NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 823

HOUSE BILL 1494

AN ACT REGARDING THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE PASQUOTANK COUNTY ABC BOARD.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 18A of the General Statutes, Chapter 493 of the Public Laws of 1935, Chapter 49 of the Public Laws of 1937, Chapter 131 of the Public Laws of 1939, or any other public or local act, the Pasquotank County ABC Board shall have five members to be appointed as follows:

(1)       two members by the Pasquotank Board of County Commissioners;

(2)       two members by the Elizabeth City Council; and

(3)       one member jointly by the Pasquotank Board of County Commissioners and the Elizabeth City Council, who must have the approval of a majority of each body.

Sec. 2. Will B. Newbern's appointment to the County ABC Board is ratified, and he shall continue to serve until July 1, 1981.

Sec. 3. R. E. Pendleton's appointment to the County ABC Board is ratified, and he shall continue to serve until July 1, 1981.

Sec. 4.  Initial appointees under Section 1 of this act shall serve as follows:

(1)       The member appointed under subdivision (3) of Section 1 of this act shall be appointed no later than July 1, 1979, and shall serve a three-year term beginning on that date.

(2)       One of the members appointed under subdivision (1) and one appointed under subdivision (2) of Section 1 of this act shall be appointed no later than July 1, 1979, and each shall serve a four-year term beginning on that date.

(3)       One of the members appointed under subdivision (1) and one appointed under subdivision (2) of Section 1 of this act shall replace R. E. Pendleton and Will B. Newbern, respectively, as their terms expire, and each shall serve a four-year term.

Thereafter, all members shall serve four-year terms.

Sec. 5. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of June, 1979.