NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 1055

HOUSE BILL 1348

AN ACT CREATING THE NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is hereby created the North Carolina Forestry Advisory Committee, hereinafter called "Committee", to be composed of eleven members, all appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Three members shall represent wood-using industries; two members shall represent forest landowners; two members shall represent non‑timber forest resource interests; two members shall represent the public; one member shall represent forestry organizations and one member shall represent banking and financial interests. All persons appointed to the Committee shall be persons of practical knowledge in the field they are to represent. Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation.

Sec. 2.  The Governor shall designate one member of the initial Committee as Chairman who shall serve as Chairman for one year. Thereafter, yearly, the Committee shall elect its own Chairman. The Committee shall select its own Vice-Chairman who shall serve for a term of one year and who shall preside in the absence of the Chairman and perform such other duties as the Chairman shall direct. Both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be eligible to serve successive terms. A quorum for any meeting of the Committee shall be seven members. The Chairman and Vice Chairman may vote on all matters coming before the Committee. The Committee shall select a Secretary who need not be a member of the Committee. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a permanent written record of the meetings of the Committee.

The Committee shall meet at least twice each year and more often if directed by the Board of Conservation and Development or if at least eight members of the Committee request in writing that the Chairman call a meeting. The Committee shall hold all its meetings within the State.

Sec. 3.  It shall be the duty of the Committee to advise the Board of Conservation and Development with respect to all matters concerning the conservation and development of both State-owned and privately owned forests in the State. The Committee shall undertake such studies and make such reports to the Board of Conservation and Development and the Governor as the Board or Governor may direct. In addition, the Committee may make such studies, reports and recommendations to the Board of Conservation and Development and Governor as it shall deem in the interests of the conservation and developments of the forests within the State.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of June, 1969.