Cooper Signs Several Bills | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    RALEIGH: Governor Cooper signed the following bills into law:

  • House Bill 26: An Act To Clarify That An Injury Not Identified In An Award Arising Out Of G.S. 97-18(B) OR G.S. 97-18(D) Is Not Presumed Causally Related And To Amend The Workers' Compensation Act Regarding Approval of Disputed Legal Fees By The Industrial Commission.
  • House Bill 115: An Act To Make Technical Corrections And Other Conforming Changes To The Laws Governing The Teachers' And State Employees' Retirement System, The Local Government Employees' Retirement System, And Other Related Statutes.
  • House Bill 135: An Act To Make Organizational And Technical Changes To The Courses Of Study Statutes.
  • House Bill 149: An Act To Require The State Board Of Education And Local Boards Of Education To Develop Tools To Ensure Identification Of Students With Dyslexia And Dyscalculia.
  • House Bill 176: An Act To Make Changes That Will Assist In Preventing And Detecting Fraud, Waste And Abuse And In Ensuring The Fiscal Integrity Of The Teachers' And State Employees' Retirement System, The Retiree Health Benefit, And The Local Governmental Employees' Retirement System.
  • House Bill 183: An Act To Make Clarifying And Administrative Changes To The Teachers' And State Employees' Retirement System And The Local Government Employees' System Laws And Related Statutes.
  • House Bill 252: An Act To Make Various Changes And Clarifications To The Statutes Governing The Creation And Enforcement Of Building Codes.
  • House Bill 258: An Act Amending The Definition Of Health Care Provider In Article 1B Of Chapter 90 Of The General Statutes To Include Paramedics.
  • House Bill 275: An Act To Exempt Airports From Paying A Stormwater Utility Fee Levied On Runways And Taxiways.
  • House Bill 283: An Act To Require The Department of Health and Human Services to Study And Recommend A Telemedicine Policy.
  • House Bill 299: An Act To Make Clarifying And Administrative Changes To The Laws Relating To The North Carolina State Health Plan For Teachers And State Employees.
  • House Bill 383: An Act To Make Certain Changes To The North Carolina Insurance Laws Regarding Own Risk And Solvency Assessments And Credit For Reinsurance In Accordance With Model Acts Of The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners, As Recommended By The North Carolina Department of Insurance, And To Implement Revised Model Regulations Of The National Association Of Insurance Commissioners Governing Recommendations Made To Consumers Regarding The Purchase Or Exchange of Annuities.
  • House Bill 436: An Act To Provide For Uniform Authority To Implement System Development Fees For Public Water And Sewer Systems In North Carolina And To Clarify The Applicable Statute Of Limitations
  • House Bill 501: An Act To Require The Department Of Transportation To Include Surveying Information In Any Plans Prepared For The Purpose Of Acquiring Certain Property Rights, To Make Changes To The Department Of Transportation Residue Property Disposal Procedure, And To Modify The Financial Responsibility Limits For Taxicabs.
  • House Bill 548: An Act To Equalize The Sales Tax Treatment Of Wastewater Dispersal Products.
  • House Bill 550: An Act Repealing And Replacing North Carolina's Current Nurse Licensure Compact.
  • House Bill 620: An Act To Authorize The Acquisition Or Construction And The Financing, Without Appropriations From The General Fund, Of Certain Capital Improvements Projects Of The Constituent Institutions Of The University Of North Carolina.
  • Senate Bill 78: An Act To Study The Financial Costs To The State And Local School Administrative Units Of Compliance With Federal Mandates Related To The Receipt Of Federal Education Funding And To Establish The Joint Legislative Study Commission On Efficiency And Cost-Savings In State Government.
  • Senate Bill 88: An Act To Allow For Severance Of Summary Ejectment And Monetary Claims In Small Claims Actions When Service Of Process Only Meets Summary Ejectment Standards, To Allow For The Severed Monetary Claim To Be Continued With Alias And Pluries Summons, And To Allow Pro Se Representation On Appeal.
  • Senate Bill 104: An Act Requiring Criminal Background Checks For Applicants For Pharmacist Licensure.
  • Senate Bill 107: An Act To Remove Safety Hazards And Restore North Carolina's Natural Riverine Resources By Facilitating The Removal Of Obsolete And Unwanted Dams.
  • Senate Bill 196: An Act To Clarify That The Practice Of Horseshoeing Is Not The Practice Of Veterinary Medicine And To Study Veterinary Pharmaceutical Compounding.
  • Senate Bill 388: An Act To Allow Reports Received By The Court On The Lack Of Capacity To Proceed To Be Shared With Treatment Providers And To Study The Lack of Capacity To Proceed Process.
  • Senate Bill 413: An Act To Clarify Motor Vehicle Dealers And Manufacturers Licensing Laws.
  • Senate Bill 415: An Act To Clarify The Definition Of Collection Agency To Exclude Persons Engaged In Routine Billing Services.
  • Senate Bill 489: An Act To Clarify When Notices Of Cancellation Of Workers' Compensation Policies Are Presumed Effective And Complete And To Provide The Procedure To Be Followed When The Deputy Or Member Of The Commission That Heard The Parties At Issue And Their Representatives And Witnesses Is Unable To Decide The Case and Issue An Award.
  • Senate Bill 548: An Act Strengthening Human Trafficking Laws, Authorizing The North Carolina Board Of Massage And Bodywork Therapy To Regulate Massage And Bodywork Therapy Establishments, Requiring Massage And Bodywork Therapists To Obtain A Statewide Privilege License, And Authorizing The Department of Health And Human Services To Study Ways To Identify And Protect Victims Of Human Trafficking.
  • Senate Bill 567: An Act To Provide For The Judicial Reformation Of Wills To Correct Mistakes And The Judicial Modification Of Wills To Achieve The Testator's Tax Objectives And To Revise The North Carolina Uniform Trust Code To Achieve Consistency In The Reformation Of Trusts With The Reformation Of Wills, As Recommended By The General Statutes Commission.
  • Senate Bill 569: An Act To Adopt The Uniform Power Of Attorney Act In This State.

  • Contact: Ford Porter
  •     govpress@nc.gov

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