GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 35

Short Title:        Early Organizational Session.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Hoyle;  Clary, Forrester, Garrou, Jenkins, Preston, Stevens, and Weinstein.
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

February 4, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide for an earlier convening of the general assembly for a one‑day organizational session followed by an extended recess.

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 10:00 A.M. on the third Wednesday after the second Monday  second business day in January next after their election.election, except if that day is a Friday, the session shall instead convene on Thursday, January 2. The Senate and House shall convene that day for a two‑day session. When the Senate and House of Representatives adjourn on the second day, they stand adjourned until 12:00 noon on the third Wednesday thereafter."

SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2011.