GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 923

Short Title:  Clarify UNC Board Nomination Process.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Warner; Barnhill, Beard, Bowman, DeVane, Dockham, Gardner, Gist, Gottovi, Gray, Hege, Hightower, Hurley, Jeralds, Jones, Lineberry, Luebke, McAllister, Nesbitt, and Privette.
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Referred to:  Education.
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April 19, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE PROCEDURES GOVERNING THE SELECTION OF NOMINEES FOR ELECTION TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND THE TIME FOR HOLDING THE ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 116-6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 116-6. Election and terms of members of Board of Governors.
(a)	As the terms of members of the Board of Governors provided for in G.S. 116-5 expire, their successors shall be elected by the Senate and House of Representatives.  Sixteen members shall be elected at the regular legislative session in 1993 and every two years thereafter.  The Senate and House of Representatives shall each elect one-half of the persons necessary to fill the vacancies on the Board of Governors.  Should additional vacancies occur as a result of one or more unexpired terms, the chamber which originally elected a member to the vacant seat shall elect the member who shall fulfill the unexpired term. Of the 16 members elected every two years beginning in 1993, at least two shall be women, at least two other members shall be members of a minority race, and at least two other members shall be members of the political party to which the largest minority of the members of the General Assembly belong.
(b)	In 1991 and every four years thereafter the Senate shall elect at least two members of the political party to which the largest minority of the members of the General Assembly belong and the House of Representatives shall elect at least two women and two members of a minority race.  In 1993 and every four years thereafter the Senate shall elect at least two women and two members of a minority race and the House of Representatives shall elect at least two members of the political party to which the largest minority of the members of the General Assembly belong.
(c)	In electing members to the Board of Governors, the Senate and the House of Representatives shall select from a slate of nominees made in each house.  The slate shall be prepared as provided by resolution of each house.  For each category for which members of the Board of Governors are to be elected, the slate of nominees shall contain at least twice the number of nominees for the total seats open in a category to the maximum extent possible. In 1991 and biennially thereafter, each house shall hold their elections within 30 legislative days after appointments to their Education Committees are complete.
	(d) All terms shall commence on July 1 of odd-numbered years and all members shall serve for four-year overlapping terms.
	(e) No person may be elected to:
(1)	More than three full four-year terms in succession;
(2)	A four-year term if preceded immediately by election to two full eight-year terms in succession; or
(3)	A four-year term if preceded immediately by election to an eight-year term and a four-year term in succession.
Resignation from a term of office does not constitute a break in service for the purpose of this subsection.  Service prior to the beginning of those terms in 1989 shall be included in the limitations.
		(f)	Any person who has served at least one full term as chairman of the Board of Governors shall be a member emeritus of the Board of Governors.  Members emeriti have all the rights and privileges of membership except they do not have a vote."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.