GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 353

Short Title:  Appt. State Library Members.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Cochrane, Block, Conder; and Seymour.
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Referred to:  Travel, Tourism and Cultural Resources.
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March 28, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT OF THE STATE LIBRARY COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 143B-91 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-91. State Library Commission – members; selection; quorum; compensation.
(a)	The State Library Commission shall consist of 15 members. All members shall have an interest in the development of library and information services in North Carolina.  Eight members shall be appointed by the Governor.  One member shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor.  One member shall be appointed by the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives.  Three members shall be appointed by the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association.  Two members shall be the President and the President-elect of the North Carolina Library Association or two appointees as determined by the North Carolina Library Association's Board of Directors.  The State Librarian shall be an ex officio member and act as secretary to the Commission.
All appointments shall be for four-year terms with eight of the commissioners taking office on the first four-year cycle and seven commissioners taking office on the second four-year cycle.  Any appointment to fill a vacancy in one of the positions appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Appointees shall not serve more than two successive four-year terms.
The Governor shall choose a chairperson from among the gubernatorial appointees. The chairperson shall serve not more than two successive two-year terms as chair.
Members of the Commission shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses as provided in G.S. 138-5.
A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
All clerical and other services required by the Commission shall be supplied by the Secretary of Cultural Resources.
The Commission shall meet at least twice a year.
(b)	There shall be standing committees established to advise the Secretary of Cultural Resources, the Commission, and the State Librarian.  These committees shall be:  Public Library Development; Interlibrary Cooperation; State Government Information Services; State Library Development; and any other committee deemed appropriate.  Each committee shall be composed of a committee chairperson and at least six persons appointed annually by the Secretary of Cultural Resources with the approval of the Commission.  At least one of the members of each committee shall be a member of the Commission.  Each committee shall report to the Commission at least once a year."
Sec. 2. In order to provide for a transition to the new number of commissioners and assure the necessary rotation of members, the following appointment cycle is established:
(a) All members of the State Library Commission at the time of the enactment of this bill shall remain on the Commission for the remainder of their terms except Commissioners who are members through election as President of the North Carolina Library Association and Chair of the following sections of the North Carolina Library Association:  Public Library Section, College and University Section, Junior College Section, and President of the North Carolina Association of School Librarians.  The terms of these Commissioners shall expire June 30, 1991.
(b) On July 1, 1991, the Governor shall appoint two persons to full four-year terms and two persons to two-year terms.  The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one person to a full four-year term.  The Speaker of the House shall appoint one person to a full four-year term. Two appointees of the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association shall begin a two-year term.  One appointee of the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association shall begin a full four-year term.  The President and Vice-president of the North Carolina Library Association or two appointees of the North Carolina Library Association shall begin a two-year term.
(c) On July 1, 1993, the Governor shall appoint four persons to full four-year terms.  Two appointees of the North Carolina Library Public Library Directors Association shall begin full four-year terms.  The President and Vice-president or two appointees of the North Carolina Library Association shall begin full four-year terms.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.