NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 621

HOUSE BILL 444

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW BOARDS OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO PROVIDE STAGGERED TERMS FOR THE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 130-13(e) is amended by adding the following new language at the end of the subsection:

"In order to establish a uniform staggered-term structure for a county board of health whereby three members' terms will expire each year, the board of county commissioners of any county without such uniform structure is authorized, upon expiration of the term of any board of health member, to reappoint the member or appoint his successor to a one-year or a two-year term as appropriate to achieve the uniform staggered-term structure. Any subsequent appointments for such member or his successor shall be for three-year terms."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1979.