GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 40

HOUSE BILL 43

 

AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN CHANGES IN THE GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON AGING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143B-180 is amended by inserting immediately before the word "Secretary" wherever it appears the phrase "the Governor and".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143B-181 is amended by rewriting the first two paragraphs to read:

"The Governor's Advisory Council on Aging of the Department of Human Resources shall consist of 33 members, 29 members to be appointed by the Governor, two members to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and two members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The composition of the Council shall be as follows: one representative of the Department of Administration; one representative of the Department of Cultural Resources; one representative of the Employment Security Commission; one representative of the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System; one representative of the Commissioner of Labor; one representative of the Department of Public Education; one representative of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development; one representative of the Department of Insurance; one representative of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety; one representative of the Department of Community Colleges; one representative of the School of Public Health of The University of North Carolina; one representative of the School of Social Work of The University of North Carolina; one representative of the Agricultural Extension Service of North Carolina State University; one representative of the collective body of the Medical Society of North Carolina; and 19 members at large. The at large members shall be citizens who are knowledgeable about services supported through the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and shall include persons with greatest economic or social need, minority older persons, and participants in programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. The Governor shall appoint 15 members at large who meet these qualifications and are 60 years of age or older. The four remaining members at large, two of whom shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and two of whom shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall be broadly representative of the major private agencies and organizations in the State who are experienced in or have demonstrated particular interest in the special concerns of older persons. At least one of each of the at-large appointments of the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be persons 60 years of age or older. The Council shall meet at least quarterly.

Members at large shall be appointed for four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Ad interim appointments shall be for the balance of the unexpired term."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of March, 1983.