GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999
SESSION LAW 1999-122
AN ACT TO ADD SIX MEMBERS TO THE STUDY COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF ELECTRIC SERVICE IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Section 1 of S.L. 1997-40 reads as rewritten:
"Section 1. The Study Commission on the Future of
Electric Service in North Carolina is created. The Commission shall
consist of 23 29 voting members as follows:
(1) Six Nine members
of the Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(2) Six Nine members
of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives;
(3) The Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation or the Chief Executive Officer's designee;
(4) The Chief Executive Officer of ElectriCities of North Carolina or the Chief Executive Officer's designee;
(5) The Chief Executive Officer of Duke Power Company or the Chief Executive Officer's designee;
(6) The Chief Executive Officer of Carolina Power and Light Company or the Chief Executive Officer's designee;
(7) Two residential consumers of electricity, one to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and one to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(8) One commercial consumer of electricity to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(9) Two industrial consumers of electricity, one to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(10) One member of the environmental community to be appointed by the Governor; and
(11) One person representing a nationwide electric power marketer to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall each designate a cochair from the General Assembly membership serving on the Commission. The Commission shall meet upon the call of the cochairs. A majority of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 20th day of May, 1999.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 3:30 p.m. this 28th day of May, 1999