Bill Text: NC H512 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Central Carolina Com. Coll. Trustee Elections
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-17 - Ch. SL 2013-263 [H512 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H512-Introduced.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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HOUSE DRH10051-LE-7A (01/09)
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Short Title: Comm. Coll. Trustee Appointments/Lee Co. |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Stone. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to change the manner of selection of certain members of the board of trustees of Central carolina community college.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 115D‑12(a) reads as rewritten:
"(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 third 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 – four trustees, elected by the board of
education of the public school administrative unit located in the
administrative area of the institution. If there are two or more public school
administrative units, whether city or county units, or both, located within the
administrative area, the trustees shall be elected jointly by all of the boards
of education of those units, each board having one vote in the election of each
trustee, except as provided in G.S. 115D‑59. No board of education
shall elect a member of the board of education or any person employed by the
board of education to serve as a trustee, however, any such person currently
serving on a board of trustees shall be permitted to fulfill the unexpired
portion of the trustee's current term.trustees who reside in Lee County,
elected by the board of commissioners of that county. No more than one trustee
from Group One may be a member of the board of county commissioners.
Group Two – four trustees, elected by the board of commissioners of the county in which the institution is located. Provided, however, if the administrative area of the institution is composed of two or more counties, the trustees shall be elected jointly by the boards of commissioners of all those counties, each board having one vote in the election of each trustee. Provided, also, the county commissioners of the county in which the community college has established a satellite campus may elect an additional two members if the board of trustees of the community college agrees. No more than one trustee from Group Two may be a member of a board of county commissioners. Should the boards of education or the boards of commissioners involved 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 Three – four trustees, appointed by the Governor.
Group Four – the president of the student government or the chairman of the executive board of the student body of each community college established pursuant to G.S. 115D shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the board of trustees of each said institution.
SECTION 2. This act applies only to Central Carolina Community College.
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to appointments to terms beginning on or after July 1, 2013.
