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Weekly Legislative Summary
This I* o»* la a aeries •( weekly ■o»-
Barlet prepared by the legislative stall
•t the lutltate of Govenuneat on the
Work el the North CsraHaa General
Assembly ot 1961. It is coalined to
Ureasslens ot matters ol general la
fcrett and major Importanee.
Motor Vehicles
SB 98, the motor vehicle in
spection bill, failed to pass inr
spection in the House Tuesday
and was tabled by a vote of 58-
55. The bill would have requir
ed motor vehicle owners to have
their vehicles inspected annual
ly, and to correct defects before
obtaining a Sticker authorizing
operation of the vehicle on the
public roads. As in past ses
sions, the ghost of the highly
unpopular 1947 inspection law
arose to haunt proponents of
mandatory inspection. The de
mise of the bill was followed by
the introduction of HB 714,
which would appropriate $1,354,-
805 for the biennium to
employ 100 mote highway pa
trolmen —an action which oppon
ents of the inspection bill ar
gued would be a more effective
safety measure. Another new
House bill, HB 712, would re
quire local law enforcement of
ficers to give warning by means
of a siren, flashing light or simi
lar approved device 'before stop
ping a vehicle on the highway.
SB 92, deleting the provision
that an appeal automatically sus
pends the Commissioner’s order
suspending a driver’s license,
was sent back to committee in
the House. H'B 223, providing
for regulation and licensing of
driver training schools, was ta
bled in the House Monday.
The Senate, which under the
urging of Sen. Moore has been
more receptive to highway safe
ty bills, passed HB 224, the point
system amendments, on second
reading Thursday, after amend
ing it to provide that points
shall be assessed for out-of-state
convictions if the compensation
of the arresting officer or trial
court was not contingent upon
a finding of guilty. The House
had earlier stricken out a pro
vision for giving points for oqt
of-state offenses; this action was
based primarily on feare
North Carolina might add in
jury to injury by penalizing
further a person who had been
victimized by an out-of-state
speed trap. The Senate amend-
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I ment to minimize this possibility
is scheduled for reconsideration
when the bill comes up for third I
reading on May 17. New Sen- j
ate bills included SB 299 which'
would give law enforcement of
ficers broad authority to remove
from streets and highways ve
hicles illegally parked, abandon
ed or left unattended; the ve
hicle owner would have to pay
the removal expense.
Small Loans
The House Committee on
Banks and Banking reported
favorably a committee substitute
for HB 15, the Braswell small:
loans bill. The substitute chang- j
es the original bill in about a
dozen particulars, all tending to
give at least some slight new j
benefit to the borrower. Inter-;
est rates are left substantially
unchanged ranging from $24
per year for the first SIOO to $6
per year on the fourth SIOO for|
the original amount of the loan.)
If the loan extends for more
than a year, the substitute pro-|
vides a substantial reduction in
charges for the second year— J
these charges would be only one-i
third of those for the first year.
If a loan is made in violation of
the act, the borrower may col
lect double the amount of
charges as a penalty. The bill
was placed on the calendar for
consideration on May lfi.
As HB 15 was reported to the
House, the Senate received a
new entry in the small loans
contest. SB 299, by Sen. King,
would limit small loans to S3OO,
as opposed to S6OO in the Bras
well bill, and would limit charg
es to 2% per month on the un
paid balance. Lenders who de
liberately violate the law would
forfeit both interest and princi
pal of the illegal loan.
Finance and Appropriation*
Finance Subcommittees an
nounced this week are as fol
lows; Senate—White, Forsyth,
Alford, Cook, Eubanks, Hamil
ton, Hancock, Johnson, Kesler,
Moore, and Whitmire; House —'
Wicker, Arledge, Bell, Blue,
Brocks, Efird, Harding, Harris
of Wake, Henley, Jordan, Kemp,
McLaughlin, Murphy, Peel, Rod
enbough, and Woodard of North
ampton.
Tax measures introduced dur
ing the week included HB 660
to exempt from the sales tax
small businesses operated by
blind merchants not under the
supervision of the Commission
for the Blind; HB 664 to ex-|
elude from the wholesale tax
sales by manufacturers who have I
two or more plants in NC and
who maintain a separate sales ]
place for selling to wholesalers 1
and retailers for resale; HB 674
to exempt from state income*
taxation pensions and retirement
behefits received by retired fed
eral employees under any fed
eral law; HB 691 to reduce from
S6O to S3O the registration fee
on U-Driv-It passenger vehicles
of 9-passenger capacity or less;
and HB 707 to delete the exemp
tion from the 1% gross pre
miums tax which exemption now
applies to insurance written on
property in unprotected areas.
