GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 560

Short Title:  New Wildlife Resources Commission.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Barker; Kaplan and Cobb.
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Referred to:  Marine Resources and Wildlife.
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March 21, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A NEW NORTH CAROLINA WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143-240 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-240. Creation of Wildlife Resources Commission; districts; qualifications of members.
(a)	There is hereby created the Wildlife Resources Commission of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development which shall consist of 13 citizens of North Carolina who shall be appointed as is provided in G.S. 143-241.
Each member of the Commission shall be an experienced hunter, fisherman, farmer, or biologist, who shall be generally informed on wildlife conservation and restoration problems.
Members of the Commission shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138-5 or G.S. 138-6 as the case may be, which shall be paid from the Wildlife Resources Commission Fund.
	(b) There are established the following geographical wildlife districts for enforcement purposes:
First district to be composed of the following counties: Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Washington.
Second district to be composed of the following counties: Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover, Onslow, Pamlico, Pender, Pitt.
Third district to be composed of the following counties: Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Northampton, Vance, Wake, Warren, Wayne, Wilson.
Fourth district to be composed of the following counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland.
Fifth district to be composed of the following counties: Alamance,  Caswell, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Guilford, Lee, Orange, Person, Randolph, Rockingham.
Sixth district to be composed of the following counties: Anson, Cabarrus, Davidson, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Rowan, Stanly, Union.
Seventh district to be composed of the following counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin.
Eighth district to be composed of the following counties: Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford, Yancey.
Ninth district to be composed of the following counties: Buncombe,  Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, Polk, Swain, Transylvania.
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Sec. 2.  The terms of office of the present members of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall expire upon ratification of this act.  Effective for terms to begin on that date, the members of the Commission shall be appointed as provided in G.S. 143-241, as amended by this act.
Sec. 3.  G.S. 143-241 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-241. Appointment and terms of office of Commission members; filling of vacancies.
	The members of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission shall be appointed as follows:
The Governor shall appoint one member each from the State's third, fourth, seventh, and tenth congressional districts to serve six-year terms;
The Governor shall appoint one member each from the second, fifth, eighth, and eleventh congressional districts to serve four-year terms;
The Governor shall appoint one member each from the State's first, sixth, and ninth congressional districts to serve two-year terms;
	The General Assembly shall appoint two members of the Commission to serve two-year terms, one upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House and one upon the recommendation of the President of the Senate, in accordance with G.S. 120-121.
	Thereafter as the terms of office of the members of the Commission appointed by the Governor from the several congressional districts expire, their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years each.  As the terms of office of the members of the Commission appointed by the General Assembly expire, their successors shall be appointed for terms of two years each.  All members appointed by the Governor serve at the pleasure of the Governor that appointed them and they may be removed by that Governor at any time.  A successor to the appointing Governor may remove a Commission member only for cause as provided in G.S. 143B-13.  Members appointed by the General Assembly serve at the pleasure of that body and may be removed by law at any time.
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Sec. 4.  This act is effective upon ratification.