GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2011-134
HOUSE BILL 416
AN ACT to allow camden county to expand WATERSHED IMPROVEMENT commissions from three to five members.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 139-41(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) The board of county
commissioners may itself exercise such powers or, for that purpose, may create
a watershed improvement commission to be composed of three three or
five members appointed by the board. The terms of office of the members of
the commission shall be six years, with the exception of the first two years of
existence of the commission, in which one member shall be appointed to serve
for a period of two years, one for a period of four years, and one for a period
of six years; thereafter all members shall be appointed for six years, and
shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Vacancies
in the membership of the commission occurring otherwise than by expiration of
term shall be filled by appointment to the unexpired term by the board of
county commissioners. The commission shall hold its first meeting within 30
days after its appointment as provided for in this Article, and the beginning
date of all terms of office of commissioners shall be the date on which the
commission holds its first meeting. The commission at its first meeting shall
select a chair, vice-chair, and secretary-treasurer to serve two-year terms.
All acts done by the commission shall be entered in a book of minutes to be
kept by the secretary-treasurer. A majority of the membership of the commission
shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall meet in regular session at
least quarterly and may meet specially upon the call of the chair or any
members, and upon at least three-day notice of the time, place, and purpose of
the meeting. The commission shall provide the board of county commissioners 30
days prior to July 1 a proposed budget for the fiscal year commencing on July 1
and shall provide the board of county commissioners an audit by a certified
public accountant within 60 days after the expiration of the fiscal year ending
on June 30."
SECTION 2. This act applies to Camden County only, and does not affect Chapter 387 of the Session Laws of 1973. If the Board of Commissioners chooses to expand an existing district from three to five members, it shall provide for initial terms of the two new members not to exceed six years as it sees fit, with successors serving six-year terms.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of June, 2011.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives