GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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HOUSE DRH30157-LM-87 (03/01)
Short Title: Public Staff/Duty to Represent the Public. |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Cleveland. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT providing that the public staff shall in all of its duties and responsibilities provided for by law act on behalf of the using and consuming public.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 62-15 reads as rewritten:
"§ 62-15. Office of executive director; public staff, structure and function.
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(b) There is
established in the Commission a public staff. The public staff shall consist of
the executive director and such other professional, administrative, technical,
and clerical personnel as may be necessary in order for the public staff to
represent the using and consuming public, as hereinafter provided. The
public staff shall, in all of its duties and responsibilities provided for in
this Chapter, act on behalf of the using and consuming public and shall not act
on behalf of any other person, group, or entity. The public staff shall not
give any advice, guidance, or opinion in any proceeding or other matter before
the Commission that is not in the interest of the using and consuming public. All
such personnel authorized under this subsection shall be appointed,
supervised, and directed by the executive director. The public staff shall not
be subject to the supervision, direction, or control of the Commission, the
chairman, or members of the Commission.
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SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.