NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 294

HOUSE BILL 529

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 18-37 AND 18-38 RELATING TO THE STATE BOARD OF ALCOHOLIC CONTROL AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 18-37 is hereby rewritten in its entirety to read as follows:

"G.S. 18-37. State Board of Alcoholic Control; membership: compensation. A State Board of Alcoholic Control is hereby created, and shall consist of a chairman and two associate members. The chairman and associate members of the Board shall be men well known for their character, ability, and business acumen. The chairman of the Board shall devote his full time to his official duties. He shall receive a salary to be fixed by the Governor, subject to the approval of the Advisory Budget Commission, together with necessary traveling expenses allowed under the general law. The two associate members of the Board shall receive no compensation for their services except the per diem, subsistence and travel allowances provided for members of similar State boards and commissions by Chapter 138 of the General Statutes."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 18-38 is hereby rewritten in its entirety to read as follows:

"G.S. 18-38.  Appointment of members; powers and duties of chairman; term of appointment. The Chairman and the associate members of the State Board of Alcoholic Control shall be appointed by the Governor, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The Governor shall fill any vacancy arising on the State Board by appointment of a successor, to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The chairman of the Board shall have such powers and perform such duties as the Board shall prescribe, including the authority to appoint, promote, demote and discharge all subordinate officers and employees of the State Board of Alcoholic Control, and they shall perform such duties as the chairman may assign. Except as the State Board may provide otherwise, the chairman of the Board shall have all the powers and duties heretofore imposed upon the Director of the State Board of Alcoholic Control.

Sec. 3.  The terms of office of the incumbent members and the director of the State Board of Alcoholic Control shall terminate on the effective date of this Act.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 18-40 and all other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall become effective on the fifth day following the date of ratification of this Act.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of April, 1969.