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WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY ]
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This is the eighth of a series
of weekly summaries prepared
by the legislative staff of the
Institute of Government on the
work of the North Carolina
General Assembly of 1977. It
is confined to discussions of
matters of general interest and
major importance.
The Department of Uevemie re-. J
ports that sales tax ciillertiens ;
tinue to show slight pains, iirli-j
eating business is good in North j
Carolina. But legislative Ini-sine
during the eighth, week of .the s
sion was comparatively slew, in'
that considerably fewer bills w, >
introduced in both the Senate and
the House than during tbe'.pi'evious;
week. Committee activity :»l «>
slowed up as the Joint Appriqiri-.
at ions and Joint Finance|
tees took a little time nid on ! • a*
day afternoon, so that.. tegislajef
eould go to the opening gaine id
the Atlantic Coast Cm f a . I:
ketball tourney being held jtv ti’vt
coliseufn on .the X. C. State Cm 1
campus. These two im- •» it*»
will hold their next meetings m
Wednesday of next week, a ? In,
day afternoon legislators Will jour
ney to Fast .Carolina (’oil*
Greenville to help, mnr • ,t.i
“Founder's Day." Though nth
committees are increasingly resoi v
ing to subcommittees on, the ..ri’mv.j
intricate pieces of ■legislation,' ih,. j
Joint 'Appropriations <7;umvM.eO
voted against; the .'•sub-coiiinj f ■ •
arrangement last Week. Govi rnor
Hodges in his radio "el. •. . in . !
dresS on Wednesdayfvening made,
if plain that he. hail not changed
his mind on the major tm-m'-n., nd ,
tions contained in his address
the General Assembly t arlv in, J: •
uary. Giving much attention to the
revenue question, the Governor ri
agnized the ..responsibility i>l'' fit.■
General Assembly make tie- .fi
nal decision on what now taxes,
should he levied, hut stated Iris he j
lief that the people of tiie state,
would prefer .increased taxes, on
items of a luxury or pleasure -pa"]
ture, rather than extending tie- 1
sales tax to basic essentials such
as food and medicines..!
Kedistricting and
Kea|)portionment
Beginning July 1, the sfaleewill.
he divided into 30 superior coiiv.
judicial districts, instead of ;l-c
present 21. A strong .'majorit y in.
the House fought off .e .'e' v a 1
tempt to amend SB in?, both. ',
committee, and on the floor. and.
the hill now ha> passed both hot
es ns it was originally int.rodu, >d
Meekldnhurg anti 0 u iff on 1 < 'oijn.Ui -
\vill he one-icounty districts. wUh
two judges in i :tch. while 28 othei
districts will have a single Judge
Superior court: sdlic.itor a! disfriet,
will not he changed: nor are so- 1 -1
cial judges affected-by the riew hev. j
although it is .e.ontt , mf)lat»';il- tier ;
there will not be a need for 1! ..-e
cial judges which we now ha',
The hill providing for i'vappo.rt iod- [
ment of the House, its was gener-it- j
iy expected, was defeated in -tin
Senate, but only after some lone. \
.
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j and at times .bitter, debate. Re
| districting, which is required by the
I Constitution, was due in Idol, and
I Would give Alamance and Rocking
ham Counties an additional repro-
Isentative each, with Cabarrus and
1 I ’it t losing one each. A Comini s-
I sion appointed liy the President of
tile Senate, under tile terms of a
| Senate Resolution, to study Sen
ate n (list l ifting, lias until March j
j 21 to make it report.
