NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 918

HOUSE BILL 455

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE NAME AND RESTRUCTURE THE STATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 143B-53 and the title to Part 16 of Article 2 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes are amended by deleting the words "State Library Committee" and substituting the words "State Library Commission".

Sec. 2. G.S. 143B-90 is rewritten to read:

"§ 143B-90. State Library Commission; creation, powers and duties. - There is hereby created the State Library Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources. The State Library Commission has the following functions and duties:

(1)        to advise the Secretary of Cultural Resources on matters relating to the operation and services of the State Library;

(2)        to suggest programs to the Secretary to aid in the development of libraries statewide;

(3)        to advise the Secretary upon any matter the Secretary might refer to it;

(4)        to evaluate and approve the State Plan for Public Library Development;

(5)        to evaluate and approve the State Plan for Multitype Library Cooperation;

(6)        to evaluate and approve plans for federally funded library programs;

(7)        to evaluate and approve State Library policies for the acquisition of library materials; and

(8)        to serve as a search committee to seek out, interview, and recommend to the Secretary one or more experienced and professionally trained librarians for the position of Director of the Division of State Library when a vacancy occurs, and to assist and cooperate with the Secretary in periodic reviews of the performance of the Director and the Division."

Sec. 3. G.S. 143B-91 is rewritten to read:

"§ 143B-91. State Library Commission; members; selection; quorum; compensation. - The State Library Commission shall consist of 11 members. Six members shall be appointed by the Governor and the other five members shall be the following officers of the North Carolina Library Association: President; Chairman of the Public Libraries Section; Chairman of the College and University Section; Chairman of the Junior College Section; and Chairman of the North Carolina Association of School Libraries Section.

Members of the State Library Committee appointed by the Governor shall continue as members of the State Library Commission for the remainder of the terms to which appointed. Thereafter all appointments by the Governor shall be for six-year terms. Any appointment to fill a vacancy in one of the positions appointed by the Governor shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Officers of the North Carolina Library Association shall serve as members of the Commission for the duration of their terms as officers of the Association.

The Governor shall choose a chairman from among the members of the Commission. The chairman shall serve not more than two successive two-year terms as chairman.

Members of the Commission shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses as provided in G.S. 138-5.

A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

All clerical and other services required by the Commission shall be supplied by the Secretary of Cultural Resources."

Sec. 4. In each place it appears in the General Statutes the phrase "State Library Committee" is amended to read "State Library Commission", and in each place in which the word "Committee" appears in reference to the State Library Committee that word is changed to "Commission".

Sec. 5. Current forms, stationery, signs and other materials carrying the name State Library Committee shall be used until they would otherwise be replaced, and no State funds other than then current appropriations to the Department of Cultural Resources for the State Library Committee may be used in effectuating the change of the name of the State Library Committee to the State Library Commission. Replacements for current forms, stationery, signs and other materials shall carry the new name of the agency.

Sec. 6. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of July, 1981.