William T. Culpepper, III
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William Thomas Culpepper, III was a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's second House district, including constituents in Chowan, Dare, Gates, Perquimans and Tyrrell counties. A lawyer from Edenton, North Carolina, Culpepper was the Chairman of the powerful Rules Committee from 1999 until 2005. Considered the greatest Rules Chairman of all time, Culpepper will be remembered as one of the architects of the co-speakership (James B. Black and Richard T. Morgan) in 2003 and the driving force behind passage of the state's education lottery in 2005.
Culpepper resigned from the legislature in 2006 when he was appointed by Governor Mike Easley to North Carolina's Utilities Commission.
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A graduate of Hampden Sydney college, Culpepper was a third generation member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He is the father of two boys, William T. Culpepper, IV, an attorney in Charlotte, and W. Gardner Culpepper.
Mr Culpepper was the sponsor of SL2005-389, that was ratified on September 13, 2005. This bill takes away the clerks ability to enforce Child Support Orders, therefore allowing non paying parents more loopholes to escape Child Support Obligations. This bill also give the custodial parent the choice of hiring private counsel, inturn generating more income for attorneys statewide, or Contracting the Department of Social Services to litigate the case.