Courts |
With aipeii' i court tedistrirting,
flow. ;vn accr.mti!isbeil fact, court
initided legislator* can tarn tlieir
attention to the lower courts. A
scries of new IViils has a two-fold
.’purpose; (II reform of the Jl‘
system, and (CJj expedition of traf-
Ci < ; Vases in tile courts. The .11' lull
Would curtail sharply the number
of .Ill's, by reducing', the mimher
! elected, and .restricting; appoint l
nn tits hy the Governor. ainl, legisla
ture fir filling vacancies.' or-actual
rtifii d needs. To many people
the main feature Os the hill is a
provision which(would idiniiirate the
'necessity of a guilty: verdict in or- I
.dor .for. tile il l’ to receive Ili,s- foes ]
.(now .true- in'" a -.large number of'
ca 'es ). this would in airoinplisl'l- 1
,i without cost ' t.»•- the counties, [
j I haler tiie y.-w proposals, operat-i
]dn ; g wit hpu-t ■ a license, speeding; apd
fi okli-s tj|:j\ lug . would" have: *|o\Ver ]
jpetiediii a. so, as (o 'tiring tliPSe bf
f, n within;the .11''-: trial Juris-.!
<1 rtlop, (ri 1 rer now hi (is (Wieild II I (
raise tile age limit' tor. juvenile
court cast's to. Include -HI-year nid i
firsf offi'hiiio's i, .vi'ept -for .felonies
Or traitor vehicle law violations);:
1 2) increase tile maxiilium amount
which ; ill ay tie reeOvei'ed against
the state umlbr tip Tort .Claims.;
\,;( t'r,.lll ss.nnii to SllijiOO; and
' t::i provide Tor a retirement plan j
.for s-ujicrior i-oart ieitors at ,ag •
(ih. after la years'!;.service, at 2.'3-
t ,; » v ■ . .
Regulation
I Governor Hodges has. noted that
j Xortli Carolina is. reportedly 44th
I among the states in per capita in-;
I come,j 'Perhaps' aithed at improv-1
i ing this- lanking, a hill .:,t reduced j
by Reps, l'hilpott and Tunic j
{would provide a minimum wage of
!$..77 per pour (compared with the
~.>77 fedi ia-I minimatu ) for. all em-
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ifejUii WE USE OTUBES
ployees in the state except those I
engaged in agriculture, dairying,
domestic service in private homes,
and outside salesmen on commis
sions, individuals with mental or
physical impairment, employees in,
occupations where pay is customar
ily tips and wages, apprentices, anil
learners . . . Senator Scott's con
troversial milk hill was amended in
tile House hy adding two additional j
public members to the price-setting
Milk Commission. After tile most
lengthy and spirited debate of the!
session, this bill cleared the House!
lon its second reading. Final action
J was postponed until next Wednes
, day ... As a result of criticism;
, that the public is not amply repre
sented on the present Milk Com
mission. a hill sent, up by Rep. Pop '
would abolish the Commission as' 1
now constituted and provide for ,i,
public - utilities - types commission 1
Composed of six public members, j
none of whom may lie connected '
with the ittilk producing or distrih- j 1
lit ing industry, plus the Commis- 1
siorier of Agriculture . . . The Sen- J
ate (igg-inarketing hill passed the ‘
House and vyas. returned to tile Sett 1
ate for concurrence in a House
amendment requiring that cold
.-•"rage eggs he, labeled as. such.
Reorganization
What many persons, feel will he (
among the. most controversial <>f .
' the hills sponsored iiy the Keor
i ganizat ion Commission is .a hill in
trodueed this. Week, dealing wit*>
] personnel. This .hill would .trails
j for the functions of the Merit' Sys- ,
j tein Couneii tb the State FersaMhel
Council, (ifeati- a division of. merit '!
; system administration within 11 1 ■ I
State I’ersonnel Department, and j
replace t l.i e . present J.’ersonne! j.
, Council of seven memliers with!
five: and since the salaries of .71
,administrative officers are now fix
ed in 11 different ways, '•another';-
provision will make the fixing of'
; those salaries.- uniform by giving:
, that power to tiie Governor, and
Advisory Budget Commission.
