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1、NORTHCAROLINAGOVERNMENTAFUNBOOKONGOVERNMENT,STATESYMBOLS,ANDTHELEGISLATIVEPROCESSTHEGENERALASSEMBLYTherearethreebranchesofgovernmentestablishedbytheNorthCarolinaConstitution:thelegislativebranch,theexecutivebranchandthejudicialbranch.ThelegislativebranchiscomposedoftheGenera
2、lAssemblyanditsadministrativesupportunits.TheConstitutionofNorthCarolinagivestheGeneralAssemblytheauthoritytomakeorenactlaws;toestablishrulesandregulationsgoverningtheconductofthepeople,theirrights,dutiesandprocedures;andtoprescribetheconsequencesofcertainactivities.TheGener
3、alAssemblyhasthepowertomakenewlawsandamendorrepealexistinglawsthataffectallthepeopleoftheStateaswellaslawsaffectingthelocalcommunities.BeforeRaleighbecametheCapitalofNorthCarolina,eachnewsessionoftheGeneralAssemblymovedfromtowntotown.TheymetinHalifax,Hillsborough,Fayettevill
4、e,NewBern,Smithfield,andTarborobetween1776and1794.Theywouldmeetincourthouses,schools,andlocalresidencesorinanystructurebigenoughtoholdthelegislators.TheAssemblyof1794-95wasthefirsttomeetinRaleigh.TryonPalaceinNewBernwastheState’sfirstcapitolbuilding.Itwascompletedin1771,butw
5、asabandonedduringtheRevolutionaryWarbecauseofitsexposuretoenemyattack.WhenRaleighwasestablishedasthecapital,asimpletwo-storybrickstructurewasbuilt.Itwascompletedin1796andservedasthehomefortheGeneralAssemblyuntilitwasdestroyedbyfirein1831.Anewcapitolbuildingwasbuiltandcomplet
6、edin1840andisthebuildingyouseeonthecapitalgroundswhenyouvisitRaleigh.ThisbuildingwasusedbytheGeneralAssemblyuntilthepresentLegislativeBuildingwascompletedin1963.ThefirstsessioninthepresentLegislativeBuildingconvenedonFebruary6,1963.The50membersoftheSenateand120membersoftheHo
7、useofRepresentativesmakeuptheGeneralAssemblyofNorthCarolina.Theyareelectedeverytwoyears,intheevennumberedyears,fromdistrictsestablishedbylaw.Inordertoqualifyforelection,apersonmustliveinthedistricttheywishtorepresentforatleastoneyearandberegisteredtovoteinNorthCarolina.Toser
8、veintheSenate,apersonmustbeatleast25yearsold.ToserveintheHouseofRepresentat
