NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 400

SENATE BILL 529

AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Section 156 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes as the same appears in the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A is hereby amended as follows:

a)   by deleting from the first sentence of said section the word "fifteen" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-two";

b)   by adding at the end of the first sentence of said section new sentences to read as follows: "The Governor shall serve ex officio as a member and as chairman of the Board. The six persons who are the chairmen of the committees on appropriations, finance and higher education in the Senate and House of Representatives shall serve ex officio as members of the Board.";

c)   by adding in the first sentence of the second paragraph of said section after the word "institutions" the following words: "and the ex officio members";

d)   by adding at the end of the second paragraph of said section a new sentence reading as follows: "The term of each of the six ex officio members from the General Assembly shall commence with his appointment to the committee chairmanship and shall continue until his successor as committee chairman has been appointed."

e)   by deleting the first two sentences from the third paragraph of said section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "All memberships, except ex officio memberships, shall be subject to confirmation by the House of Representatives and the Senate in joint session assembled. The Governor shall forward all appointments to the General Assembly before the fortieth legislative day of each regular session."

Sec. 2.  Section 157 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes as the same appears in the 1966 Replacement Volume 3A is hereby amended by deleting therefrom the word "chairman" and by deleting the commas following the words "chairman" and "vice chairman".

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1969.