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North Carolina's planning and development regulations for cities had been consolidated into Article 19 of General Statutes Chapter 160A in 1971. [1] The regulations for counties were consolidated into Article 18 of Chapter 153A in 1973. [1] In the decades that followed, hundreds of amendments were added to these chapters without a consistent ...
The Constitution of North Carolina is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the General Assembly, published in the North Carolina Session Laws, and codified in the North Carolina General Statutes.
A complete list of session laws passed by this legislature is found at 2011 Session laws.There were 419 laws passed in 2011 and 203 in 2012. Among the Session laws that passed was 2011-409, "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE THAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN IS THE ONLY DOMESTIC LEGAL UNION THAT SHALL BE VALID OR RECOGNIZED IN THIS STATE."
The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes. The General Assembly is a bicameral legislature, consisting of the North Carolina House of Representatives (formerly called the North Carolina House of Commons until 1868) and the North Carolina Senate .
The legislature derives its authority from Article II of the North Carolina Constitution. [11] The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature. Like all other states except for Nebraska, the legislature is bicameral, currently consisting of the 120-member North Carolina House of Representatives [12] and the 50-member North Carolina ...
The North Carolina state House map passed by the General Assembly on Oct. 25, 2023, to use in the 2024 elections. Changes to NC congressional districts for 2024 The congressional map will help ...
The North Carolina General Assembly 2017–18 was the 153rd State legislature that first convened on January 11, 2017. Members of the North Carolina Senate and the North Carolina House of Representatives were elected on November 7, 2016. This legislature was in session from January 11, 2017, through June 30, 2017.
This assembly was the first to meet in the newly constructed North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, which was built after the destruction of the North Carolina State House in 1831. Although it was created in 1838, according to most sources, Cherokee County began sending its delegate to the NC General Assembly during the 1840 session.