NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 683

SENATE BILL 486

AN ACT TO INCREASE PUBLIC SECTOR REPRESENTATION ON THE MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 74-24.6(a), as it appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement of Volume 2C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 74-24.6.  Advisory council. — (a) The commissioner shall appoint an advisory council consisting of 11members to assist him in the development of safety and health standards for mines which are subject to this Article and to advise him on matters relating to safety and health in such mines. Said advisory council shall include three members expressly qualified by experience and affiliation to present the viewpoint of operators of such mines, three persons similarly qualified to present the viewpoint of workers in such mines, and five members of the public sector with knowledge of mining operations or associated health and safety aspects thereof. The Commissioner of Labor shall annually designate one member to act as chairman. The members of the advisory council shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall have no specific term of office."

Sec. 2.  Nothing herein contained shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate additional funds to the Department of Labor to implement the provisions of this act.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of June, 1977.