GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
SESSION LAW 2011-121
HOUSE BILL 181
AN ACT to add the state superintendent of public instruction to the economic development board, as recommended by the joint legislative joining our businesses and schools (jobs) study commission.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 143B‑434(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Membership. – The
Economic Development Board shall consist of 3839 members. The
Secretary of Commerce shall serve ex officio as a member and as the secretary
of the Economic Development Board. The Secretary of Revenue shall serve as an
ex officio, nonvoting member. The Secretary of the Department of Cultural
Resources shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member. Four members of the
House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
four members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or designee, the
President of The University of North Carolina, or designee, the President of
the North Carolina Community College System, or designee, the Secretary of
State, and the President of the Senate (or the designee of the President of the
Senate), shall serve as members of the Board. The Governor shall appoint the
remaining 23 members of the Board. Effective with the terms beginning July 1,
1997, one of the Governor's appointees shall be a representative of a nonprofit
organization involved in economic development and two of the Governor's
appointees shall be county economic development representatives. The Governor
shall designate a chair and a vice chair from among the members of the Board.
Appointments to the Board made by the Governor for terms beginning July 1,
1997, and appointments to the Board made by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate for terms beginning
July 9, 1993, should reflect the ethnic and gender diversity of the State as
nearly as practical.
The initial appointments to the Board shall be for terms beginning on July 9, 1993. Of the initial appointments made by the Governor, the terms shall expire July 1, 1997. Of the initial appointments made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate two appointments of each shall be designated to expire on July 1, 1995; the remaining terms shall expire July 1, 1997. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of four years.
The appointing officer shall make a replacement appointment to serve for the unexpired term in the case of a vacancy.
The members of the Economic Development Board shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses payable to members of State Boards and agencies generally pursuant to G.S. 138‑5 and G.S. 138‑6, as the case may be. The members of the Economic Development Board who are members of the General Assembly shall not receive per diem but shall receive necessary travel and subsistence expenses at rates prescribed by G.S. 120‑3.1."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of June, 2011.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 9:20 a.m. this 13th day of June, 2011