A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify provisions applicable to membership on the energy policy council.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 113B‑3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113B‑3.  Composition of Council; appointments; terms of members; removal; qualifications.
(a)	The Energy Policy Council shall consist of 13 members to be appointed as follows:
(1),	(2) Repealed by Session Laws 2013‑365, s. 8(c), effective July 29, 2013.
(2a)	The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, or the Secretary's designee.
(2b)	The Secretary of Commerce, or the Secretary's designee.
(2c)	The Lieutenant Governor, or the Lieutenant Governor's designee.
(3)	Ten public members who are citizens of the State of North Carolina and who are appointed in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(4)	Repealed by Session Laws 2009‑446, s. 4, effective August 7, 2009.
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(d)	A Council member shall be automatically removed from the Council if he or she fails to attend three successive Council meetings without just cause as determined by the remainder of the Council.
(e)	The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the Council from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 143B‑13 of the Executive Organization Act of 1973."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.