NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 378

SENATE BILL 387

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE NORTH CAROLINA MANPOWER COUNCIL.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  This Article may be cited as the North Carolina Manpower Council Act.

Sec. 2.  Definitions. — As used in this Article, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Council" means the North Carolina Manpower Council.

"Administrator" means the North Carolina Manpower Administrator.

Sec. 3.  Council established. — (a) There is hereby established in the North Carolina Department of Administration the North Carolina Manpower Council.

(b)  The Council shall be the primary agency of the State to plan and coordinate manpower planning and development programs.

(c)  The administrative affairs of the Council shall be administered by the Administrator pursuant to policies, rules, and regulations adopted by the Council.

Sec. 4.  North Carolina Manpower Council: organization. — (a) Membership. The North Carolina Manpower Council shall comprise 12 citizens appointed by the Governor whose background, training, and experience especially qualify them to take a broad view of the manpower needs of the State and to develop policies and programs calculated to meet those needs. The regular term of appointment shall be four years. In making the initial appointments, the Governor shall appoint six members to serve for a two-year term and six members to serve for a four-year term, in order to initiate staggered terms. Service on the Council shall not be deemed incompatible with the holding of any elective or appointive office under the Constitution of North Carolina, Article VI, Section 9.

(b)  Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Council prior to the regular expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(c)  Chairman. The Governor shall annually designate a Chairman from among the members of the Council. The Council may elect from its membership such other officers as it deems necessary.

(d)  Allowances. The members of the Board who are not officers or employees of the State shall receive for their services the per diem and allowances prescribed by G.S. 138-5.

Sec. 5.  North Carolina Manpower Council: functions. — The Council shall have the following powers and duties:

(1)        It shall plan and promote the development of a comprehensive and coordinated State manpower plan, taking into account overall state planning and area planning.

(2)        It shall coordinate State manpower and manpower-related programs so as to reduce duplications of programs and activities and to provide for their efficient administration.

(3)        It shall be the State sponsor of federal manpower programs in North Carolina.

(4)        It shall, through affirmative action of its chairman approve appointment of or removal of its administrator by the Governor.

(5)        It may adopt reasonable rules, regulations, and procedures concerning the organization, administration, and operation of the Council.

(6)        It shall advise the General Assembly, the Governor, the State agencies and institutions, the Congress, and the federal agencies with respect to the best means of meeting the manpower needs of North Carolina.

(7)        It shall biennially submit to the Governor, for transmittal to the General Assembly, a report on its activities and the progress of manpower development in North Carolina, with recommendations for administrative and legislative actions that it deems needful.

Sec. 6.  Administrator: functions. — The administrator shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be delegated to him by the Council.

Sec. 7.  Other State agencies. — (a) The Department of Administration shall provide necessary administrative and staff support to the Council.

(b)  Every agency or department of State government shall, upon request of the Council, provide the Council with any information in its possession.

Sec. 8.  Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System Committee. — The Cooperative Area Manpower Planning System Committee shall act as a technical advisory body to the North Carolina Manpower Council.

Sec. 9.  This act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1971.