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- The lieutenant governor automatically suceeds the governor if the governor's office becomes vacant for any reason.
- The lieutenant governor runs on a different ticket then the governor.

Examples-
1. death or illness
2. removal
3. move up the political ladder

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Legislative Powers                  1. Division of Powers

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Legislative Powers                  1. Division of Powers

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Concurrent- levy taxes, borrow money, spend for general welfare, establish courts, enact and enforce laws

Reserved- regulates intrastate commerce, establish local government systems, administer elections, protect the public's health welfare, and morals

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-Draft Bill
-Introduce the Bill
-Refer to Committee
-Debate
-Approved Bill Goes to the Other House
-Conference Committee
-Bill Signing by Both Houses
-Governor's Signature

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-The General Assembly makes two kinds of laws.

- It has authority to pass general statutes (laws) that apply statewide.

- Also they can enact local or special laws that apply only to specific, or certain, counties and cities.

- General Assembly decides how much money can be spent and how state's expenses (state taxes as an example) will be paid.

- The reviews called legislative oversight- allow legislators to learn how well current laws are working and whether the laws need to be changed

- Impeachment- trials for North Carolina are rare.

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Elections- districts are based on census (= population)
- the districts are equally divided
- 50 senates 120 house districts

Qualifications-
1. House- 21 years old, 1 year residency
2. Senate- 25 years old, 2 year residency, 1 year district residency

General Assembly Leadership-
Speaker of the House- the North Carolina House of Representatives elects a Speaker who presides over the house and makes key appointments.

President of the Senate- the lieutenant governor is also the president of the senate, and only vote to break ties.

Senate- elects a president pro tempore who is, in fact, the leader of the senate and makes all key appointments for the senate.

Legislative Sessions-
- long sessions= odd number years
- short sessions= even number years
- long session- 6 months
- short sessions- 6 weeks
- special sessions can be called out of nowhere by the governor, speaker of the house, and the president of the senate

Key Legislation-
- In 2005, the North Carolina education lottery was voted to be put into operation.
- In 2006, the new minimum wage was raised the hourly one dollar to $6.15.
- In 2016, the House bill 2 law, the bathroom law, was called The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act.

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Roles- The governor of North Carolina is the chief of state, and is the symbolic leader who speaks for North Carolina.
- Commander in chief-  the governor controls the National Guard.
- the Chief Executive- is responsible for seeing the state policies are carried out.

Responsiblities-
1. appoint key officials
2. coordinates the work of most state agencies
3. administer/propose budgets

Qualifications-
- 30 years old
- citizen for 5 years
- 2 year residency