NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1116

SENATE BILL 981

 

 

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE SERVICES COMMISSION FROM EIGHT TO FOURTEEN.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 120-31(a) as it appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement is amended by striking the word "three" before the word "Senators" in the third line and again striking the word "three" before the word "Representatives" in the fourth line; in each case inserting in lieu of the word "three", the word "six".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 120-31(a) as it appears in the 1969 Cumulative Supplement is further amended by striking the word "three" before the word "Senators" in the fifteenth line and again striking the word "three" before the word "Representatives" in the seventeenth line; in each case inserting in lieu of the word "three", the word "six".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 120-31(a) is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Legislative Services Commission organization. — (a) The Legislative Services Commission shall consist of the President pro tempore of the Senate, six Senators appointed by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and six Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House shall serve until the selection and qualification of their respective successors as officers of the General Assembly. The initial appointive members shall be appointed after the date of ratification of this Article and each shall serve for the remainder of his elective term of office and until his successor is appointed or until he ceases to be a member of the General Assembly, whichever occurs first. A vacancy in one of the appointive positions shall be filled in the same manner that the vacated position was originally filled, and the person so appointed shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term of the person whom he succeeds. In the event the office of Speaker becomes vacated, the six Representatives shall elect one of themselves to perform the duties of the Speaker as required by this Article. In the event the office of President pro tempore becomes vacated, the six Senators shall elect one of themselves to perform the duties of President pro tempore as required by this Article. Members so elevated shall perform the duties required by this Article until a Speaker or a President pro tempore is duly elected by the appropriate house."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.