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Excerpt from Superior Court Judge Election and Terms Committee: Report to the 1987 General Assembly of North Carolina, 1988 Session The Legislative Research Commission, established by Article 6B of Chapter 120 of the General Statutes, is a general purpose study group. The Commission is cochaired by the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and has ten additional members, five appointed from each house of the General Assembly. Among the Commission's duties is that of making or causing to be made, upon the direction of the General Assembly or either house thereof, "such studies of and investigations into governmental agencies and institutions and matters of public policy as will aid the General Assembly in performing its duties in the most efficient and effective manner" (G.S. 120-30.17(1)). Chapters 509 and 873 of the 1987 Session Laws authorize the Legislative Research Commission to study various topics. The Commission undertook studies of many of the topics listed in those Chapters and grouped those studies into ten broad categories. The Commission assigned each of its members the responsibility for supervising the studies in one of these categories. Committees consisting of members of the General Assembly and the public were appointed by the Commission cochairmen pursuant to G.S. 120-30.10 (b) and (c) to make these studies. Cochairmen. one from each house of the General Assembly, were designated for each committee. The study of Superior Court Judge Election and Terms is the study authorized by Chapter 509 of the 1987 Session Laws. Section 11 of that Chapter authorizes the Legislative Research Commission to study conforming changes necessitated by enactment of that chapter. House Bill 589. introduced by . Representative H. M. Michaux, Jr.. ratified as Chapter 509. is the originating legislation for the study of superior court Judge election and terms. That bill gives the Research Commission's study (Superior Court Judge Election and Terms) a very broad scope, stating that the ..". Commission is authorized to repon ... any necessary conforming amendments to implement this act." Chapter 509 is attached as Appendix A. The Legislative Research Commission grouped the study of the superior court judge election and terms in the category' "State Regulation" under the direction of Senator Henson Bamcs. The Cochairmen of the Superior Court Judge Election and Terms Committee established by the Research Commission are Senator Dennis Winner and Representative Daniel T. Blue. Jr. The full membership of the study committee and the staff assigned to the committee are listed in Appendix B of this report. A copy of this report is filed in the Legislative Library. A committee notebook containing the committee minutes and all information presented to the committee is also filed in the Legislative Library. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.