 2018.


  • Summary date: Apr 4 2017 - View summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition:

    Amends the long title.

    Deletes the proposed provision in GS 15-1 tolling that statute of limitations during the time a misdemeanor is dismissed with leave.

    Deletes the proposed provision in GS 8C-1, Rule 702, requiring an expert witness on the issue of impairment to have administered a drug influence evaluation.


  • Summary date: Mar 16 2017 - View summary

    Amends GS 15-1. Tolls the statute of limitations for crimes of deceit and malicious mischief, and the crime of petit larceny where the value of the property does not exceed $5, and all misdemeanors except malicious misdemeanors, during the time a misdemeanor is dismissed with leave. Requires those same crimes to be charged (was, presented or found by the grand jury) within two years after the commission of the crime, and specifies that the provision preserving the validity of a defective indictment preserves any criminal process. Effective December 1, 2017, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.

    Amends GS 8C-1, Rule 702(a1), to authorize expert testimony on the results of a Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test, administered in accordance with the expert's training (currently does not require administration in accordance with training). Requires an expert to have administered a drug influence evaluation, and who hold a certification as a Drug Recognition Expert, for expert testimony on a person's impairment by impairing substances (currently does not require the administration of the evaluation). Effective when the act becomes law.