GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 488
HOUSE BILL 897

AN ACT TO APPOINT PERSONS TO PUBLIC OFFICE UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; AND TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTEES TO THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

Whereas, G.S. 120-121 authorizes the General Assembly to make certain appointments upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and
Whereas, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has made recommendations; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Richard Koerber of Henderson County is appointed to the Acupuncture Licensing Board for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 2.  J. D. Teachey, Jr. of Duplin County, Zeno Radcliffe, III of Beaufort County, and Gary Hyatt of Mitchell County are appointed to the North Carolina Agricultural Finance Authority for terms expiring June 30, 1998.
Sec. 3.  Sylvania Wilkerson of Wayne County is appointed to the Alarm Systems Licensing Board for a term expiring June 30, 1998.
Sec. 4.  Frank H. Dunn, Jr. of Mecklenburg County is appointed to the State Banking Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 5.  Jerri Howell of Robeson County (nonprovider) and Sharon Decker of Gaston County (nonprofit provider) are appointed to the Child Day-Care Commission for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 6.  Dr. John T. Tierney of Moore County is appointed to the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 7.  James Ray Smith of Guilford County is appointed to the State Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 8.  Louis Pippin of Wake County is appointed to the Crime Victims Compensation Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 9.  Bill Anderson of Wilkes County is appointed to the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 12.  Carla DuPuy of Mecklenburg County and Doug Boykin of Pender County are appointed to the Environmental Management Commission for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 13.  Philip Spry of Guilford County is appointed to the Advisory Committee on Family-Centered Services for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 14.  Bennie Scarbro of Yadkin County is appointed to the State Fire and Rescue Commission for a term beginning October 1, 1995, and expiring September 30, 1998.
Sec. 15.  Bob Everett of Halifax County is appointed to the Genetic Engineering Review Board for a term expiring June 30, 1998.
Sec. 16.  Seddon Goode, Jr. of Mecklenburg County and J. Gregory Poole, Jr. of Wake County are appointed to the North Carolina Global TransPark Authority Board of Directors for terms expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 17.  William T. Boyd of Randolph County (licensed real estate broker), Donald B. Barnes of Wayne County (at large), James William Oglesby of Buncombe County (at large), and Todd Houser of Mecklenburg County (mortgage servicing institution) are appointed to the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 18.  Ray Little Turtle of Robeson County is appointed to the North Carolina State Commission on Indian Affairs for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 19.  Keith Clark of Moore County is appointed to the Information Resource Management Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 20.  Bob McLester of Richmond County and Constance Walker of Durham County are appointed to the North Carolina Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority for terms expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 21.  Laura J. Thomas of Mecklenburg County and Terri Nunn of Forsyth County are appointed to the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse Services for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 22.  Edmond Buckman, Sr. of Beaufort County and G.B. Warner of Hyde County are appointed to the Northeastern North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission for terms expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 23.  Cynthia R. Morgan of Moore County is appointed to the North Carolina Center for Nursing Board of Directors for a term expiring June 30, 1998.
Sec. 24.  Donna White of Johnston County is appointed to the North Carolina Nursing Scholars Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 25.  William B. Morris of Wake County (physical disability), James H. Wells of Guilford County (developmental disability), Max V. Krebs of Moore County (mental illness), Laurie M. Collins of Forsyth County (at large), Jodi Kopalla of Wake County (at large), Pat Clapp (mental retardation), and Sharon Plain of Onslow County (at large) are appointed to the Governor's Advocacy Council for Persons with Disabilities for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 26.  Steve Williams of Forsyth County (owner/operator of a convenience store), Neb King of Person County (motor fuel service station dealer), and George Robert Luckadoo of Rutherford County (mediation of groundwater contamination) are appointed to the North Carolina Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Funds Council for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 27.  Henry Kluttz of Rowan County is appointed to the North Carolina Principal Fellows Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 28.  Melvin Gregory Scott of Forsyth County is appointed to the Private Protective Services Board for a term expiring June 30, 1998.
