GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1595

Short Title:  Piedmont Triad Center/Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Gray; Bowie, Dockham, Esposito, Jarrell, Jeffus, Kennedy, Lineberry, and Rhodes.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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June 4, 1992

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING THE PIEDMONT TRIAD ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 31 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"ARTICLE 31.

							Piedmont Triad Engineering Research Center.
"§ 116-250.  Piedmont Triad Engineering Research Center; establishment; board of directors; purpose.
(a)	The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina shall establish the Piedmont Triad Engineering Research Center.
(b)	Subject to the requirements of this Article and to policies established by the Board of Governors, the programs and activities of the Center shall be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of the following members:
(1)	Ex Officio, the Vice President for Research of The University of North Carolina; the Dean of the School of Engineering of North Carolina State University; the Dean of the School of Engineering of North Carolina A&T State University; the Dean of the School of Engineering of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs of Wake Forest University; the Provost of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; and the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of Winston-Salem State University;
(2)	One member of the faculty of the School of Engineering of North Carolina State University, to be appointed by the Board of Governors on nomination of the Chancellor of that institution, for a term of three years;
(3)	One member of the faculty of the School of Engineering of North Carolina A&T State University, to be appointed by the Board of Governors on nomination of the Chancellor of that institution, for a term of three years;
(4)	Two members of the faculty of Wake Forest University, appointed by the Board of Governors on nomination of the President of that institution, for terms of three years; and
(5)	Three private citizens, who are neither officers nor employees of the aforementioned institutions of higher education, who are residents of the cities of Winston-Salem, Greensboro, or High Point, and who have distinguished themselves as leaders in private commercial activity, to be appointed by the Board of Governors, for terms of three years.
(c)	The Center shall be established to further graduate education and research in engineering within the Piedmont Triad area and its principal municipalities of Winston-Salem, Greensboro, and High Point.
"§ 116-251.  Center Director; administration; finances.
(a)	The programs and activities of the Center shall be administered by a Director, who shall be appointed by the Board of Governors on nomination of the President of The University of North Carolina, following consultation with the Board of Directors of the Center; the Director shall report to and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors; the Director shall make an annual report to the Board of Governors.
(b)	The Director shall be assisted by any other administrative officers and professional staff members considered appropriate by and selected and employed by the Board of Directors, on recommendation of the Director.  The Director and other administrative officers and professional staff members of the Center shall be exempt from the State Personnel Act, and their employment shall be governed by the policies and regulations and provisions for compensation established by the Board of Directors.  All other employees of the Center shall be subject to the State Personnel Act.
(c)	All employees of the Center shall be considered to be employees of the State and shall be covered by all provisions of State law relevant thereto, including Chapter 97, Chapter 135, and Article 31A of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes.
(d)	Subject to instructions established by the President of The University of North Carolina, the Board of Directors shall develop, prepare and submit to the President recommended budget requests for State appropriated funds for operation of the Center.  The comprehensive budget for the Center shall be established by the Board of Directors, on recommendatin of the Director, to be based on funds derived from (i) appropriations to the Center from the State; (ii) matching grants from local governmental entities within the Piedmont Triad area; (iii) grants from or contracts with federal government agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health; (iv) grants from or contracts with private industries; (v) other private benefactions, and any other receipts to which the Center may have access.  The Board of Directors may accept, receive, and use any federal funds, local government grants, private benefactions, or other receipts which, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, would be beneficial to the operation of the Center."
Sec. 2.  Article 1 of Chapter 126 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(16)	The Director and other members of the administrative and professional staff of the Piedmont Triad Engineering Research Center, as provided for in G.S. 116-251(b)."
Sec. 3.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, the sum of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) for the 1992-93 fiscal year for the establishment and operation of the Piedmont Triad Engineering Research Center.  These funds are to be part of the continuation budget in the next and subsequent biennia.
Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1992.