NC "Team Ticket" Bill

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2013 H 2 HOUSE BILL 436 Committee Substitute Favorable 7/10/13 Short Title: Gubernatorial Team Ticket. (Public) Sponsors: Referred to: March 27, 2013 *H436-v-2* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OVERSIGHT 2 COMMITTEE TO STUDY AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH 3 CAROLINA TO HAVE THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RUN AS 4 A TEAM ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. 5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6 SECTION 1.(a) The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee shall study 7 the topics listed in this act and shall report its findings, together with any recommended 8 legislation, to the 2014 Regular Session of the 2013 General Assembly upon its convening. 9 SECTION 1.(b) Gubernatorial Team Ticket (H.B. 436 Jones) The Committee 10 may study amending the constitution of the State to provide that the Governor and Lieutenant 11 Governor file and run as a team. 12 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 13

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The full House will consider amending the state constitution to require the governor and lieutenant governor be from the same party beginning in 2020.

Transcript of NC "Team Ticket" Bill

  • GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

    SESSION 2013

    H 2

    HOUSE BILL 436

    Committee Substitute Favorable 7/10/13

    Short Title: Gubernatorial Team Ticket. (Public)

    Sponsors:

    Referred to:

    March 27, 2013

    *H436-v-2*

    A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1

    AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OVERSIGHT 2

    COMMITTEE TO STUDY AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF NORTH 3

    CAROLINA TO HAVE THE GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR RUN AS 4

    A TEAM ON THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. 5

    The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6

    SECTION 1.(a) The Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee shall study 7

    the topics listed in this act and shall report its findings, together with any recommended 8

    legislation, to the 2014 Regular Session of the 2013 General Assembly upon its convening. 9

    SECTION 1.(b) Gubernatorial Team Ticket (H.B. 436 Jones) The Committee 10 may study amending the constitution of the State to provide that the Governor and Lieutenant 11

    Governor file and run as a team. 12

    SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 13