GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

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HOUSE BILL 562

Short Title:  Council on Status of Women.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Easterling, Holt, Colton; Gardner and Hensley.
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Referred to:  State Government.
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April 1, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNCIL FOR WOMEN.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-123(31) reads as rewritten:
"(31)	The North Carolina Council for Women, as established by G.S. 143B-393."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 143B-368(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	All such functions, powers, duties and obligations heretofore vested in any agency enumerated in Article 10 of Chapter 143A of the General Statutes of North Carolina, are hereby transferred to and vested in the Department of Administration except as otherwise provided by the Executive Organization Act of 1973. They shall include, by way of extension and not limitation, the functions of
(1)	The Director of the Department of Administration,
(2)	The Systems Management Division,
(3)	The North Carolina Capital Planning Commission,
(4)	The State Youth Council and the Youth Advisory Board,
(5)	The North Carolina Human Relations Commission,
(6)	The North Carolina Commission on Interstate Cooperation,
(7)	The State Construction Finance Authority,
(8)	The Marine Science Council,
(9)	The Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact, and
(10)	The North Carolina Council for Women.
Also the functions shall comprise those specified for the Day-Care Licensing Board in Article 7 of Chapter 110 of the General Statutes, and the North Carolina Manpower Council in Article 29D of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 143B-370 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-370. Organization of the Department.
The Department of Administration shall be organized initially to include the State Goals and Policy Board, the State Personnel Board, the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission, the Child Day-Care Licensing Commission, the North Carolina Drug Commission, the North Carolina Council on Interstate Cooperation, the State Youth Advisory Council, the North Carolina Marine Science Council, the North Carolina Human Relations Council, the North Carolina Council for Women, the North Carolina Manpower Council, the Standardization Committee, the Southern Interstate Nuclear Compact, the Division of State Budget and Management, the Division of State Planning, the Division of State Property and Construction, the Division of State Purchase and Contract, the Division of State Personnel, the Division of State Management Systems, the Division of State General Services, and such other divisions as may be established under the provisions of the Executive Organization Act of 1973."
Sec. 4.  Part 10 of Article 9 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes reads as rewritten:
"Part 10.  North Carolina Council for Women.
"§ 143B-393. Council on the Status of Women – creation; powers and duties.
There is hereby created the North Carolina Council for Women of the Department of Administration. The North Carolina Council for Women shall have the following functions and duties:
(1)	To advise the Governor, the principal State departments, and the State legislature concerning the education and employment of women in the State of North Carolina; and
(2)	To advise the Secretary of Administration upon any matter the Secretary may refer to it; and
(3)	To establish programs for the assistance of displaced homemakers as set forth in Part 10B of this Article.
"§ 143B-394. North Carolina Council for Women – members; selection; quorum; compensation.
The North Carolina Council for Women of the Department of Administration shall consist of 20 members appointed by the Governor. The initial members of the Council shall be the appointed members of the North Carolina Council for Women, three of whose appointments expire June 30, 1977, and four of whose appointments expire June 30, 1978. Thirteen additional members shall be appointed in 1977, six of whom shall serve terms expiring June 30, 1978, and seven of whom shall serve terms expiring June 30, 1979. At the ends of the respective terms of office of the initial members of the Council and of the 13 members added in 1977, the appointment of their successors shall be for terms of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Council created by the resignation, dismissal, death, or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. Members of the Council shall be representative of age, sex, ethnic and geographic backgrounds.
The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the Council from office in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 143B-16 of the Executive Organization Act of 1973.
The Governor shall designate a member of the Council to serve as chairman at the pleasure of the Governor.
Members of the Council shall receive per diem and necessary travel  and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138-5.
A majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
All clerical and other services required by the Council shall be supplied by the Secretary of Administration."
Sec. 5.  G.S. 143B-394.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	This State Coordinator shall have administrative experience and the recommendation of the North Carolina Rape Crisis Association and the North Carolina Council for Women. If possible, the State Coordinator shall have public speaking experience, training in rape crisis intervention and education in a related field."
Sec. 6.  G.S. 143B-394.4(2) reads as rewritten:
"(2)	'Council' means the North Carolina Council for Women;".
Sec. 7.  All rules adopted by the Department of Administration for or upon the recommendation of the Council on the Status of Women shall remain in full force and effect until repealed or superseded by action of the Department of Administration.
Sec. 8.  The North Carolina Council for Women shall retain the same records, personnel, property, unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations or other funds, including the functions of budgeting and purchasing that it possessed as the Council on the Status of Women.
Sec. 9.  The Revisor of the Statutes shall change any remaining references to the "Council on the Status of Women" in the General Statutes to the "North Carolina Council for Women."
Sec. 10.  This act is effective upon ratification.