NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1034

HOUSE BILL 993

 

 

AN ACT CREATING THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON THE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN AND DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Declaration of Purpose. It is hereby declared the policy of the State of North Carolina to develop the most efficient and effective utilization of the skills of all its citizens. As concluded in the Report of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, the utilization of the full potential of women is predicated on patterns of education and work keeping pace with the changing conditions of women's lives. It is appropriate therefore that the State make provision for the continuing review of the education and employment of women in North Carolina in relation to current needs.

Sec. 2.  Commission Established; Composition, Terms and Vacancies. There is hereby established a North Carolina Commission on the Education and Employment of Women, hereinafter called the Commission, to be composed of seven members, three of whom shall be appointed by the Governor, two by the President of the Senate, and two by the Speaker of the House. Members shall be appointed from a wide representation of interests.

Sec. 3.  Organization; Officers; Rules; Quorum. The Commission shall organize, elect a chairman and a vice chairman, and adopt its own rules and regulations. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum.

Sec. 4.  Powers and Duties Generally. The Commission shall meet, study, plan and advise with the Governor, the departments of the State, and the State Legislature and shall make such recommendations as it deems proper concerning the education and employment of women in the State of North Carolina.

Sec. 5.  Reports. The Commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the 1967 Session of the General Assembly.

Sec. 6.  Compensation; Expenses. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation but they shall be paid the same subsistence and travel expenses as other State boards and commissions while engaged in the official performance of their duties, which subsistence and expense allowance shall be paid out of the State Contingency and Emergency Fund.

Sec. 7.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1965.