New appropriations bills in
cluded HB 713 appropriating $l.B
million for sick leave for public
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would amount to five days per
year at full pay and would be
I cumulative indefinitely. Substi
tute teachers would no longer be
■paid by the regular teacher.
Property Taxes
HB 711 would end the prac
tice of intra-county tax-benefit
competition for tobacco storage
and similar facilities. The bill
would amend the Constitution to
specify that only the General
Assembly can classify property
for taxation, and that classifica
tions must apply uniformly in
every part of (he state. A simi
lar provision would apply to
permissible tax exemptions. If
the voters should approve the
amendments, existing statutes
would be automatically amend
ed to provide that stored tobacco
and similar products are to be
taxed at 60% of the regular lo
cal property tax rate, and pea
nuts in the year following the
year grown are to be taxed at
20% of the regular local tax
rate. Counties and cities would
retain their authority to classify
trades and professions for local
license tax purposes, but all oth
er classification and all exemp
tion would be the exclusive pro
vince of the General Assembly.
Legislative Representation
SB 275, by Sen. Thomas of
Union, takes the present Ist,
2nd and 3rd Congressional dis
tricts and converts them into
two districts. Congressman Her
bert Bonner would reside in an
enlarged first district, and L. H.
Fountain and Dave Henderson
would fight it out for the other
seat in a district containing near
ly a half million people. The
remaining nine districts would
be left unchanged. SB 279, by
Sen. Eubanks, would place Con
gressman Jonas and Whitener in
the same district, comprised of
Catawba, Gaston, Lincoln and
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Miscellaneous
Two study commissions would
be appointed under bills intro
duced this week; SR 283 calls
for appointment of a 3-to 7-
member commission to study
public welfare programs in the
state; SR 298 authorizes a 5-
member commission to study the
insurance laws of the state and
to recommend, if appropriate, a
change in the basic manner of
regulating, the industry . . . HB
685 expands the criminal laws
governing bribery of athletes to
cover “point-shaving” and to in- *
crease the maximum penalty to
10 years’ imprisonment and $lO,-.
000 fine . . . SB 276 would pro
hibit the use of male prisoners
in state buildings where women
are housed or employed, unless |
the prisoners are in the immedi
ate, close personal custody of a
Prison Department guard or
agent. HB 652 would add, as a
permissible condition of proba-1
tion that the probationer submit
himself for jailing on week-ends
or at other intervals directed by
the court ... SB 286 would al
low merchants to select any
week between Thanksgiving and
Christmas as the week to em
ploy female workers for as long
as 10 hours per day; the law
now permits such employment
only between the 18th and 24th
of December . . . HB 699 would
create a 7-member Board of
Dental Laboratory Examiners;
the avowed purpose of the bill
is to eliminate unqualified den
tal laboratory technicians and
thus make sure that false teeth
fit.
I WINS HONOR AT COLLBGE
I William David Cahoon qf Co
lumbia was among eight Mount
'dive College sophomores recog
nized at a special awards pro
gram at the college on May 10.
These sophomores were selected
by the Student Life Committee
of the faculty and the Executive
Committee of the Student Gov
ernment Association. The cri
teria for selection was the same
as used by the national college
yearbook “Who’s Who In Ameri
can Colleges and Universities”.
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Job Drive Endorsed
By Mayor Mitchener
The North Carolina State Em
ployment Service has been des
ignated to spearhead a Job Drive
in Edenton as part of a nation
al drive to stimulate employers
to hire help now. The campaign
Thursday, May 18,1961.
Edenton, North Carolina
is endorsed by Governor Terry
Sanford, in the belief that more
highly qualified experienced job
applicants are available today
than ever before.
Mayor John Mitchener also
endorses the campaign and is
sued a proclamation calling upon
all local employers of industry
and labor, menlbers of civic, vet
eran and fraternal organizations
to cooperate and assist the local.
State Employment Service to
carry out a successful job drive
in an effort to increase local
payrolls and creating the buying
power neessary to maintain a
healthy and sound economy.