NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 940

HOUSE BILL 1197

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SET THE COMPENSATION OF LOCAL BOARDS OF HEALTH.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130-16 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 130-16.  Compensation of board members. — The members of a local board of health may receive a per diem in such amount as shall be established by the county board of commissioners but no more than twenty dollars ($20.00) per diem for members and twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per diem for the chairmen of the boards, and travel expenses not to exceed the amounts provided by G.S. 138-5 for attendance at official meetings and conferences, provided such per diem or travel is authorized by the board of commissioners."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification. The per diem provided by G.S. 130-16 prior to amendment or any local act shall remain effective until superseded by action of the county commissioners.

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