A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT establishing the department of Labor advisory council and appropriating funds for that purpose.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 1 of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 95‑14.1. Advisory Council established.
(a)	There is hereby established the Department of Labor Advisory Council (Council). The primary function of the Council is to advise the Commissioner of Labor (Commissioner) on trends in workplace safety. The Council shall consist of no more than 24 members appointed by the Commissioner to serve four‑year terms. Membership on the Council shall include relatively equal representation from the construction and homebuilding industries, small business, retail business, agribusiness, local government, State government, and education.
(b)	The Council shall issue a comprehensive report every two years immediately preceding the convening of the Regular Session of the General Assembly held in odd numbered years. The Council may issue interim reports at any time deemed necessary by the Commissioner."
SECTION 2.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of labor the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the 2004‑2005 fiscal year to fund the Department of Labor Advisory Council established by this act.