GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 315
HOUSE BILL 40

AN ACT TO MODIFY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143B-283(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Environmental Management Commission shall consist of 13 members appointed by the Governor.  The Governor shall select the members so that the membership of the Commission shall consist of:
(1)	One who shall be a licensed physician with specialized training and experience in the health effects of environmental pollution;
(2)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with the Commission for Health Services or local board of health or have experience in health sciences; 
(3)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with or have had experience in agriculture;
(4)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, be a registered engineer with specialized training and experience in water supply or water or air pollution control; 
(5)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with or have had experience in the fish and wildlife conservation activities of the State;
(6)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, have special training and scientific expertise in hydrogeology or groundwater hydrology; 
(7)	Three members interested in water and air pollution control, appointed from the public at large;
(8)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with industrial production or have had experience in the field of industrial air and water pollution control; 
(9)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with or have had experience in pollution control problems of municipal or county government;
(10)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, have special training and scientific expertise in air pollution control and the effects of air pollution; and
(11)	One who shall, at the time of appointment, have special training and scientific expertise in freshwater, estuarine, marine biological, or ecological sciences."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification. However, Commission members serving on the Environmental Management Commission on the date of ratification shall be eligible to complete their respective terms.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of June, 1989.