Drafting Musings

Recent Posts from Drafting Musings

• My 33rd year at NCGA starts today

  I started working at the North Carolina General Assembly November 14, 1977, so my 33rd year starts today!

• 2010 census projections and redistricting – 2009 update

  In 2007 and 2008, I posted on the State Data Center’s 2010 population projections and how population growth might affect the 2010 redistricting. Of interest to the legislative community is the North Carolina State Data Center population…

• bills eligible in the 2010 NC short session

  The 2009 Regular Session of the 2009 General Assembly adjourned on August 11, 2009, to reconvene for the 2010 Short Session at 12:00 noon on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. As in the past, the adjournment…

• September 18 reconvened session cancelled

  A majority of the members of the House and Senate having signed a petition under Article II, Section 22(7) of th North Carolina Constitution stating that no reconvened session was necessary, the General Assembly session set to convene…

• stats on NC long sessions 2001 through 2009

  Here’s a table comparing the volume of legislation filed and passed during the last five long sessions of the North Carolina General Assembly, covering 2001 through 2009:   2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 Date Convened Jan. 24…

• Table of statutes amended by 2009 NC regular session

  We’ve put up a final list (in Excel spreadsheet format) of all General Statutes and Session Laws amended by the 2009 Regular Session of the North General Assembly, find it on this page, listed as:  NCGS and…

• Governor Perdue signs four bills, vetoes HB104

  Governor Perdue completed her action this afternoon on bills from the 2009 Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly by signing four and vetoing one. Signed were: 2009-574 H945 The Studies Act of 2009.…

• No bills signed as of 2 pm today

  No bills signed as of 2 pm today. Still 10 hours left.

• first scans – NC public records digitization project

  I posted this past weekend about the big joint ECU/UNC/State/Legislative libraries project to digitize and publish 750,000+ pages of NC historical records. I’ve learned from the North Carolina Legislative Library: “UNC has begun scanning materials…

• Last day for bill signing is today

  Today (September 10, 2009) is the last day for Governor Perdue to act on bills passed by the 2009 Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly.  Article II, Section 22(7) of the Constitution allows…