Daily bulletin [2017 : February 9]

1 UNC SCHOOL OF GOVERNMEN T The Daily Bulletin: 2017-02-09 PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS H 76 (2017-2018) INCREASE FIRE & RESCUE PENSION BENEFIT. Filed Feb 9 2017, AN ACT TO INCREASE THE MONTHLY BENEFITS FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA FIREFIGHTERS' AND RESCUE SOUAD WORKERS' PENSION FUND. Amends GS 58-86-55 to increase the monthly pension amount paid to eligible firefighters and rescue squad workers and disabled members from the North Carolina Firefighters' and Rescue Squad Workers' Pension Fund (Fund) from SI 70 to $1 75. Makes conforming and technical changes to subsections (a), (b), (c). and (d2). Effective July 1, 2017, and applies to monthly benefits paid on or after that date. Additionally, makes conforming changes to the amount paid from the Fund in GS 58-86-55(dl), effective July 1, 2018. to ensure that (dl) reflects changes made by this act when it is updated in 2018 due to changes made by SL 2016-108 (Retirement Amendments). Makes technical changes to SL 2016-108, Section 1(e), which sets out the effective dates of the changes made to GS 58-86-55. Intro, by K. Hall, Clampitt, Hardister, Strickland. GS 58 View summary Employment and Retirement, Government, Public Safety H 78 (2017-2018) HB2 REPEAL/EQUALITY FOR ALL. Filed Feb 9 2017 , AN ACT TO PROTECT ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS AGAINST DISCRIMINA TION IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND TO INCREASE THE PUNISHMENT FOR CERTAIN CRIMES THAT INVOLVE SEXUAL ASSAULTS. Part I. HB2 Repeal Repeals SL 2016-3 (Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, commonly known as House Bill 2) and SL 2016-99 (Restore State Claim for Wrongful Discharge, which amended House Bill 2). Part II. Housing Amends GS 41A-4, which delineates unlawful discriminatory housing practices, to refer to the protected status of another person as the basis for unlawful discrimination instead of listing specific protected classes (currently, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicapping condition, or familial status). Adds protected stains to the defined terms in GS 41A-3 and defines the term to mean a person's race, color, national origin, religion, age. disability, sex. marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gend a' identity, military or veteran status, or genetic information. Makes conforming changes to use a person's protected status language to replace specific classes of persons throughout GS 41 A-4 and GS 41 A-5 (concerning proof of a violation of GS 41A-4). Amends GS 41 A-6, which exempts from GS 41A-4 (except for subdivision (a)(6)) religious institutions and organizations operated by religions institutions or organizations that give preference to members of the same religion in a real estate transaction, so long as membership in that religion is not restricted by a protected status, other than religion (previously, specified race, color, sex, national origin, handicapping condition or familial status). Part III. Employment Amends GS 143-422.2 to establish that it is the public policy of the State to protect and safeguard the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain and hold employment without discrimination or abridgment on account of race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, familial status, military or veteran status, or genetic