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Weekly Legislative Summary
fU it Nr la a aerlca ol weekly ua-
Blitl prepared by the legtatative staff
Mike Mstltate of OoTerameat on the
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Mafia My of INI. It la confined to
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teteet and major imports ace.
r This was a busy and produc
tive week for the General As
sembly. Notable progress was
made on a number of highly
Controversial bills. The Senate
Finance Subcommittee took a
giant step toward bringing a
revenue bill to the floor. Mem
bers introduced 125 new bills,
the first time this session that
the number has exceeded 100;
these new bills included 71 lo
cals, 19 more than the previous
high for the session, as the pos
sibilities of adjournment began
to be reflected. Target date for
adjournment now appears to be
June 17; many observers feel
that it will not be attained, but
the progress of the revenue bill
has strengthened the possibility.
Finance
.The Senate Finance Subcom
mittee Thursday approved bas
ically the Administration’s rev
enue proposal. As approved by
the subcommittee, the bill ex
tends the 3% sales tax to food, j
but not to prescription medi
cine, fees, seeds and insecticides.
Churches, orphanages and simi
lar non-profit institutions will be 1
entitled to a refund of sales tax
es -paid (the object of refund
ing,’ rather than exempting, is
to' close a loophole whereby em
ployees of some of these insti
tutions were said to be obtain
ing through the institutions ar
ticles for private use without!
paying the tax). Laundries will
pay 'a 3% sales tax, rather than!
a tax on supplies used. The SBO
tax limit on passenger automo
biles is deleted. The referendum
provision proposed by Governor
Sanford is retained. The bill
now goes to the full Finance
Committee, where it is subject
to further change, and then to
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the floor for final action.
Small Loans and Banking
HB 15, the amended Bras
well 3mall loans bill, passed the
House Tuesday after more than
two hours of bitter debate. The
bill passed in the form in which
it was reported by the House
Banks and Banking Committee.
The house rejected, by a 55-41
vote an amendment which would
have limited interest charges to
2V4% per month on the unpaid
balance on loans under S3OO,
and 7b% per month on amounts
between S3OO and S6OO. This
amendment bears some similarity
to the provisions of SB 289, the
King bill, which has strong sup
port in the Senate. Both the
Braswell and King bills are now
before the Senate Committee on
Banking. The House Banks and
Banking Committee, rid of the
small loans hot potato immedi
ately had its fingers warmed
again, as it began consideration
of SB 189, which authorizes
boards of county commissioners
to invest surplus funds in sav
ings and loan associations and
thus receive $4% interest rather
than the 3% commonly avail
able from banks. The bill pass
ed the Senate in routine fashion
after receiving a favorable re
port from the Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns.
Bankers, about a hundred strong,
appeared at the House commit
tee hearing to protest the bill.
The committee also heard from
representatives of the savings
and loan associations and from
the Association of County Com
missioners, who favored the bill.
The committee has not yet acted
on the bill. HB 739 would have
the Governor and Council of
State approve the actions of thei
State Treasurer in selecting
banks as depositories for state
funds; this function is now per
formed by the Treasurer alone.
Minimum Wage
The minority report on HB
234, the minimum wage amend
ments, was adopted by the
House by a 66-36 vote Wednes
day. The effect of this action
was to disregard the unfavor
able report which the House
Committee on Manufacturers and
Labor had made, and to place
the bill on the calendar. When
the bill came up for considera
tion Thursday, proponents agreed
to an amendment which would
make thj 75c minimum apply to
establishments with four or more
employees, thus eliminating
from the original coverage of
the bill employers of three per
sons. As thus amended the bill
passed second reading by a vote
of 82-19. When objection was
made to immediate considera
tion of the bill on third read
ing, final action was postponed
until May 23.
Legislative Representation
The Senate Committee on Con
gressional Districts voted Thurs
day to follow a redistricting
plan which will pit Republican
Charles R. Jonas against a Dem
ocrat, rather than to match two
Democrats against each other.
Also on Thursday, Rep. Murphy
introduced HB 780 in order to
place before the House Commit
tee on Congressional Districts
•he proposal, identical with SB
279 introduced in the Senate last
'"pek by Sen. Eubank, placing
Representatives Jonas and Whit
ener in the same district. The
House Committee met W?dnes
day but failed to reach a vote
on the question of placir;, a
Democrat in a district with Rep.
Jonas. The proposal to include
THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 25. IMI.
the Lincoln County Republican
in any redistricting contest is
meeting strong opposition from
some Piedmont Democrats who
prefer to endure the existing
pain of a single Republican rath
er than to fly to an unknown
new situation where the enemy
might be multiplied.
The House Committee on Sen
atorial Districts reported unfav
orably HB 462, Republican Os
teens bill to redistrict the State
Senate. The same committee al
so voted to kill the Sena I e sub
stitute for 6b 66; proponents of
■ledistiicting stated that the tok
en redistricting provided in the
bill would accomplish nothing,
except to close the door to pos-l
sible effective action in 1963.
HB 763, by Rep. Everett,
would amend the NC Constitu
tion to provide for one senator
from each county, and a 150-
member House to be reappor
tioned automatically after each
federal census.
Local Government
Several important bills deal- 1
mg with various facets of local
government services were intro
duced during the week. HB
778 amends the Urban Redevel-|
opment Law to authorize rede-!
velopment and rehabilitation pro-1
grams for nonresidential areas!
and to simplify some of the!
procedural requirements of the l
existing redevelopment law. SB
309 enables counties and cities
to combine to form regional
planning commissions and eco
nomic development commissions
to promote long range planning
and industrial development; both
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planning and economic develop-1
ment functions could be vested I
in a single agency. HB 745 al-|
lows counties and municipal!-]
ties to combine to acquire, con
struct and operate water or sani
tary sewer systems; the par
ticipating governments could es
tablish a joint agency to operate
the systems; the bill is designed
especially to meet needs in the
developing Research Triangle
(Raleigh - Durham - Chapel Hill)
area. HB 796 authorizes crea
tion of metropolitan sewerage
districts; the bill is aimed par
ticularly at the problems of the
Asheville area. j
Miscellaneous i
HB 812, by Rep. Wooten, is an
omnibus bill containing amend
ments to the drainage district
law primarily to clarify proced
ures for the enlargement and,
improvement of drainage district'
projects. A significant develop
ment during the week was a
move by the Joint Appropria
tions Subcommittee to speed
small watershed programs by
recommending an addition of
$176,903 to the budget of the
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ulate those who repair and ser
vice radio, TV, hi-fi and other
home electronic devices . . . HB
747 makes it a misdemeanor 1
for a retailer or wholesaler, with
intent to injure competition, to
sell merchandise at less than
cost; sale by a retailer at; less
than basic cost plus 8% is pre
sumed to be sale below cost
. . . On the theory bird
(or point) in the hand is worth
two in the bush, the % Senate
withdrew its amendment rein
serting in HB 224 points for out
of-state violations; this action
eliminated the possibility of fail
ure when the bill was returned
to the House, and resulted in
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ratification of the bill Fridtiy.
HB 801, by Rep. Osteen, pro
vides for election of superior
court judges by the voters of the
respective judicial districts, rath
er than by voters of the state
at large.
History repeated itself in the
Senate this week as Leroy Clark
succeeded Eugene Simmons as
reading clerk of the Senate.
Simmons delivered a reading of
“Casey.at the Bat” as his fare
well address.
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