NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1194

HOUSE BILL 1135

 

 

AN ACT TO CREATE THE STUDY COMMISSION ON EQUAL EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is created the Study Commission on Equal Employment Practices.

Sec. 2.  The Commission shall consist of 10 members to be appointed as follows: Five members by the President of the Senate and five members by the Speaker of the House. The members of the Commission shall be appointed within 30 days of the ratification of this act and shall serve until the termination of the Commission. If a vacancy occurs in the membership of the Commission, it shall be filled by action of the officer who appointed the member who is to be replaced, and the person then shall serve for the remainder of the term of the member whom he succeeds. The Commission shall elect from its membership a chairman. Commission members are authorized to receive subsistence and mileage at the statutory rates in lieu of compensation.

The Commission may meet in the State Legislative Building, subject to the approval of the Legislative Services Commission. The Commission may employ clerical and professional staff in conducting this study.

Sec. 3.  The Commission's study shall include but not Delimited to (1) an examination of the provisions of House Bill 1135 of the 1979 General Assembly, including those of the House Committee Substitute therefor and of all amendments proposed thereto, (2) the need for a State Equal Employment Practices Act, and (3) if such need exists, the best methods to effectuate and enforce the underlying policies of such act.

Sec. 4.  The Commission shall file a report with the 1981 General Assembly not later than February 1, 1981, and shall terminate upon the filing of the report. The report shall set forth the Commission's findings, conclusions, and recommendations concerning such legislation as the Commission deems the public interest to require. If legislation is recommended, the Commission shall prepare and submit with its report appropriate bills.

Sec. 5.  There is appropriated to the General Assembly for the Commission from the General Fund the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000) for fiscal year 1980-1981. These funds shall be used in the performance of the duties set forth in this act.

Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1980.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1980.