GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

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SENATE BILL 879
Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 6/15/95

Short Title:  Study Ports Authority Transfer.	(Public)

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Referred to: Appropriations

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May 1, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A LEGISLATIVE STUDY COMMISSION TO STUDY THE ISSUE OF THE TRANSFER OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA PORTS RAILWAY COMMISSION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is established a legislative study commission to study the issue of the transfer of the North Carolina State Ports Authority, as set forth in Part 10 of Article 10 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, and of the North Carolina Ports Railway Commission, as set forth in Part 11 of Article 10 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes, to the Department of Transportation.
The study commission shall consist of 12 members, six of whom shall be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and six of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.  Members shall receive the reimbursements prescribed by law.  The commission shall have all the powers of a commission as prescribed by law. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each appoint one of the members to serve as Co-Chair.
With the approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the study commission may be staffed by professional and clerical employees of the Legislative Services Commission and may meet in the Legislative Building or the Legislative Office Building.
The study commission shall make a final report of the results of its study, together with any legislative recommendations, to the 1995 General Assembly, Regular Session 1996, within one week of its convening.
Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the General Assembly the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 1995-96 fiscal year to fund the study established by this act.
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.