NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 1027
HOUSE BILL 528

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COMMISSION ON THE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1.  It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State of North Carolina to develop the most efficient utilization of the skills of all its citizens. To this end, it is appropriate that the State make provision for the continuing review of the education and employment of women in North Carolina in relation to current needs.
Sec. 2.  The North Carolina Commission on the Education and Employment of Women, hereinafter called the Commission, shall continue its study, composed of seven members, all appointed by the Governor, with a wide range of interests. Four members shall be appointed for an initial term of one year, three members shall be appointed for an initial term of two years, all shall be appointed for two-year terms thereafter.
Sec. 3.  The Commission shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman from among its members and adopt its own rules and regulations. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum.
Sec. 4.  The Commission shall meet, study, plan and advise with the Governor, the departments of the State, and the State Legislature and shall make such recommendations as it deems proper concerning the education and employment of women in the State of North Carolina.
Sec. 5.  The Commission shall report its findings and recommendations to each Session of the General Assembly.
Sec. 6.  Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation but they shall be paid the same subsistence and travel expenses as other State boards and commissions while engaged in the official performance of their duties, which subsistence and expense allowance shall be paid out of the State Contingency and Emergency Fund, but may not in any event exceed three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) total expenditure from said fund in any one year.
Sec. 7.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1967.