§ 143B‑292.  North Carolina Mining Commission – officers.

(a) Officers. – The North Carolina Mining Commission shall have a chair and a vice‑chair. The chair shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of the Commission to serve as chair at the pleasure of the Governor. The vice‑chair shall be elected by and from the members of the Commission and shall serve for a term of two years or until the expiration of the vice‑chair’s regularly appointed term.

(b) Alternate Leadership in Absence of Chair Designation. – If the Governor has not designated a chair by July 1 of the year following the expiration of the term of the previous chair, then the vice‑chair shall exercise the powers and duties of the chair until the Governor designates a chair or the expiration of the vice‑chair’s regularly appointed term, whichever first occurs. Upon the expiration of the vice‑chair’s regularly appointed term, the Commission shall elect a new vice‑chair in the manner described in subsection (a) of this section who shall act as chair as set forth in this subsection until the Governor designates a chair as set forth in subsection (a) of this section. (1973, c. 1262, s. 29; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1983, c. 279, s. 2; 1989, c. 727, s. 193; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 944, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1039, s. 16; 2006‑79, s. 5; repealed by 2012‑143, s. (1)(a), effective August 1, 2012; reenacted by 2014‑4, s. 5(a); 2021‑180, s. 12.23(a).)