NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 237

HOUSE BILL 485

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 136-1 RELATING TO THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  (a) G.S. 136-1, as the same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by rewriting the first paragraph in its entirety to read as follows:

"There is hereby created a State Highway Commission, to be composed of a chairman and twenty-three members to be appointed by the Governor, and they shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. All vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Governor."

(b)  The fourth paragraph of the above referred to G.S. 136-1 is hereby amended by striking out the semicolon immediately following the word "area" in line three, inserting a period in lieu thereof, and striking out the remainder of the sentence which reads, "provided, however, each commissioner shall be responsible for relations with the public generally and with individual citizens regarding highway matters in the division in which he resides."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 17th day of April, 1969.