GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2007

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SENATE BILL 6

Short Title:     Early Organizational Session.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Hoyle;  Atwater, Berger of Franklin, Berger of Rockingham, Bingham, Boseman, Clodfelter, Dalton, Dannelly, Dorsett, Forrester, Garrou, Goodall, Graham, Hagan, Jenkins, Jones, Kerr, Kinnaird, Nesbitt, Purcell, Queen, Rand, Snow, Soles, Stevens, Swindell, and Weinstein.
Referred to:	Judiciary l (Civil).

February 12, 2007

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, 2009.