GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 438
AN ACT TO MAKE CHANGES IN THE LAW RELATING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COURTS COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 7A-506 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-506. Creation; members; terms; qualifications; vacancies.
(a) The North Carolina
Courts Commission is hereby created. Effective July 1, 19831993,
it shall consist of 24 members, six to be appointed by the Governor, six to be
appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, six to be appointed
by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and six to be appointed by the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
(b) Of the appointees of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, one shall be a Justice of the Supreme Court, one shall be a Judge of the Court of Appeals, two shall be judges of superior court, and two shall be district court judges.
(c) Of the six appointees
of the Governor, one shall be a district attorney, one shall be a practicing
attorney, one shall be a clerk of superior court, at least three shall be
members or former members of the General Assembly, and at least one
shall not be an attorney.
(d) Of the six appointees
of the Speaker of the House, at least three shall be practicing attorneys, at
least three shall be members or former members of the General Assembly,
and at least one shall not be an attorney.
(e) Of the six appointees
of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, at least three shall be practicing
attorneys, at least three shall be members or former members of the
General Assembly, and at least one shall be a magistrate.
(f) Of the initial
appointments of each appointing authority, three shall be appointed for
four-year terms to begin July 1, 19831993, and three shall be
appointed for two-year terms to begin July 1, 19831993.
Successors shall be appointed for four-year terms.
(g) A vacancy in membership shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the appointing authority who made the original appointment. A member whose term expires may be reappointed."
Sec. 2. G.S. 7A-509 reads as rewritten:
"§ 7A-509.
Chairman; Chair; meetings; compensation of members.
The Governor Governor, after consultation with the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, shall appoint a chairman chair
from the legislative members of the Commission. The term of the chairman
chair is two years, and he the chair may be
reappointed. The Commission shall meet at such times and places as the chairman
chair shall designate. The facilities of the State Legislative
Building shall be available to the Commission, subject to approval of the
Legislative Services Commission. The members of the Commission shall receive
the same per diem and reimbursement for travel expenses as members of State
boards and commissions generally."
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 1993, and applies to appointments made on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 22nd day of July, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives