Weekly Legislative Summary
in one in a aerie* of weekly sum
marie a prepared by th? legislative staff
of the Institute of (Government on the I
work of the North Carolina General ,
Assembly of 1961. It is confined to
discussions of matters of general in- |
terest and major importance.
The Monday night session of
the House was devoted to tri- (
butes to Dr. John M. Phelps,
Representative from Washington
County, who died during the'
week-end. Dr. Phelps was serv
ing his third term in the House.
" ‘ - Finance
The game of tax combinations
and permutations continues.
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Four major bills were introduced
I during the week. HB 312, by
I Rep. Womble, would increase the
sales tax to 4% on the existing
I base. HB 311, by Rep. Ran
dall, would tax cigarettes at IVa
I mills each, cigars at lc, smoking
tobacco at lc on each 10c of
. the retail price, and snuff at lc
per 3 ounces. HB 324, by Mrs.
Fletcher and Mrs. Cook, would i
tax soft drink syrup at $1 peri
gallon, bottled drinks made
without syrup at lc for each 5c
.of retail price, and bottled soft;
not CHOWAN HERALD, BPEIWOW. WORTH CAROLINA, THURTOAT, APRIL 6, 1961
drinks'af lc per 12 ounces.' HB
370, by Rep. Hines, would tax
tobacco and soft drinks, and ,
would add a number of new tax
es—lo% (in addition to the 3%
sales tax) on luggage, jewelry,
furs, and toilet preparations; 15c
per SIOO on conveyances and
mortgages of real estate; $4 on.
criminal proceedings finally dis
posed of in any trial court; and
sin additional surtax or 4% on
gross receipts from sale of elec
tric power. In addition, HB 370
would make municipal and co
op utility companies subject to
existing franchise tax and the
proposed new surtax, and would |
not ' distribute any of the sur
tax receipts to municipalities.
Local Government
Three League of Municipalities
bills were introduced by Rep.l
Harris of Wake this week. HB
342 provides that no area with
in 3 miles of an existing incor-'
porated municipality may be in
corported upon petition to the
Municipal Board of Control.
Under existing law;, any terri
tory not included within the
boundaries of an existing mu-1
nicipality may be incorporated!
under the special procedure set
cut in Article 17 of GS Chap-j
ter 160. HB 343 grants to aIL
incorporated municipalities in
the stata authority to use the
police power to repair, close or
demolish unfit dwellings; cities
of 5,000 or more population al
ready have this power. HB 341
authorizes a municipality which
has established primary fire
limits for the principal busi
ness section to establish one or
more areas as secondary fire
limits within which alterations,
repairs and additions to wooden
buildings may be made only
under building regulations.
SB 141 makes the Housing
Authorities Law apply to cities
of more than 500 population.
The law now applies to cities
of more than 5,000, except in 14
counties where the 500 figure is
already in effect. The Mutual
Cooperation and Aid Article,
which authorizes cities to coop
erate in planning construction
and operation of housing pro
jects by the federal government
j and by housing authorities would
j also be amended to apply to
j cities of more than 500; this
i law is now applicable to cities
lof more than $15,000; the bill
I passed the Senate Friday. SB
137 makes it clear that cities
■and counties jnay. support or as
sist in the support of privately
owned nonprofit art galleries,
museums and art centers, pro
vided the galleries, etc., arej
open to the public.
Legislative Representation
SB 143, introduced by Sen.
Rutledge, would amend the Con
stitution to change the basis for
senatorial representation. Sena-
I tors would represent related
j geographical, population and
I area interests in contiguous ter
-1 ritory, rather than population
alone is isTiow* "theoretically the
case. No county would, be al
lowed more than one Senator.
The General Assembly would be
authorized -to regulate the rota
tion of senatprial representation
in districts consisting of more l
than one county or having more
than one senator. The present]
requirement that redistricting be!
done after each federal census'
would be changed to permit but
not require the General Assem
bly to redistrict the Senate at
such time as House membership (
is reapportioned.
SB 66, Senator Currie’s bill to
redistrict the State Senate, was'
reported favorably in the Sen-h
ate and was placed on the calen-11
dar for April 5. Opponents of,
the bill joined with proponents'
in reporting the bill, but gave i
notice that they would make the
Senate floor the real battle-!]
ground on the bill. The original !,
bill was amended to place Wa-|j
tauga with Burke and Caldwell j|
in the 28th district, and to move ■
Alexander from the 28th to join <
Davie, Wilkes and Yadkin in the
24th.
HB 1, the Kemp bill 'to re
apportion the House was be
calmed in the Senate Committee
on Election Laws and Legisla
tive Representation.
