GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION
CHAPTER 573
AN ACT TO ADD FOUR MEMBERS TO THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 143B-426.31 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143B-426.31. North Carolina Board of Science and Technology; membership; organization; compensation; staff services.
(a) The North
Carolina Board of Science and Technology consists of the Governor, the Science
Advisor to the Governor, and 13 17 members appointed as follows:
the Governor shall appoint one member from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, one member from North Carolina State University at Raleigh, and
two members from other components of the University of North Carolina, all
nominated by the President of the University of North Carolina; one member from
Duke University, nominated by the President of Duke University; one member from
a private college or university, other than Duke University, in North Carolina,
nominated by the President of the Association of Private Colleges and
Universities; one member from the Research Triangle Institute, nominated by the
executive committee of the board of that institute; one member from the
Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, nominated by the executive committee
of the board of that center; one member from the North Carolina Biotechnology
Center, nominated by the executive committee of the board of that center; four two
members from private industry in North Carolina; Carolina, at
least one of whom shall be a professional engineer registered pursuant to
Chapter 89C of the General Statutes or a person who holds at least a bachelors
degree in engineering from an accredited college or university; and two
members from public agencies in North Carolina. Two members shall be
appointed by the General Assembly, one shall be appointed upon the
recommendation of the President of the Senate, and one shall be appointed upon
the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance
with G.S. 120-121. The nominating authority for any vacancy on the Board
among members appointed by the Governor shall submit to the Governor two
nominations for each position to be filled, and the persons so nominated shall
represent different disciplines.
(b) The initial
members Members appointed to the Board by the General Assembly shall
serve for terms expiring June 30, 1983; thereafter, their successors shall
serve for two-year terms beginning 1 July 1 of odd-numbered
years. Vacancies in appointments made by the General Assembly shall be
filled in accordance with G.S. 120-122. The two members from
public agencies shall serve for terms expiring at the end of the term of the
Governor appointing them. Of the remaining nine appointments by the
Governor, five shall serve for four years expiring June 30, 1983, and four
shall serve for two years expiring June 30, 1981; thereafter terms of all nine
of these remaining members appointed by the Governor shall be for four years The
other 13 members appointed to the Board by the Governor shall serve for
four-year terms, and until their successors are appointed and
qualified. Of those 13 members, six shall serve for terms that expire
on 30 June of years that follow by one year those years that are evenly
divisible by four, and seven shall serve for terms that expire on 30 June of
years that follow by three years those years that are evenly divisible by
four. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board created by the
resignation, dismissal, death death, or disability of a member
shall be for the balance of the unexpired term.
(c) The Governor shall serve as chairman of the Board. The vice chairman of the Board shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of the Board. The Science Advisor to the Governor shall serve as executive director of the Board. The Secretary of Administration or his designee shall serve as secretary to the Board.
(d) The Governor may remove any member of the Board from office in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 143B-16.
(e) Members of the Board who are employees of State agencies or institutions shall receive subsistence and travel allowances authorized by G.S. 138-6. Legislative members of the Board shall receive subsistence and travel allowances authorized by G.S. 120-3.1.
(f) A majority of the Board constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
(g) The Secretary
of Economic and Community Development Administration shall
provide all clerical and other services required by the Board."
Sec. 2. Of the initial members of the North Carolina Board of Science and Technology that are added to the Board by this act, two shall be appointed by the Governor to serve for two-year terms that expire on 30 June 1993 and two shall be appointed by the Governor to serve for four-year terms that expire on 30 June 1995.
Sec. 3. This act shall not be construed to obligate the General Assembly to make any appropriation to implement the provisions of this act. The North Carolina Board of Science and Technology and the Department of Administration shall implement the provisions of this act from funds otherwise appropriated or available to the Board or to the Department.
Sec. 4. This act becomes effective 1 July 1991.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 8th day of July, 1991.
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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives