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WEEKLY lIfISLATIVE SUMMARY 1
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NOTE: Hus is the ninth of * aeries
of weekly summaries prepared by
the legislative staff of the Institute
of Government on the work of the
North Carolirfh General Assembly of
1958. It is confined to discussions
of matters of general interest and
major importance. v
The 1953 General Assembly can take
pride in its record for introducing
and processing legislation promptly,
but these efforts may be in vain if an
early agreement cannot be reached on
fiscal policy for the next biennium.
Adjournment date seems no nearer and
perhaps less certain than a week ago.
About 200 more bills have been
introduced in the (House than at this
Stage last session, and the (Senate has
kept up with its 1951 record, df the
Senate’s 11953 deadline on local legis
lation (March 10) holds firm, local
legislation formerly introduced by
senators in the waning weeks, con
ceivably either will not be introduced
or will be thrown into the already
burdened House (Note: the Senate
suspended the rule to let in a local
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1 1 measure on (Friday). Major floor de-
Ir bates in both houses this week provide
9 the clue to faster processing of local
9 and non-con&roversfol legislation thus
f far. It takes only 30 seconds to pass
s a bill without debate; a contested
1 measure may take hours and clog up
the calendars.
Even if the appropriations suboam
i mittee, appointed this week to study
> and make recommendations on con
> troversial budget items, speeds up ap
-1 proval of the budget bill, definite ac
-1 tion on appropriations may be neces
• sary before the finance committee can
• finish its work. As the legislators
• went home this week-end, those reluc
-1 tant to approve further tax increases
5 hopefully waited for final revenue
1 estimates for the next two years as
• based on tax collections due March
• 16. If estimates are increased, ap
l propriations increases may be possi
’ ble without ans tax adjustments. If
■ they are not, legislators may receive
L solid recommendations. from the fre
’ quent conferences on budget prob
! lems being held by Governor Um
l stead with his etaff and legislative
| advisors, or they may decide to cut
appropriations to fit the revenue
Structure rather than adjust the rev
enue structure to fit recommended ap
propriations.
Appropriations and (Finance
(While set Up to receive the more
controversial budget items for special
study, the group of eight senators and
14 representatives named to the ap
propriations subcommittee on (Wednes
day may yet be as all-powerful an
arbiter as its 1351 counter-part. Its
role was left somewhat in doubt when
the full committee refused on Tuesday
to refer to the as then-unappointcd
subcommittee the request of the Hos
pitals Board of Control for an addi
tional $2 million above Advisory (Bud
get. Commission recommendations.
Wide divergence of opinion on the
request developed immediately, and
when a compromise was proposed on
Wednesday suggesting that only $1.5
million be appropriated, it was met
by a counterproposal suggesting that
the Board be permitted to carry over
$600,000 in unused funds. The joint
committee then decided that perhaps
this item should also be referred for
'further study. Immediate action by
the subcommittee was stalled by the'
rain-drenched trip to Camp (Lejuene
on Thursday.
(Proposals to revise the tax structure
continue to reach the finance com
mittees, but one suggest increases in
revenues at a time when additional
funds are being requested: (SB 289
would permit a husband and wife liv-j
ing together but filling separate in
come tax returns to split exemptions
for dependent children as they wish;
HB 758 would remove all license taxes
of merchandise vending machines ex
cept that of soft drink machines; and
HB 776 would require motor vehicle
wholesalers to pass on to retail dealers
part of the gallon tax credit granted
them as an evaporation allowance.
Courts
A controversy which has been de
veloping over how best to provide
more judges for our superior courts
gave rise to the most spirited floor de
bate of the session. Those who view
redistricsting as the best solution tried
to postpone House vote on HB 163
(which would add one judge each to 6
critical districts) in order that it
might be considered simultaneously
with their bill, which had been re
ported favorably in the ISenate. The
effort was unavailing, however, as
was that of (Wake County representa
tives seeking to include their district
amon gthose to receive an additional
judge; HB 1613- passed the House vir
THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENTON. N. (1. THURSDAY MARCH 19, 1965.
tualy as introduced. ConaMeration of
the Senate measure has been post
poned until next week.
Motor Vehicles and Highway Safety x
(Even with Governor UmStead’s
stamp of approval, the 1958 version
of a motor vehicle inspection program
was quickly killed in the ISenate on
: Friday, the first floor (fatality of this
General Assembly. After a brief de
bate between (Sen. Bailey ((supporting
proposed annual inspections by pri
vate garages as a means of enforcing
existing motor vehicle equipment
laws) and Sen. Crew (calling such
inspections worthless- and calculated to
enrich gangs owners at motorists’ ex
pense), a substantial majority of the
Senate in a chorus of “noes” voted
down the bill. The House his pass
ed HB 47, which would require that
all new motor vehicles ((next model
or series) be equipped with electrical
or mechanical directional turn signals
before being registered in the state.
As in the 1951 General Assembly, a
controversy over truck weight limits
may be taking shape. HB 688 has
been introduced to raise the weight
limits on most trucks by almost one
ton on each axle, while iSB 311 would
fix new and enforceable penalties for
such trucks caught exceeding-pres
ent axle weight limits, although a 5
per cent tolerance would be allowed.
Both the proposed revision of the fi
nancial responsibility law (ISB 105),
designed to increase the number of
insured motorists in N. IC., and SB
266, envisioning a statewide driver
education program in the public
schools, received favorable reports
from Senate committees this week,
but were re-referred to the appro
priations committee for consideration
of money problems involved.
Reorganization
Measures dealing with reorganiza
tion of state departments and agen
cies continue to come in, but action
on them seems to have slowed con
siderably. The bill to transfer ad
ministration of the prison system
from the (Highway Commission to a
new Department of (Prisons promises
to ibe the most controversial. Al
though introduced by the Governor’s
brother, Rep. Umstead, it is not an
administration measure. Neither, ac
cording to one of its introducers, is
HB 693, which would’ authorise the
Governor to appoint new members of
the State 'Board of (Elections next
May rather than in 1954 when present
terms expire. The bill giving the
Governor similar power over the State
Personnel Council still has received
Ino action by the original committee
to which it was assigned in February
Bills providing for reorganization of
the -State Ports Authority and for cre
ation of a commission to study reor
ganization of State government have
become law. In opposition to the plan
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Local Government
Three ntacbJdisctawed borne rule
1 bills have been sifted by the House
‘ local government committee which
unanimously approved a new version
| embodying the best features of each.
County commissioners would be au
'r thorized to (fix salaries and expense
; allowances (within budgeted appro
' priations) of all county officials but
1 themselves, but no salary now set
* by legislative act could (be lowered
| during the present office holder's
1 term, nor could salaries be raised or
lowered more than 20 per cent in any
one year. (While many legislators do
not favor such a shift of power from
Capitol to county, in final form the
bill may apply to a substantial num
ber of counties.
Agriculture
I Proposals of major importance in
agriculture would tighten controls on
the sale and distribution of eggs, set
up a new system for reporting har
vesting information on certain crops,
; and regulate the sale and distribution
of liquod fertilizer.
On March 10 Representative (John
F. White introduced HB 740, which
authorizes Town Council to appoint
two police officers to have authority to
issue warrants returnable before jus
tice of peace or mayor of (Edenton but
, making it unlawful for either officer
to serve any warrant issued by him.
The bill passed the House March 13.
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