GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

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HOUSE BILL 1907

Short Title:  Reg. Econ. Dev. Comm. Changes.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Nesbitt; Redwine, Culpepper, Rogers, and  Bowman.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 31, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTES RELATED TO THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 158-8.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	There is created the Western North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission to serve Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey Counties.  The Commission shall be located administratively in the Department of Commerce but shall exercise its statutory powers and duties independently of the Department of Commerce.  Funds appropriated to the Commission by the General Assembly shall be disbursed directly to the Commission at the beginning of each fiscal year."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 158-8.1(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Members of the Commission who are State employees shall receive travel expenses as provided in G.S. 138-6.  Other Commission members shall receive per diem of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day when the Commission meets and shall be reimbursed for travel and subsistence as provided in G.S. 138-5."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 158-8.2(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	There is created the Northeastern North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission to facilitate economic development and tourism development in Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington Counties.  The Commission shall be located administratively in the Department of Commerce but shall exercise its statutory powers and duties independently of the Department of Commerce.  Funds appropriated to the Commission by the General Assembly shall be disbursed directly to the Commission at the beginning of each fiscal year."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 158-8.2(h) reads as rewritten:
"(h)	Members of the Commission who are State employees shall receive travel expenses as provided in G.S. 138-6.  Other Commission members shall receive per diem of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day when the Commission meets and shall be reimbursed for travel and subsistence as provided in G.S. 138-5.  Members of the advisory boards who are State employees shall receive travel expenses as provided in G.S. 138-6 for participating in meetings and other official activities authorized by the Commission.  Other members of the advisory boards shall receive per diem and travel expenses as provided in G.S. 138-5 for participating in meetings and other official activities authorized by the Commission."
Sec. 5.  G.S. 158-8.3(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	There is created the Southeastern North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission to serve Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Cumberland, Hoke, New Hanover, Pender, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson, and Scotland Counties.  The Commission shall be located administratively in the Department of Commerce but shall exercise its statutory powers and duties independently of the Department of Commerce.  Funds appropriated to the Commission by the General Assembly shall be disbursed directly to the Commission at the beginning of each fiscal year."
Sec. 6.  G.S. 158-8.3(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Members of the Commission who are State employees shall receive travel expenses as provided in G.S. 138-6.  Other Commission members shall receive per diem of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day when the Commission meets and shall be reimbursed for travel and subsistence as provided in G.S. 138-5."
Sec. 7.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.