GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 21

Short Title:  Holocaust Council Membership.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Lilley; Bowman, Brown, and Stam.
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Referred to:  Rules.
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January 18, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE COMPOSITION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL ON THE HOLOCAUST.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143B-216.21 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-216.21. Membership; selection; quorum.
The Council shall consist of 24 members, six appointed by the Governor, six appointed by the President of the Senate, six appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and six appointed by the other 18 members. Members shall be appointed in 1985 for two-year terms to begin July 1, 1985. In 1987 and biennially thereafter, successors shall be appointed for two-year terms.  The six at-large appointments shall be made by the Council at its first meeting after July 1 of each odd-numbered year.  To be eligible for appointment as an at-large member, a person must either be a survivor of the Holocaust or a first-generation lineal descendant of such person. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective with respect to appointments made for terms beginning on or after July 1, 1989.