GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 214*

Short Title:  Increase ERC Membership.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Nichols; and Culp.

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Referred to:  Environment.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ADD TWO MEMBERS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-70.42 reads as rewritten:  
"§ 120-70.42.  Membership; cochairs; vacancies; quorum.
The Environmental Review Commission shall consist of six Senators appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, six Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing officer, the Chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, and the Chair of the House of Representatives Committee on the Environment.  The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate one Senator to serve as cochair and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one Representative to serve as cochair.  Any vacancy which occurs on the Environmental Review Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.  A quorum of the Environmental Review Commission shall consist of eight members."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to any appointments for terms beginning on or after that date.