2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes Article 12N - Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee.

Article 12N.

Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee.

(Effective until January 16, 2007)

§ 120‑70.120.  (Effective until January 16, 2007) Creation and membership of Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee.

The Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee is established. The Committee consists of 12 members as follows:

(1)       Six members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and

(2)       Six members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Terms on the Committee are for two years and begin on the convening of the General Assembly in each odd‑numbered year, except the terms of the initial members, which begin on appointment and end on the day of the convening of the 2003 General Assembly. Members may complete a term of service on the Committee even if they do not seek reelection or are not reelected to the General Assembly, but resignation or removal from service in the General Assembly constitutes resignation or removal from service on the Committee.

A member continues to serve until a successor is appointed. A vacancy shall be filled by the officer who made the original appointment. (2001‑491, s. 3.1; 2004‑161, s. 3.2.)

 

§ 120‑70.121.  (Effective until January 16, 2007) Purpose and powers of Committee.

(a)       The Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, growth and development issues and strategies in North Carolina in order to make ongoing recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to promote comprehensive and coordinated local, regional, and State growth planning and public investment, taking into consideration regional differences within the State. In this examination, the Committee may:

(1)       Study the recommendations of the Commission to Address Smart Growth, Growth Management, and Development Issues established pursuant to S.L. 1999‑237, Section 16.7, and determine what legislation is necessary and desirable to effectuate those recommendations;

(2)       Consider strategies that help communities and regions maximize the benefits of growth by developing transportation choices, protecting natural and cultural resources, enhancing the vitality of downtowns and existing neighborhoods, removing barriers to affordable housing and preserving housing choice while preserving a viable economic climate and industry, and building greater regional cooperation on development issues;

(3)       Analyze legislation from other states regarding local, regional, and State planning and growth management;

(4)       Assess the viability of a comprehensive statewide growth policy;

(5)       Determine how to increase the full range of affordable housing opportunities for low‑ and moderate‑income North Carolinians;

(6)       Study the fiscal relationship between State agencies and the communities in which they are located. This study may:

a.         Analyze the direct and indirect economic and financial benefits and relative burdens and costs of the presence of a State agency in a community to a local government.

b.         Consistent with Article V, Section 2 of the North Carolina Constitution, which exempts State property from taxation, examine the unfunded costs associated with the expansion of a State agency in a community and recommend who should assume responsibility for those costs and the appropriate funding sources.

c.         Discuss the requirements local governments seek to impose on State agencies and determine whether those requirements should be applied, or applied differently, to State agencies; and

(7)       Study any other matters that the Committee considers necessary to fulfill its mandate.

(b)       The Committee may make interim reports to the General Assembly on matters for which it may report to a regular session of the General Assembly. A report to the General Assembly may contain any legislation needed to implement a recommendation of the Committee. (2001‑491, s. 3.1; 2004‑161, s. 3.2.)

 

§ 120‑70.122.  (Effective until January 16, 2007) Organization of Committee.

(a)       The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair of the Joint Legislative Growth Strategies Oversight Committee. The Committee shall meet upon the joint call of the Strategies cochairs.

(b)       A quorum of the Committee is seven members. Only recommendations, including proposed legislation, receiving at least six affirmative votes may be included in a Committee report to the General Assembly. While in the discharge of its official duties, the Committee has the powers of a joint committee under G.S. 120‑19 and G.S. 120‑19.1 through G.S. 120‑19.4.

(c)       The cochairs of the Committee may call upon other knowledgeable persons or experts to assist the Committee in its work.

(d)       Members of the Committee shall receive subsistence and travel expenses as provided in G.S. 120‑3.1, 138‑5, or 138‑6, as appropriate. The Committee may contract for consultants or hire employees in accordance with G.S. 120‑32.02. The Legislative Services Commission, through the Legislative Services Officer, shall assign professional staff to assist the Committee in its work. Upon the direction of the Legislative Services Commission, the Supervisors of Clerks of the Senate and of the House of Representatives shall assign clerical staff to the Committee. The expenses for clerical employees shall be borne by the Committee. (2001‑491, s. 3.1; 2004‑161, s. 3.2.)

 

§§ 120‑70.123 through 120‑70.129.  Reserved for future codification purposes.