GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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SENATE BILL 670

Education/Higher Education Committee Substitute Adopted 4/22/15
Third Edition Engrossed 4/23/15

Short Title:        Term Limits for BOG Members.	(Public)
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March 30, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to limit members of the university of North carolina Board of governors to three terms.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 116‑6(e) reads as rewritten:

"(e)       No Beginning with elections held on or after January 1, 2015, no person may be elected to:

(1) More to more than three full four‑year terms in succession;terms. Election for a partial term to fill a vacancy as provided in G.S. 116‑7 shall not count toward the three‑term limitation.

(2) A four‑year term if preceded immediately by election to two full eight‑year terms in succession; or

(3) A four‑year term if preceded immediately by election to an eight‑year term and a four‑year term in succession.

Resignation from a term of office does not constitute a break in service for the purpose of this subsection. Service prior to the beginning of those terms in 1989 shall be included in the limitations."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.