On Wednesday, July 31, the N.C. House of Representatives returned to Raleigh to attempt to override three of Gov. Cooper’s vetoes. The House voted on the following bills:
HB155, Titles for Off-Road Vehicle/Low Speed Vehicle Inspection, would do the following:
- Authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue certificates of title for all-terrain vehicles and utility vehicles.
- Remove travel-lane based operation limitation on modified utility vehicles.
- Authorize off-site safety inspections of low-speed vehicles by licensed safety inspection stations.
I voted in favor of the override and the veto was successfully overridden by a vote of, 73-41.
HB556, Tenancy in Com./E-Notary/Small Claims Changes, would do the following:
- Codify common law rules governing concurrent ownership of real property as tenants in common.
- Extend the expiration dates on emergency video notarizations and video witnessing from June 30, 2024 to July 1, 2025.
- Amend confidentiality and geolocation technology requirements in North Carolina’s notary public laws.
- Prohibit counties and cities from adopting certain ordinances or resolutions that would prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to tenants because a tenant’s lawful source of income to pay rent includes funding from a federal housing assistance
- program.
- Clarify litigation costs in summary ejectment matters.
- Provide that judgment in a small claim action can be rendered electronically by the magistrate.
- Begin the appeal period in a small claim action when a judgment is rendered by the magistrate.
I voted in favor and the veto was overridden, 74-40.
HB690, No Central Bank Digital Currency Payments to State, would prohibit a state agency or the General Court of Justice from accepting a payment using central bank digital currency, or from participating in in any test of central bank digital currency by any Federal Reserve branch.
I voted in the affirmative and with a vote of 73-41, the veto of HB690 was successfully overridden.