GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION
S.L. 1997-381
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 143B-283(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) The Environmental Management Commission shall consist of 13 members appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall select the members so that the membership of the Commission shall consist of:
(1) One who shall be a licensed physician with specialized training and experience in the health effects of environmental pollution;
(2) One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with the Commission for Health Services or local board of health or have experience in health sciences;
(3) One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with or have had experience in agriculture;
(4) One who shall, at the time of appointment, be a registered engineer with specialized training and experience in water supply or water or air pollution control;
(5) One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with or have had experience in the fish and wildlife conservation activities of the State;
(6) One who shall, at the time of appointment, have special training and scientific expertise in hydrogeology or groundwater hydrology;
(7) Three members interested in water and air pollution control, appointed from the public at large;
(8) One who shall, at the
time of appointment, be actively connected with employed by, or
recently retired from, an industrial production or have had experience manufacturing
facility and knowledgeable in the field of industrial air and water
pollution control;
(9) One who shall, at the time of appointment, be actively connected with or have had experience in pollution control problems of municipal or county government;
(10) One who shall, at the time of appointment, have special training and scientific expertise in air pollution control and the effects of air pollution; and
(11) One who shall, at the time of appointment, have special training and scientific expertise in freshwater, estuarine, marine biological, or ecological sciences."
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to any appointment to the Environmental Management Commission pursuant to G.S. 143B-283(a)(8), as amended by Section 1 of this act, made on or after the date this act becomes effective.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of July, 1997.
s/ Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
s/ Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor
Approved 8:23 p.m. this 11th day of August, 1997