Sec. 29.  James R. Vosburgh of Beaufort County is appointed to the Property Tax Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 30.  James L. Bichsel of Guilford County is appointed to the Public Officers and Employees Liability Insurance Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 31.  Ralph Burroughs of Forsyth County and D.K. McLaughlin of Guilford County are appointed to the Board of Public Telecommunications Commissioners for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 32.  Tom Keith of Cumberland County is appointed to the Real Estate Appraisal Board for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 33.  Lynda Petty of Randolph County, Linwood Parker of Johnston County, Jorga Barker of Craven County, Howard Danieley of Alamance County, and Harris Blake of Moore County are appointed to the Commission on School Facility Needs for terms expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 34.  Jim Peden of Wake County and Chandler Bryan of Iredell County are appointed to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 35.  Betsy Justus of Wake County, Susan Burroughs of Forsyth County, Wallace Nelson of Perquimans County, and Judy Kennedy of Union County are appointed to the Commission on School Technology for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 36.  John Schrote of Currituck County is appointed to the North Carolina Seafood Industrial Park Authority for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 37.  Litchard Hurley of Randolph County is appointed to the North Carolina Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission for a term beginning September 1, 1995, and expiring August 31, 1997.
Sec. 38.  Kermit Williamson of Sampson County and Lee Stevens of Robeson County are appointed to the Southeastern North Carolina Farmers Market Commission for terms expiring June 30, 1998.
Sec. 39.  Wyatt G. Upchurch of Hoke County and George Rountree, III of New Hanover County are appointed to the Southeastern North Carolina Regional Economic Development Commission for terms expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 40.  William F. Maready of Forsyth County is appointed to the North Carolina State Ports Authority for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 41.  Vick Parks of Randolph County (retired State employee) and Charles Crutchfield of Wake County (public member non-State employee) are appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 42.  Ed Goode of Mecklenburg County is appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 43.  Joyce Rhodes of Moore County is appointed for a term expiring June 30, 1997, and Franz Holscher of Gaston County is appointed to the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Commission for a term expiring June 30, 1999.
Sec. 44.  Tom Darden of Wake County is appointed to the Board of Transportation for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 45.  Joan Danieley of Forsyth County is appointed to the Board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television for a term expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 46.  Borden Hanes of Forsyth County and Emily Meymandi of Wake County are appointed to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Museum of Art for terms expiring June 30, 1997.
Sec. 47.  James B. Black, Jr. of Mecklenburg County, Ralph Squires of Mecklenburg County, and Charles R. Preston of Catawba County are appointed to the Wildlife Resources Commission for terms expiring April 25, 1997.
Sec. 48.  Unless otherwise provided, appointments made by this act are for terms beginning upon the ratification of this act.
Sec. 49. (a) G.S. 158-8.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	The Commission shall consist of 19 members appointed as follows:
(1)	Three members shall be appointed by the Governor;
(2)	Two members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor;
(3)	Seven members shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance with G.S. 120-121.
(4)	Seven members shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in accordance with G.S. 120-121; and".
(b)	G.S. 158-8.1(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	The appointing authority shall designate two of the initial appointees pursuant to subsection (b)(1), one of the initial appointees pursuant to subsection (b)(2), two of the initial appointees pursuant to subsection (b)(3), and two of the initial appointees pursuant to subsection (b)(4) to serve for terms ending June 30, 1995; the remainder of the initial appointees shall serve for terms ending June 30, 1997. Their successors shall serve for four-year terms ending on June 30 quadrennially thereafter.  The appointing authority shall designate the additional appointees under subsections (b3) and (b4) that were added to the Commission membership pursuant to an act of the 1995 General Assembly to serve for terms ending June 30, 1999.
Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Commission shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. Vacancies in appointments made by the General Assembly shall be in accordance with G.S. 120-122."
Sec. 50.  Ray Rouse, III of Wayne County and R. Stephen Stroud of Wake County are appointed to the Centennial Authority for terms expiring July 1, 1999.  Temple Sloan, Jr. of Wake County and Brent Barringer of Wake County are appointed to the Centennial Authority for terms expiring July 1, 1997.
Sec. 51.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of July, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives