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STATE BUDGET

North Carolina enacts budgets on a two-year cycle, beginning July 1 of each odd-numbered year and valid through June 30 of the following odd-numbered year.

STATE LEGISLATURE

The North Carolina General Assembly is comprised of the Senate, with 50 members, and the House of Representative which has 120 members.  Members of both chambers serve two-year terms.  The General Assembly meets in regular session (the “long session”) starting in January of odd-numbered years, and meets for “short sessions” in even numbered years.  Typically, the long session lasts six months, and the short session for six weeks.  Bills carry over from odd to even numbered years.

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