Motor Vehicles
! The House, after having turned
down similar proposals in past ses
sions, this Aveek jiasseil and sent to.
the Senate a bill to authorize
"ham” radio operators to receive ,
[and display special radio call letter
• 1 ieense plates. Another hill would !
authorize the Motor Vehicles De
partment to issue driver licenses of:
different colors to denote convic
tions of motor vehicle law viola- '
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j tions, license suspensions and revo
cations, and limited or restricted
licenses. Another hill provides that
a plea Os nolo contodjere is tile
equivalent of a convict ifc>n for pur
poses of suspending a driver's li
cense. A hill introduce d on Mon
day would increase motor vehicle
license fees 70'i, up to ai maximum
of $lO. This increase, payable to
| the General Fund, repor tedlywould
! tiring in an additional -s7’••». million
i a year.
Miscellaneous
i New hills introduced .include one
providing for staggereij terms for
county commissioners . . , a hill
i allowing county comm if sinners to.
iwaive governmental imiitnnity from
iiability for damages due to toits
committed, by their employees ( hy
securing liability ins.uriimee) . . , a
Dill providing for the appuintiiieib
of county welfai-e hnard members ,
in July, after the suhir.ission of ;
budget estimates in May. rather
than appointing them in April, as
is presently required . . . and a hill |
providing that -thedid age assist- i
ance liviis will not attach unless the
recipit-nt’s la rid eXet -eds V1,(,(;(1 e.
.value.
FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIPS j
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The Agricultural and Technical
College of North Carolina will lie
included under the Kroger Seftoiai -
ship Plan for 1977-7 ti, it has iieeii
announced hy Joseph P. Hull, jires
i.dent of: the retail-food firm! Two
S2OO awards will lie offered for
freshman students planning to ma
jor in home economics or agricul
ture.
Aiiv graduate of air! accredited
high school is eligible for tiie schol
arships. Applications and informa
tion on the program may lie ob
tained from Dean William K. Reed
of the college of agriculture, . or
through County agents, home dem
onstration agents, home economics
teachers or vocational agriculture
teachers. Selection of winners will
lie made by the scholarship com
mit tee at the college.
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lawyer: you gav,. me nothing for
it. —Shakespeare. ■
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", y SENATOR 4
SAM ERVIN
: * SAYS ☆
i Waslimutim M.ijor 1< i<lat ion
which will fir before tile Senate Je
ter on is now iVoinir fninie«l in Com
' ‘ mittees.
T rips
I While' duties Jute have kept Sr,
> alors tied down for tin- niost pari,
r 1 was able to net to Washinirton.
Cand Durhirm. Xoitli (’arolina, Cm
• meetings. These trips afforded
pleasant respites (Voni the f'.i.t
I tompo of things at tendant t<» < 'u'i •
: i gr<>ss when in sessi<>n.
| I spoke at Vira' Jessi
Jackson I )ay I Dinner in Hi( I
--ri fast Friday My suhji •
.■ ’ • -1.. -a was “O’lii fferlt
. L' \ le* iia \ ri«i \n. ( tilli*. a
t inn", refer l ine' to tin I 'salmis! «*f
ohT wflii '■••The lines a r,
fallen unto me in plva.- nt tilar. •
yea,’ I fiavp a troodly In r itaT.ea’
j Heritage of Uherty
k W'e ?f.'e';\e.| nil!' i'el !t1 : I' • Ml I !"i '
for ourselves and oiir c-h• ri arid
our ehildren’s eliildren from -all.
those men ami v\«.iiriea, both gr. s
■ 211 W
9 Mercury
CUTS MORE TIM I
FOR LESS J
LOWER maintenance
HIGHER performance!
LONGER life!
