GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 807

SENATE BILL 642

 

AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARDS COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 17C-3(a) is hereby rewritten as follows:

"(a)      There is hereby established the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission, hereinafter called 'the Commission', in the Department of Justice. The Commission shall be composed of 26 members as follows:

(1)       Police Chiefs. Three police chiefs selected by the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police and one police chief appointed by the Governor.

(2)       Police Officers. Three police officials appointed by the North Carolina Association of Police Executives, one police officer and one company police officer selected by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers' Association.

(3)       Departments. The Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; the Secretary of the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety; the Secretary of the Department of Human Resources; the Secretary of the Department of Correction; the President of the Department of Community Colleges.

(4)       At-large Groups. One individual representing and appointed by each of the following organizations: one mayor selected by the League of Municipalities; one law enforcement training officer selected by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Training Officers' Association; one criminal justice educator selected by the North Carolina Association of Criminal Justice Educators; one sworn law enforcement officer selected by the North State Law Enforcement Officers' Association; one member selected by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Women's Association; and one District Attorney selected by the North Carolina Association of District Attorneys.

(5)       Citizens and Others. The President of The University of North Carolina; the Director of the Institute of Government; and two citizens, one of whom shall be selected by the Governor and one of whom shall be selected by the Attorney General. The General Assembly shall appoint two persons, one upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one upon the recommendation of the President of the Senate. Appointments by the General Assembly shall be made in accordance with G.S. 120-122. Appointments by the General Assembly shall serve two-year terms to conclude on June 30th in odd-numbered years."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 17C-3(b) as the same appears in the 1981 Cumulative Supplement to 1978 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes is amended by rewriting the first through the fourth paragraphs of that subsection as follows:

"(b)      The members shall be appointed for staggered terms. The initial appointments shall be made prior to September 1, 1983, and the appointees shall hold office until July 1 of the year in which their respective terms expire and until their successors are appointed and qualified as provided hereafter:

For the terms of one year: one member from subdivision (1) of subsection (a), serving as a police chief; three members from subdivision (2) of subsection (a), one serving as a police official, one serving as a police officer, and one serving as a company police officer; one member from subdivision (4) of subsection (a), appointed by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Training Officers' Association; and two members from subdivision (5) of subsection (a), one appointed by the Governor and one appointed by the Attorney General.

For the terms of two years: one member from subdivision (1) of subsection (a), serving as a police chief; one member from subdivision (2) of subsection (a), serving as a police official; and two members from subdivision (4) of subsection (a), one appointed by the League of Municipalities and one appointed by the North Carolina Association of District Attorneys.

For the terms of three years: two members from subdivision (1) of subsection (a), one police chief appointed by the North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police and one police chief appointed by the Governor; one member from subdivision (2) of subsection (a), serving as a police official; and three members from subdivision (4) of subsection (a), one appointed by the North Carolina Law Enforcement Womens' Association, one appointed by the North Carolina Association of Criminal Justice Educators, and one appointed by the North State Law Enforcement Officers' Association."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 17C-5(a) as the same appears in the 1981 Cumulative Supplement to 1978 Replacement Volume 1C is hereby rewritten as follows:

"(a)      The Commission shall elect one of the members of the Commission as Chairman at the first regular meeting after July 1 of each year. The ex officio members shall not be eligible for election as Chairman."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 17C-9(b) as the same appears in the 1981 Cumulative Supplement to 1978 Replacement Volume 1C is hereby rewritten as follows:

"(b)      The Attorney General shall appoint a director for the Division chosen from a list of three nominees submitted to him by the Commission who shall be responsible to and serve at the pleasure of the Attorney General and the Commission."

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective September 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of July, 1983.