GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 73
SENATE BILL 362

AN ACT TO EXTEND THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S.S. NORTH CAROLINA BATTLESHIP COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 143B-74 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-74. U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission – members; selection; quorum; compensation.
The U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources shall consist of 18 members including the Secretary of Cultural Resources and the Secretary of Economic and Community Development who shall serve as voting ex officio members. The members of the Commission appointed for terms to end in 1991 shall serve for an additional two-year period. At the end of the respective terms of office of the members of the Commission serving in 1991, their successors shall be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Commission created by the resignation, dismissal, death, or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. The provisions of the Executive Organization Act of 1973 pertaining to the residence of members of commissions shall not apply to the U.S.S. North Carolina Battleship Commission.
The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the Commission from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 143B-13 of the Executive Organization Act of 1973.
The members of the Commission shall receive per diem and necessary  travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138-5.
A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Governor shall designate from among the members of the Commission a chairman, vice-chairman and treasurer. The Secretary of Cultural Resources or his designee shall serve as Secretary of the Commission. The Commission shall meet at least twice annually upon the call of the chairman, the Secretary of Cultural Resources, or any seven members of the Commission."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of May, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives