GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 173

Short Title:  Future Strategies Comm. Membership.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Goldston.
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Referred to:  Rules and Operation of the Senate.
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February 21, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-84.7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 120-84.7.  Membership.
The Commission shall consist of 15 members appointed as follows:
(1)	One representative of county government, appointed by the Governor;
(2)	One representative of city government, appointed by the Governor;
(3)	Three representatives of the private sector, appointed by the Governor;
(4)	Three members of the Senate, appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(5)	One representative of city government, appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(6)	One representative of the private sector, appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(7)	Three members of the House of Representatives, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(8)	One representative of county government, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
(9)	One educator, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Members shall serve for two-year terms beginning on the convening of the General Assembly in each odd-numbered year; provided, however, the terms of initial members shall begin on appointment and end on the day of the convening of the 1991 General Assembly.  Members who are appointed to the Commission as members of the General Assembly shall not be disqualified from completing a term of service on the Commission because they fail to run or are defeated for reelection; provided, however, resignation or removal from the General Assembly shall constitute resignation or removal from membership on the Commission.
Vacancies created by resignation or otherwise shall be filled by the original appointing authority.
The chairman shall be elected by the Commission from among its members and shall not be a legislator."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.