SBE this rugged, SEE the many cutting Ej
reliable saw cut. attachments E|
You.ll see why it s including narrow 1
. i the leader for guide rails, 2 * R 1 ■
dependable, high with fast cutting
production cutting. chains
SEE how smoothly it \ K\\' LOW PKI(T\ -
runs even at fop nil , '
speed without I
vibration or With 3-foot K.iil
chatter Meets and I Mt
every logging ("hippor ( hain ,
need. Y
See it Saea ' < -'rai on, osk
| Hobbs Implement Co. i
YOVR JOII. Y Dl I I’l. DEALER
EnEN lON , Nnu'l II ( ' \l<i H i\‘ A
liutpi stn.'ili. wlp’se tilood, sweul,
1 1 1 -ur.-; nnd prayers made tiie Amer
ica we know and love a living re
! ality.
Our heritage, i.- liberty. While
libeity has hliissoimed in our land,
. hove of libeity did not have its ori-1
uin here. It was. brought hither:
liy cour igei,': tuei; and women who
I.'-craved aliio.- ail the tilings of earth j
(In- eeiuioniie .freedom, tile political
.[ freeiliun, and flic religious freedom
: denied to- itjieiii J-y tile tyfaiiliical
i ;de, <>!’ the 0(d World.
Sliu-e so itianv nien now appear,
si, illi,,Us to snail tile reality of
iinniao liberty for the mirage of]
•' iiiiorui< seeiirity. it Would, lie (Veil -
ii' ua, Vvbuld, pause a- rfuihii'j(t, imd
p.oipj, i the ib, l, e our ancestors
made \ Iveii - : , \ ■,a- ,„,k t lie ,-uni
i.piirative sei-ui ity of: the Old World I
I'ur tlie leriil\ip.C insi'i'iirity of tic
Ni w, I: -.- . pol. ;.without.- nitltiy
pangs of 11 -r,■ t that tie y (urf)e<l
•heir l',r ail lame tlpbll tile
, ■ !.- • .of (their: < i. tile
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I graves of t lieir beloved dead, a if, I
(the comparative security of the
I then civilized world.
\ Why did they do this? The tin-,
swer is simply this and nothing j
more: They bclidved that only the j
slave, who depends upon a master
for the bread of bondage, is really ;
secure; and they knew that only:
the self-reliant soul, who spurns so-.,
jeurity for opiiortunity, i.- ti-ulyj
, free. For this, reason, they chose!
liberty rather than security.
Reciprocal Trade
HR-1, the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Bill, has cti.us.ed a lot:
of mail to lie written from folks
I <'ill ployed ill tile great tr-.x tile Indus
| try., of North .('arolina. I'liis !l ijll.
now pending 'before the Senate I'i [
nance Committee, will be carefully
studied, my eolb ague., on tha t
Coutipittee have advised nie. .- \i> j
■ THE BEST DEAL 6n WHEELS
FOR COMFORTABLE AND
TIME SAVING TRIPS !
FROM EDENTON TO: 1-way
ATLANTA, GA. $11.25
ONLY 1 CHANGE ENROUTE
NEW YORK _ SIO.OO
.7 TRIPS. 2 WITHOUT CHANGE
RALEIGH, N. C\ $ 3.45
3 TRIPS. 2 THRU-LINERS (l ,lus la x)
EDENTON IU S TERMINAL
322 S. BROAD ST. PHONE 186
Or Contact I’ our X•an'A TrailU'iiys A i’i nl
saassJ
due can ..predict at this time what
-the filial form of the Bill will he
{when it comes to the floor of the
Senate. 1 hope that (lie Finance
-Committee, headed hy Senator Hyrdtf
■will amend tip' bill in such away
'remove any objectionable features
and make certain that it will not
cause injury to our textile indus
try or those employed in it. 1 am
! urging .members' of the Committee
[to make such amendments. Since
I do not know in what final form
dll!-l will emerge from the Sen
iate Finance Committee. I am un
able to state hn\y I shall vote on
HIM. It can lie truthly said that
I apprec.iate tho importance of the
i textile industry to North Carolina
pud tli, Nation and that I will do
j everything w.iti'jn my power to
save it from harm.
TRY A HERALD CLASSIFIED