NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 959

HOUSE BILL 522

 

 

AN ACT TO CREATE A COMMISSION TO STUDY AND EVALUATE ARTICLE 33B, THE MEETINGS OF GOVERNMENTAL BODIES (G.S. 143-318).

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby created a Legislative Study Commission for State Policies on the Meetings of Governmental Bodies to be composed of 12 members, four of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, four of whom shall be members of the Senate and appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and four of whom shall be members of the House of Representatives who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House. The chairman shall be elected by the members.

Sec. 2.  The commission shall:

(1)        review and evaluate the effectiveness of the current statutes relating to meetings of governmental bodies;

(2)        using original House Bill 522 (1977 Session) as a basis for study of the revision of the present statutes, report to the 1977 General Assembly, Second Session 1978, its findings and recommendations with respect to the policies that should govern the meetings of governmental bodies within the State.

Sec. 3.  The members of the commission shall be paid such per diem and travel expenses as are provided for members of State boards and commissions generally. Reasonable expenses of the commission shall be paid from the Contingency and Emergency Fund under the procedure in G.S. 143-12.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.