GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 904

Short Title:  Session Limits Implementing.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle, Cooper; Albertson, Conder, Dalton, Dannelly, Martin of Pitt, Perdue, Rand, Warren, and Winner.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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April 16, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT AN ACT TO  AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO LIMIT THE LENGTH OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-11.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-11.1.  Time of meeting.
The regular session of the Senate and House of Representatives shall be held biennially beginning at 12:00 noon on the first Monday in December next after their election.
Section 2.  G.S. 163-1 is amended in the table by rewriting the "DATE OF ELECTION" entries for State Senator to read: "Tuesday next after the first Monday in November 1998 and every four years thereafter".
Section 3.  G.S. 163-1 is further amended in the table by rewriting the "TERM OF OFFICE" entries for State Senator to read: "Four years".
Section 4.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall take effect only upon approval of the voters of the constitutional amendments set forth in Sections 1 through 5 of AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO LIMIT THE LENGTH OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS AND TO PROVIDE FOUR-YEAR TERMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.  If the constitutional amendments proposed in those sections are approved by the voters, Sections 1 through 3 of this act shall become effective at the same time as the constitutional amendments.
Section 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.