Governor McCrory Takes Action on Legislation | Eastern North Carolina Now

    For Immediate Release:

    Raleigh, N.C.     Governor Pat McCrory signed the following bills into law:

    SB91 - (Daniel, Goolsby and Kinnaird) Prohibit Expunction Inquiry

    A bill that clarifies the law pertaining to administrative action that may be taken by an occupational licensing board as a result of expunged charges or convictions under G.S. 15A-145.4 and G.S. 15A-145.5; that prohibits an employer or educational institution from requesting that an applicant provide information regarding an arrest, criminal charge or criminal conviction of the applicant that has been expunged; and that requires a state or local government agency to advise an applicant that the applicant is not required to disclose information regarding an arrest, criminal charge, or criminal conviction of the applicant that has been expunged prior to requesting disclosure.

    HB149 - (Hastings, J. Bell, Jordan and Schaffer) Caylee's Law/Report Missing Children

    A bill that makes it a criminal offense to fail to report the disappearance of a child to law enforcement, that increases the criminal penalty for concealing the death of a child, that increases the criminal penalty for making a false, misleading or unfounded report to a law enforcement agency or officer for the purpose of interfering or obstructing an investigation involving a missing child or child victim of a Class A, B1, B2 or C felony, and that makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to fail to report the abuse, neglect, dependency or death due to maltreatment of a juvenile or that prevents another person from making such report.

    HB706 - (Wells, Starnes, Catlin and Moffitt) Preserve Landfill Space

    A bill that provides that the disposal of on-site demolition debris from the decommissioning of a manufacturing building, including electric generating stations, is exempt from the landfill permitting requirements.

    HB484 - (J. Bell, Dixon, McElraft and Whitmire) Permitting of Wind Energy Facilities

    A bill that establishes a permitting program for the siting and operation of wind energy facilities.

    HB119- (Hager, Millis, Moffitt and Arp) Natural Gas/Rate Adjustment Mechanism

    A bill that authorizes the Utilities Commission to adopt, implement, modify or eliminate a rate adjustment mechanism for natural gas local distribution company rates.


    Contact: Crystal Feldman     govpress@nc.gov