North Carolina § 120-70 - 141. Purpose and powers of Committee.

§ 120-70. 141. Purpose and powers of Committee.

The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee shall examine, on a continuing basis, election administration and campaign finance regulation in North Carolina, in order to make ongoing recommendations to the General Assembly on ways to improve elections administration and campaign finance regulation. In this examination, the Committee shall do the following: Study the budgets, programs, and policies of the State Board of Elections and the county boards of elections to determine ways in which the General Assembly may improve election administration. Study the budgets, programs, and policies of the State Board of Elections and the county boards of elections to determine ways in which the General Assembly may improve campaign finance regulation. Examine election statutes and court decisions to determine any legislative changes that are needed to improve election administration and campaign finance regulation. Study other states' initiatives in election administration and campaign finance regulation to provide an ongoing commentary to the General Assembly on these initiatives and to make recommendations for implementing similar initiatives in North Carolina; and Study any other election matters that the Committee considers necessary to fulfill its mandate. 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. History (2008-150, s. 1(a); 2016-125, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 6; 2017-6, ss. 2, 3, 8; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.) Re-recodification; Technical and Conforming Changes. - Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, provides, in part: "The Revisor of Statutes shall recodify Chapter 138A of the General Statutes, Chapter 120C of the General Statutes, as well as Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, as amended by this act, into a new Chapter 163A of the General Statutes to be entitled 'Elections and Ethics Enforcement Act,' as enacted by Section 4 of this act. The Revisor may also recodify into the new Chapter 163A of the General Statutes other existing statutory laws relating to elections and ethics enforcement that are located elsewhere in the General Statutes as the Revisor deems appropriate.” The Revisor was further authorized to make additional technical and conforming changes to catchlines, internal citations, and other references throughout the General Statutes to effectuate this recodification. Pursuant to this authority, the Revisor of Statutes, in subdivisions (a)(1) and (a)(1a), "Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement” for "State Board of Elections.” Session Laws 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b) and 6.1, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, and authorized the Revisor of Statutes to re-recodify Chapter 163A into Chapters 163, 138A, and 120C and to revert the changes made by the Revisor pursuant to Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Pursuant to this authority, the Revisor of Statutes reverted the changes to the references in this section. Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2009-541, s. 31, provides: "The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee shall study the following issues raised by the listed bills introduced in the 2009 Regular Session of the 2009 General Assembly and make recommendations regarding the standardization of that process to the 2010 Regular Session of the 2009 General Assembly on or before its convening: "(1) Senate Bill 417, National Popular Vote Interstate Compact. "(2) Senate Bill 596, Filling Vacancies in Local Offices. "(3) Senate Bill 878, Judicial Appointment/Voter Retention." Session Laws 2016-125, 4th Ex Sess., s. 6, in subdivision (a)(1), substituted "Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement" for "State Board of Elections" near the beginning, and deleted "and campaign finance regulation" at the end; and added subdivision (a)(1a). Due to a constitutional challenge to the provisions of Session Laws 2016-125, 4th Ex Sess., the amendment was stayed and never went into effect. Session Laws 2017-6, s. 2, effective May 1, 2017, repealed Part I of 2016-125, 4th Ex Sess., which included the amendment made by s. 6. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2017-6, s. 8, effective April 1, 2017, in subdivision (a)(1), substituted "Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement" for "State Board of Elections" and deleted "and campaign finance regulation" at the end; and added subdivision (a)(1a).