NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1222

SENATE BILL 819

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 3.1 OF CHAPTER 129 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BUILDING GOVERNING COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 129-17.1 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "appointment" in line 4 thereof the following language: "or who have served as members of the Senate subsequent to the year 1961;" and by inserting after the word "appointment" at the end of the section the following language: "or who have served as members of the House of Representatives subsequent to the year 1961," so that the section as amended shall read as follows:

"§ 129-17.1.  Creation; composition. — There is hereby created a Legislative Building Governing Commission, which shall consist of the President of the North Carolina Senate, two persons appointed by the President of the Senate and who are members of the Senate at the time of their appointment or who have served as members of the Senate subsequent to the year 1961, the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, and two persons appointed by the Speaker of the House and who are members of the House of Representatives at the time of their appointment or who have served as members of the House of Representatives subsequent to the year 1961."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 129-17.3 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of the section to read as follows:

"The Legislative Building Governing Commission may delegate to the Legislative Services Commission, or with the approval of that Commission, to the Legislative Services Officer, the duty of assigning committee room space for the use of study commissions and other commissions appointed pursuant to legislative act, upon the request of the chairman of any such commission for its temporary use, during such times as the General Assembly is not in session, subject, however, to the rules and regulations promulgated by the Legislative Building Governing Commission and in effect at such time."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

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