North Carolina § 120-6 - 1. Request that reconvened session not be held.

§ 120-6. 1. Request that reconvened session not be held.

As provided by Section 22(7) of Article II of the Constitution of North Carolina, if within 30 days after adjournment, a bill is returned by the Governor with objections and veto message to that house in which it shall have originated, the Governor shall reconvene that session as provided by Section 5(11) of Article III of the Constitution for reconsideration of the bill, unless the Governor prior to reconvening the session receives written requests dated no earlier than 30 days after such adjournment, signed by a majority of the members of each house that a reconvened session to reconsider vetoed legislation is unnecessary. If sufficient requests are received such that the session will not be reconvened, the Governor shall immediately issue a proclamation to that effect and so notify the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the principal clerks and presiding officers of both houses. The form for the requests shall be: "To the Governor: A reconvened session to reconsider vetoed legislation is unnecessary. This ________ day of ________, ________, __________, Member of the [Senate] [House of Representatives]" Petitions as they are received are public records and shall be maintained by the Office of the Governor. History (1995, c. 20, s. 15.1; 1997-1, s. 2.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1995, c. 20, s. 17, provided that sections 1 through 16 of that act would become effective only if the constitutional amendments proposed by Session Laws 1995, c. 5, ss. 1-2 were approved as provided by Session Laws 1995, c. 5, ss. 3-4, to be decided in the November, 1996 election, and if so approved, sections 1 through 16 would become effective with respect to bills and joint resolutions passed in either house of the General Assembly on or after January 1, 1997. The constitutional amendments to N.C. Const., Art. II, § 22, and Art. III, § 5, were approved. Legal Periodicals. - For 1997 legislative survey, see 20 Campbell L. Rev. 409.