GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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SENATE BILL 39
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Short Title: GSC Add Member from High Point Law School. |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Galey and Jones (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate |
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February 3, 2025
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to add a member from the high point university school of law to the general statutes commission, as recommended by the general statutes commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 164‑14 reads as rewritten:
"§ 164‑14. Membership; appointments; terms; vacancies.
(a) The Commission shall
consist of 13 14 members, who shall be appointed as follows:
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(14) One member, by the dean of the school of law of High Point University.
(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2019‑76, s. 32.1, effective July 1, 2019.
(c) Appointments by the
president of the North Carolina State Bar, the General Statutes Commission, and
the deans of the schools of law of North Carolina Central University, Duke
University, Elon University, the University of North Carolina, and Wake Forest
University shall be made in the even‑numbered years, and appointments
made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate, the president of the North Carolina Bar Association, the dean
deans of the school schools of law of Campbell University,
University and High Point University, and the Governor shall be made
in the odd‑numbered years. Appointments shall be made for two‑year
terms beginning September 1 of the year when the appointments are to become
effective and expiring August 31 two years thereafter.
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(f) Notwithstanding the
expiration of the term of the appointment, the terms of members of the General
Statutes Commission shall continue until the appointment of a successor
has been made and reported to the secretary of the Commission."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.