GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 220
SENATE BILL 822

AN ACT TO APPOINT A STUDENT MEMBER TO THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AND TO ESTABLISH A NEW CATEGORY OF MEMBERS EMERITUS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 116 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 116-6.1.  Student member of the Board of Governors.
(a)	Commencing July 1, 1991, and during his continuance as a student in good standing at a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, the person serving as president of the University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments (UNCASG) or his designee shall serve ex officio as a member of the Board of Governors.  This student member shall be in addition to the 32 members elected to the Board of Governors.
(b)	The student member shall have all the rights and privileges of membership, except that he shall not have a vote."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 116-6(f) is amended as follows:
"(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 for one four-year term beginning at the expiration of that member's regular elected term.  Any person already serving as an emeritus member may serve an additional four-year term beginning July 1, 1991.  Members emeriti have all the rights and privileges of membership except they do not have a vote."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 116-6 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(g)	Effective July 1, 1991, and thereafter, any person who has served at least one term as a member of the Board of Governors after having served as Governor of North Carolina shall be a member emeritus of the Board of Governors, with all the rights and privileges of membership as in G.S. 116-6(f)."
Sec. 4.  Section 2 of this act shall be implemented within funds available for the operations of the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina.  Nothing in Section 2 of this act shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate additional funds for the operating costs of the Board of Governors.
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of June, 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