GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 486

HOUSE BILL 224

AN ACT TO PERMIT ALL INCORPORATED CITIES WITHIN THE COASTAL AREA TO NOMINATE MEMBERS OF THE COASTAL RESOURCES COMMISSION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  The fifth sentence of G.S. 113A-104(d) is amended to read:

"On or before June 1 in every even-numbered year the governing body of each incorporated city within the coastal area shall nominate and transmit to the Governor the name of one person as a nominee to the Commission. In making nominations, the boards of county commissioners and city governing bodies shall give due consideration to the nomination of women and minorities."

Sec. 2.  The eighth sentence of G.S. 113A-104(d) is amended by adding before the final period the following:

"; provided however, the Governor may not add to the list a nominee in lieu of one not transmitted by an incorporated city within the coastal area that neither has a population of 2,000 or more nor is contiguous with the Atlantic Ocean".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 113A-104(h) is amended in the second sentence by deleting the words:

"having a population of 2,000 or more and of each incorporated city having a population of less than 2,000 whose corporate boundaries are contiguous with the Atlantic Ocean".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 113A-104(h) is amended in the last sentence by adding before the final period the following:

"; provided however, the Governor may not add to the list a nominee in lieu of one not transmitted by an incorporated city within the coastal area that neither has a population of 2,000 or more nor is contiguous with the Atlantic Ocean".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 113A-104 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(k)      In making appointments to and filling vacancies upon the Commission, the Governor shall give due consideration to securing appropriate representation of women and minorities."

Sec. 6.  G.S. 113A-104 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(l)       Regular attendance at Commission meetings is a duty of each member. The Commission shall develop procedures for declaring any seat on the Commission to be vacant upon failure by a member to perform this duty."

Sec. 7.  This act is effective upon ratification.

Sections 1 through 5 apply only to vacancies in the Coastal Resources Commission arising after ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of June, 1983.