NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 396

HOUSE BILL 708

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 139-4(a) is hereby rewritten to read as follows: "(a) There is hereby established to serve as an agency of the State and to perform the functions conferred upon it in this Chapter, the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee which shall be composed of the following members: (1) The President, First Vice-President, and the Immediate Past President of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Vacancies arising in any of these three positions shall be filled through appointment by the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. Members shall take office upon their election and shall serve until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. (2) Three supervisor members elected by the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts from its own membership representing the three major geographical regions of the state; such elections to be held during the annual meeting of the Association. At the initial election, one member shall be elected for three years, one member shall be elected for two years, and one member shall be elected for one year. All subsequent elections shall be for a three year term of office. Members shall take office upon their election, and shall serve until their successors shall have been elected and qualified. Vacancies arising in any of these positions shall be filled through appointment by the Executive Committee of the North Carolina Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts. No person so elected shall be eligible to serve more than two successive terms. (3) An additional member shall be designated by the State Soil and Water Conservation Committee for a term of two years beginning on January 1. No person so designated by the Committee may be appointed for more than two successive terms. (4) The Committee shall invite the Director of the State Agricultural Extension Service, the Director of the State Agricultural Experiment Station, the State Forester and the State Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service to serve as advisory non-voting members of the Committee. The Committee, in cooperation with the North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina, shall develop a program for soil conservation and for other purposes as provided for in this Chapter, and shall keep a record of its official actions, shall adopt a seal, which seal shall be judicially noticed, and may perform such acts, hold such public hearings, and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under this Chapter."

Sec. 2.  This act shall take effect on January 1, 1972.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of May, 1971.