AN ACT to change the manner of selection of members of the Tri‑County Community college board of trustees.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 115D‑12 reads as rewritten:
"§ 115D‑12.  Each institution to have board of trustees; selection of trustees.
(a)	Each community college established or operated pursuant to this Chapter shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of 13 members, or of additional members if selected according to the special procedure prescribed by the second paragraph of this subsection, who shall be selected by the following agencies. No member of the General Assembly may be appointed to a local board of trustees for a community college.

Group One – eight trustees, elected by the board of commissioners of the county in which the main campus of the institution is located. No more than one trustee from Group One may be a member of a board of county commissioners. Should the board of commissioners be unable to agree on one or more trustees the senior resident superior court judge in the superior court district or set of districts as defined in G.S. 7A‑41.1 where the institution is located shall fill the position or positions by appointment.
Group Two – four trustees, appointed by the Governor.
Group Three – the president of the student government or the chairman of the executive board of the student body of each community college established pursuant to this Chapter shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the board of trustees of each said institution.
(b)	All trustees shall be residents of the administrative area of the institution for which they are selected or of counties contiguous thereto with the exception of members provided for in subsection (a) of this section, Group Three.
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SECTION 2.  This act applies only to Tri‑County Community College.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to appointments made on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of May, 2015.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Paul Stam
	 Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives