GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1985 SESSION
CHAPTER 752
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 120-122 is amended by adding the following immediately before the next to last sentence, "After receiving the written recommendation, the Governor must within 30 days either appoint the person recommended or inform the officer who made the recommendation that he is rejecting the recommendation."
Sec. 2. Failure to act within 30 days as required under the provisions of Section 1 shall be deemed to be approval of the candidate, and the candidate shall be eligible to enter the office in as full and ample extent as if the Governor had executed the appointment.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 15th day of July, 1985.