A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for improved staggered terms of the members of the clean water Management fund board of trustees, to increase the number of members of the board, and to make appointments to the Board.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113‑145.5 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113‑145.5.  Clean Water Management Trust Fund: Board of Trustees established; membership qualifications; vacancies; meetings and meeting facilities.
(a)	Board of Trustees Established. – There is established the Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees. The Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees shall be administratively located within the Department of Environment and Natural Resources but shall be independent of the Department.
(b)	Membership. – The Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees shall be composed of 21 members appointed to four-year terms as follows:
(1)	One member appointed by the Governor to a term that expires on 1 July of years that precede by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(2)	One member appointed by the Governor to a term that expires on 1 July of years that precede by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(3)	One member appointed by the Governor to a term that expires on 1 July of years that are evenly divisible by four.(4)	One member appointed by the Governor to a term that expires on 1 July of years that are evenly divisible by four.
(5)	One member appointed by the Governor to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(6)	One member appointed by the Governor to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by two years those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(7)	One member appointed by the Governor to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by two years those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(8)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to a term that expires on 1 July of years that precede by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(9)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to a term that expires on 1 July of years that precede by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(10)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to a term that expires on 1 July of years that are evenly divisible by four.
(11)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(12)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(13)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by two years those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(14)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by two years those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(15)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a term that expires on 1 July of years that precede by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(16)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a term that expires on 1 July of years that are evenly divisible by four.
(17)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a term that expires on 1 July of years that are evenly divisible by four.
(18)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(19)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by one year those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(20)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by two years those years that are evenly divisible by four.
(21)	One member appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to a term that expires on 1 July of years that follow by two years those years that are evenly divisible by four.(b1)	Qualifications. – The office of Trustee is declared to be an office that may be held concurrently with any other executive or appointive office, under the authority of Article VI, Section 9, of the North Carolina Constitution. Persons appointed shall be knowledgeable in at least one of the following areas:
(1)	Acquisition and management of natural areas.
(2)	Conservation and restoration of water quality.
(3)	Wildlife and fisheries habitats and resources.
(4)	Environmental management.(c)	Chair. –The Governor shall appoint one member to serve as Chair of the Board of Trustees.
(d)	Vacancies. – An appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board of Trustees created by the resignation, removal, disability, or death of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. Vacancies in appointments made by the General Assembly shall be filled as provided in G.S. 120‑122.
(e)	Frequency of Meetings. – The Board of Trustees shall meet at least twice each year and may hold special meetings at the call of the Chair or a majority of the members.
(e1)	Quorum. – A majority of the membership of the Board of Trustees constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(f)	Per Diem and Expenses. –Each member of the Board of Trustees shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138‑5. Per diem, subsistence, and travel expenses of the Trustees shall be paid from the Fund.
(g)	Meeting Facilities. – The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources shall provide meeting facilities for the Board of Trustees and its staff as requested by the Chair."
SECTION 2.  In order to alter the schedule of staggered terms of four years for the Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees so that, as nearly as possible, the same number of terms will expire each year and to provide for an orderly transition in membership of the Board of Trustees to the terms specified in G.S. 113‑145.5, as amended by Section 1 of this act, the following provisions shall apply:
(1)	Philip A. Baddour shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(1) through 1 July 2007.
(2)	Joseph M. Hester, Jr. shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(2) through 1 July 2007.
(3)	John McMillan shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(3) through 1 July 2008.
(4)	Robert Stanley Vaughan shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(4) through 1 July 2008.
(5)	Edwin G. Wilson, Jr. shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(5) through 1 July 2005.
(6)	The Governor shall appoint a member to serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(6) through 1 July 2006.
(7)	The Governor shall appoint a member to serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(7) through 1 July 2006.
(8)	Alex MacFadyen of Wake County is appointed to the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(8) to serve through 1 July 2007.
(9)	Johnnie Mosley shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(9) through 1 July 2007.
(10)	William E. Hollan, Jr. shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(10) through 1 July 2004.
(11)	William J. Brooks, III shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(11) through 1 July 2005.
(12)	Dickson McLean, Jr. shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(12) through 1 July 2005.
(13)	Claudette Weston shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(13) through 1 July 2006.
(14)	Jerry W. Wright shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(14) through 1 July 2006.
(15)	Clarence Leroy Smith shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(15) through 1 July 2003. Clarence Leroy Smith of Pitt County is reappointed to serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(15) through 1 July 2007.
(16)	Charles R. Wakild shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(16) through 1 July 2003. Anthony T. Lathrop of Mecklenburg County is appointed to serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(16) through 1 July 2008.
(17)	Edmond John Maguire III of Wake County is appointed to serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(17) through 1 July 2008.
(18)	Robert Dare Howard shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(18) through 1 July 2005.
(19)	Margaret B. Markey shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(19) through 1 July 2005.
(20)	Allen Holt Gwyn shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(20) through 1 July 2003. Ronald L. Smith of Carteret County is appointed to serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(20) through 1 July 2006.
(21)	Karen Cragnolin shall serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(21) through 1 July 2003. Karen Cragnolin of Buncombe County is reappointed to serve in the position established by G.S. 113‑145.5(b)(21) through 1 July 2006.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective retroactively to 1 July 2003 except that this act is effective retroactively to 31 December 2002 with respect to the term of any person named in Section 2 of this act whose term as a member of the Clean Water Management Trust Fund Board of Trustees would have expired on 31 December 2002 if this act had not become law.