What has Gov. Beverly Perdue signed into law?

As of mid-week in crossover, the governor has signed 14 bills into law:

* S.B. 287: Reduces benefits to State Health Plan in effort to keep it solvent.

* S.B. 89: Designates Grandfather Mountain as a state park.

* H.B. 494: Allows Superior Court judges to perform weddings.

* H.B. 613: Says state does not approve of building a Navy landing field in a county that does not already have a military base.

* S.B. 198: Allows the governor to name another public school employee to the State Board of Education.

* S.B. 127: Restricts state management of institutional funds.

Correction: An earlier version of this post incorrectly included local bills and resolutions that do not require the governor's signature. 

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Labor Commissioner Cherie Berry Tuesday objected to some routine spending for park land, saying it was not appropriate during a deep recession.

"I am very much concerned about the debt we are incurring," Berry said. "I'd like to see us suspend all unnecessary spending until the budget stabilizes."

Berry, a Republican and a fiscal conservative, made her comments Tuesday morning at a meeting of the Council of State, a body of the state's top elected executives which meet monthly to approve mainly routine purchases, right-of-way proceedings, office leases and other such business, Rob Christensen reports.

The purchases mainly for parkland such as $262,926 for 32 acres at Elk Knob State Park in Ashe County and $1.8 million for 265 acres at Yellow Mountain State Park in Avery County.

Berry made her comments through a speaker-phone hook-up because she was snowed in at her home in Catawba County. The purchases were approved without debate, with only Berry voting against it.