Daily Bulletin
ACTIONS BY THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Institute of Government — School of Government
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Legislative Reporting Service, Box 7294 State Legislative Building, Raleigh, NC 27601
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House Legislative Day 5 Vol. 2007, No. 5 Senate Legislative Day 5
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
SUMMARIES OF BILLS FILED
HOUSE BILLS
H 52. PITT COUNTY SENIOR CENTER FUNDS. Filed
1/31/07.
TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE PITT
COUNTY COUNCIL ON AGING TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP THE PITT COUNTY SENIOR CENTER
Appropriates $150,000 for 2007-08 from the General Fund to the Pitt County Council on Aging as title indicates.
Effective July 1 , 2007.
Intro, by McLawhorn, E. Warren. APPROP
H 53. TOWN OF ORIENTAL ETJ. Filed
1/31/07.
TO ALLOW THE TOWN OF ORIENTAL TO EXERCISE
EXTRATERRITORIAL PLANNING JURISDICTION IN A DEFINED AREA. Rewrites GS 160A-360(k) to provide
an exception for a defined area in Town of Oriental, as title indicates.
Intro, by Underhill. GS 160A, Pamlico
H 54. RICHMOND COMM. COLL. SCOTLAND CENTER PROJECT. Filed
1/31/07.
TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RICHMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCOTLAND CENTER PROJECT.
Appropriates $2 million for 2007-08 from the General Fund to the Community Colleges System Office as title
indicates. Effective July 1, 2007.
Intro, by Yongue, Goodwin, Pierce. APPROP
H 55. SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION COMPLIANCE. Filed
1/31/07.
TO ESTABLISH THE NORTH CAROLINA
SECURITY AND IMMIGRA TION COMPLIANCE ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE
REGULATION OF PERSONS IN THIS STA
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WHO ARE NOT LA WFULL Y PRESENT IN THE UNITED
STATES. The act is divided into seven substantive parts addressing public employer participation in the federal
work authorization program; facilitation of enforcement of federal immigration laws; determination of the
immigration status of persons who are jailed for felony or driving offenses; establishment of an immigration
assistance registration act; elimination of income tax deductions for wages paid to illegal immigrants; ensuring tax
withholding on compensation paid to illegal immigrants; and verification of a person’s lawful presence in the
United States as a prerequisite to receiving public benefits. Except as otherwise provided below, the act is
effective January 1, 2008.
Part II of the act amends GS Chapter 95 by adding a new Article 24 entitled Workplace Immigration
Compliance, requiring all NC public employers to register and participate in the electronic verification of work
authorization programs operated by the US Department of Homeland Security (US DHS), and prohibiting the
making of contracts for the physical performance of services between public employers and contractors unless
the contractor has registered and participates in US DHS’s new employee work authorization programs. The
article is effective July 1, 2008, for public employers and contractors with 500 or more employees; July 1, 2009,
for public employers and contractors with 100 or more employees; and July 1, 2010, for all other public employers
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