GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 283
HOUSE BILL 495

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 131-7 GOVERNING THE ELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO HOSPITALS IN COUNTIES, TOWNSHIPS, AND TOWNS WHO CONTINUE TO OPERATE UNDER ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 131 OF THE NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL STATUTES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 131-7, as it applies to hospitals continuing to operate under Article 2, Chapter 131 of the North Carolina General Statutes pursuant to Section 3, Chapter 775 of the 1983 Session Laws, is amended by rewriting the first sentence to read:  "Should a majority of the qualified voters upon the question be in favor of establishing such county, township, or town hospital, the governing body shall proceed at once to appoint seven trustees chosen from the citizens at large with reference to their fitness for such office, all residents of the county, township or town, who shall constitute a board of trustees for such public hospital."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 131-7 is amended by deleting the phrase "No practicing physician may serve as a trustee.", and substituting "One practicing physician may serve as a trustee."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1989.