Motor Vehicles
Several bills would deal more
harshly with violators of motor
vehicle laws. HB 326 expands
the definition of “conviction” as
used in the Uniform Driver’s
License Act. HB 327 adds an
other ground To those for which
the Motor Vehicles Department j
may suspend an operator’s or,
chauffeur’s license —the bill au-1
thorizes suspension upon a
Showing that the licensee has;
been convicted by a federal;
court, or has had his military |
operator's privilege suspended,'
or has been adjudged guilty un
der military regulations of an
offense which if committed on
NC highways would be grounds
for suspension or revocation.
HB 366 fixes a fine of SSOO or
imprisonment for 60 days as the
minimum punishment for prear
ranged highway racing, and
would revoke for 3 years, in
stead of the present one year,
the license of one who engages
in or knowingly permits his ve
hicle to be used in prearranged
racing. HB 321„ by High and
Harriss of Rowan, requires au
tomobile liability insurers to of
fer coverage against damage by
uninsured or hit-run motorists;!
the customer could decline to
purchase this extra coverage.
The bill makes the statutory pro
visions governing suspension ofi
licenses also apply to suspension)
of registration certificates, and*
provides that appeal from a sus-l
pension or revocation order of
the Commissioner of Motor Ve
hicles does not automatically
suspend the order. The bill al
so sharpens the teeth of the
Compulsory Insurance Law in
several other ways.
Agriculture
Migratory farm workers were
the subject of two recent Sen
ate bills. SB 127 requires per
sons operating an agricultural
labor camp as living quarters
ten or more workers to apply
to the local board of health for
a permit, which is to be issued
without charge if the camp
meets minimum sanitation re
quirements of the State Board
of Health. SB 136 requires the
Department of Motor Vehicles
to adopt and enforce regulations
governing transporters of migra
tory farm workers; the act does
not apply to passenger cars and
station wagons, to common car
riers, or to a farmer transport
ing workers in the farmer’s own
vehicle for work on his own
farm.
SB 161 would appropriate $24,-
000 to the NC State College
School of Agriculture’s Experi
ment Station and about $13,000
to the Markers Division of the
Department of Agriculture for
the next biennium to improve
cotton production and market
ing.
Schools
H® 220, the omnibus school
board member bill, turned into
a shuttle bus before it finally
struggled through to ratification
on schedule. It was imperative
that the bill be ratified m time
for the appointees named in the
‘bill to take their oaths of of
fice on Monday, April 3, but
last minute complications in sev
eral counties threatened to delay
the bill. While the omnibus bill
was moving through virtually
every parliamentary situation
known to the rules, a Jackson
County local, called in when
that county got off the main bus,
also stalled and required the ser
vices of a conference commit
tee before it could proceed to
ratification.
HB 362, by Rep. Lloyd, would
eliminate the Hens for old age
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under which the Lieutenant-j
Governor becomes Governor or
Aacting Governor, and authoriz
es the General Assembly to fix
additional succession. The Lieu-;
tenant Governor almost got a;
chance to vote this week: SB
34 squeaked through the Sen
ate by a 23-22 margin Tuesday. |
Interest Rate Boosted
For Savings Bonds
“The latest extension offered
cm the oldest Series ,E Savings
Bonds at a full 3"i per cent an
nual interest rate is a boon to the
thousands of people in this coun
ty who still hold bonds bought
between May, 1941, .and May,
1949,” W. H. Andrews, State
Volunteer Savings Bond Chair-j
man. says.
He referred to the recent an- 1
nouncement by the Treasury ]
dealing with E bonds that be-;
gin to reach the end of their ex- i
tended maturity in May of this
year. This second 10-year exten
sion was promised back in 1959,!
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but the terms and interest rate |
! were not announced at that
j time. Under the new ruling
;these bonds will return 3% per
: cent each year, compounded
| semi-annually, based on their j
current cash value (well over |
I face value).
“All of these bonds bought be- j
tween May, 1941, and May, 1949,!
| originally drew 2.9 per cent in- 1
i terest,” Mr. Andrews continued, i
| “In their first extension, they
; have been earning from 2.90 to
3.47 per cent,, if held to extend
ed maturity.
“Now those loyal bond owners
who have kepi their E bonds for |
the full 20 years will be re-!
warded with a full 3 % per cent!
return each year on the full cur
; rent value of their bonds. This !
should encourage them to reap !
j the benefits of this high rate for !
i another full 10 years.”
Seems So
It seems that the woman with j
the least principle gets the most
! interest.
Important
The young student was being
taken to tasK lor having exceed
ed his leave for two days.
Professor “Weil,” what have
you to say for yourself?”
Student “l’m awfully sorry.
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I was detained by most import-,
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