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-  State General assembly = Legislative branch

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- Regulate foreign and interstate commerce
- Coin money
- Provide an army and navy
- Declare war
- Establish federal courts below the supreme court
- conduct foreign relations
- exercise powers implied from the expressed powers

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- Levy Taxes
- Borrow money
- Spend for general welfare
- Establish courts
- Enact and enforce laws

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- Regulate intrastate commerce
- Establish local government systems
- Administer elections
- Protect the public's health, welfare, and morals

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5. Approved Bill Goes to the Other House 

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5. Approved Bill Goes to the Other House 

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- they redraw district lines based on census
- to be part of the general assembly you have to win a district election
- 50 senators and 50 districts
- 120 house seats and 120 house districts

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- house: you must be 21, and you have to live in the district 1 year before the election.
- senate: you must be 25, 2 year state residency and 1 year district residency.

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- the lieutenant governor only votes in the senate to break a tie
- the speaker of the house is the leader of the house
- the senate elects a president pro tempore, who is the leader of the senate.

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- in odd years they meet for long sessions
-in even years they meet for short sessions because of the elections that take place in even years
- the governor can call a special session (ex: gender bathroom issue)

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- in 2005 they voted for a state lottery (NC education lottery)
- in 2006 they raised the minimum wage to $6.15.
- house bill 2 (gender bathroom laws)

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- they can pass two types of  laws:
statutes and special/local laws

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-  statute: that apply statewide (bathroom laws)

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- special laws: only apply to a city or county (Dry counties)

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- The General Assembly decides how much money the state government will spend (through statutes). Also determine how state expenses will be paid for.

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- POWER OF THE PURSE!

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- they have an oversight committee  which manages which laws are neccessary and unneccessary

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- they can impeach people, which means they investigate weather or not a government official should be removed from power

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Roy Cooper:
- roles: commander in chief (unless the federal government says otherwise), chief of state, chief executive
- responsibilities: appoints key state officials, coordinates work of state agencies (SBI- state bureau of investigation), administers state budgeting, may grant pardons, reprieves, and commutes, represents NC when dealing with other states.
- qualifications: citizen of US for 5 years and resident of NC for 2 years, four year term, you must be at least 30 years old

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Dan Forrest
- governor succession: lieutenant governors are more likely to have to  become a governor than a vice president due to scandal or being asked to be on the ticket (presidential elections).
- roles: president of the state senate, and he can break ties in congress
-  they run independently not with the governer

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elected by voters
- Commissioner of agriculture
- State Treasurer
- Secretary of state
- Superintendent of Public Instruction
-  Attorney general
- Secretary of labor
- Commissioner of insurance
- State Auditor

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- Administration
- Corrections
- Revenue
- Transportation
- Department of Crime Control and Public safety
- Commerce
- Enviroment and Natural Resources
- cultural resources
- Health and Human Services
- Juvenile justice and delinquency protection

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- voters elect eight heads of state agencies
- secratary of state
- attorney general
- commissioner of agriculture
- commissiorner of labor
- state treasurer
- superintendent of public instruction
- secratary of labor
- commissioner of insurance
- state auditor