GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2003-374
SENATE BILL 561
AN ACT to eliminate the requirement that notice of legislative meetings be posted on the press room door; to substitute a requirement of mailing and electronic posting of the meeting notice, and to require Appointing authorities to provide additional information regarding appointees to Certain State commissions, Councils, committees, and boards.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 143-318.14A(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Reasonable public notice of all meetings of commissions, committees, and standing subcommittees of the General Assembly shall be given. For purposes of this subsection, "reasonable public notice" includes, but is not limited to:
(1) Notice given openly at a session of the Senate or of the House; or
(2) Notice posted on
the press room door of the State Legislative Building in Raleigh and delivered mailed
or sent by electronic mail to those who have requested notice, and to the
Legislative Services Office. Office, which shall post the notice on
the General Assembly web site.
G.S. 143-318.12 shall not apply to meetings of commissions, committees, and standing subcommittees of the General Assembly."
SECTION 2. G.S. 143-47.7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 143-47.7. Notice and record of appointment required.
(a) Within 60 30
days after acceptance of appointment by a person appointed to public
office, the appointing authority shall file written notice of such the
appointment with the Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Legislative
Library, the State Library, and the State Controller. For the purposes of this
section, a copy of the letter from the appointing authority authority,
a copy of the properly executed notice of appointment as set forth in
subsection (c) of this section, or a copy of the properly executed
Commission of Appointment shall be sufficient to be filed if such the
copy contains the information required in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The notice required
by this Article shall state the name and office of the appointing authority,
the public office to which the appointment is made, the name and address of the
appointee, a citation of the law pursuant to which the appointment is made, the
date of the appointment, and the term of the appointment contain the
following information:
(1) The name and office of the appointing authority;
(2) The public office to which the appointment is made;
(3) The name and address of the appointee;
(4) The county of residence of the appointee;
(5) The citation to the law or other authority authorizing the appointment;
(6) The specific statutory qualification for the public office to which the appointment is made, if applicable;
(7) The name of the person the appointee replaces, if applicable;
(8) The date the term of the appointment begins; and
(9) The date the term of the appointment ends.
(c) The following form may be used to comply with the requirements of this section:
'NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Notice is given that ______________________ is hereby appointed to the following
Name
public office:
Public Office: ________________________________________________________
Citation to Law or Other Authority Authorizing the Appointment:
____________________________________________________________________
Specific Statutory Qualification for the Public Office, if Applicable:
____________________________________________________________________
Address of the Appointee: ________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
County of Residence of the Appointee: ______________________________________
Date Term of Appointment Begins: _________________________________________
Date Term of Appointment Ends: __________________________________________
Name of Person the Appointee Replaces, if applicable:
____________________________________________________________________
__________________________ ___________________________
Date of Appointment Signature
___________________________
Office of Appointing Authority
Distribution:
Governor
Secretary of State
Legislative Library
State Library
State Controller' "
SECTION 3. G.S. 143-47.8 is repealed.
SECTION 4. G.S. 143-47.7, as amended by Section 2 of this act, applies only to appointments made after this act becomes effective.
SECTION 5. This act becomes effective 30 days after it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2003.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Richard T. Morgan
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 11:07 a.m. this 1st day of August, 2003