A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide for the expiration of the terms of the current members of the post‑release supervision and parole commission and to restructure the commission to consist of one full‑time member and two half‑time members.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 143B‑267 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B‑267.  Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission – members; selection; removal; chairman; compensation; quorum; services.
 Effective July 1, 2005, the Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission shall consist of  one full‑time  member and two half‑time members. The three  members shall be appointed by the Governor from persons whose recognized ability, training, experience, and character qualify them for service on the Commission. The terms of office of the five members presently serving on the Commission shall expire on  June 30, 2005.  The terms of office of persons appointed by the Governor as members of the Commission shall be for four years or until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Commission created by the resignation, removal, death or disability of a  member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term only.
The Governor shall have the authority to remove any member of the Commission from office for misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance, pursuant to the provisions of G.S. 143B‑13.  The full‑time member of the Commission  shall serve as  chair of the Commission at the pleasure of the Governor.
The granting, denying, revoking, or rescinding of parole, the authorization of work‑release privileges to a prisoner, or any other matters of business coming before the Commission for consideration and action shall be decided by majority vote of the full Commission.
The  members of the Commission shall receive the salary fixed by the General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act and shall receive necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138‑6.
All clerical and other services required by the Commission shall be supplied by the Secretary of Correction."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective June 30, 2005.