GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

 

 

SESSION LAW 2003-374

SENATE BILL 561

 

 

AN ACT to eliminate the requirement that notice of legislative meetings be posted on the press room door; to substitute a requirement of mailing and electronic posting of the meeting notice, and to require Appointing authorities to provide additional information regarding appointees to Certain State commissions, Councils, committees, and boards.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 143-318.14A(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Reasonable public notice of all meetings of commissions, committees, and standing subcommittees of the General Assembly shall be given. For purposes of this subsection, "reasonable public notice" includes, but is not limited to:

(1)       Notice given openly at a session of the Senate or of the House; or

(2)       Notice posted on the press room door of the State Legislative Building in Raleigh and delivered  mailed or sent by electronic mail to those who have requested notice, and to the Legislative Services Office. Office, which shall post the notice on the General Assembly web site.

G.S. 143-318.12 shall not apply to meetings of commissions, committees, and standing subcommittees of the General Assembly."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 143-47.7 reads as rewritten:

"§ 143-47.7.  Notice and record of appointment required.

(a)       Within 60 30 days after acceptance of appointment by a person appointed to public office, the appointing authority shall file written notice of such  the appointment with the Governor, the Secretary of State, the State Legislative Library, the State Library, and the State Controller. For the purposes of this section, a copy of the letter from the appointing authority  authority, a copy of the properly executed notice of appointment as set forth in subsection (c) of this section, or a copy of the properly executed Commission of Appointment shall be sufficient to be filed if such  the copy contains the information required in subsection (b) of this section.

(b)       The notice required by this Article shall state the name and office of the appointing authority, the public office to which the appointment is made, the name and address of the appointee, a citation of the law pursuant to which the appointment is made, the date of the appointment, and the term of the appointment contain the following information:

(1)       The name and office of the appointing authority;

(2)       The public office to which the appointment is made;

(3)       The name and address of the appointee;

(4)       The county of residence of the appointee;

(5)       The citation to the law or other authority authorizing the appointment;

(6)       The specific statutory qualification for the public office to which the appointment is made, if applicable;

(7)       The name of the person the appointee replaces, if applicable;

(8)       The date the term of the appointment begins; and

(9)       The date the term of the appointment ends.

(c)       The following form may be used to comply with the requirements of this section:

'NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

 

Notice is given that ______________________  is hereby appointed to the following

                                                Name

public office:

 

Public Office:  ________________________________________________________

 

Citation to Law or Other Authority Authorizing the Appointment: 

____________________________________________________________________

 

Specific Statutory Qualification for the Public Office, if Applicable: 

____________________________________________________________________

 

Address of the Appointee: ________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

 

County of Residence of the Appointee:  ______________________________________

 

Date Term of Appointment Begins:  _________________________________________

 

Date Term of Appointment Ends:  __________________________________________

 

Name of Person the Appointee Replaces, if applicable:

____________________________________________________________________

 

 

__________________________                                 ___________________________

            Date of Appointment                                                            Signature

                                                                                            ___________________________

                                                                                                Office of Appointing Authority

 

 

Distribution:

            Governor

            Secretary of State

            Legislative Library

            State Library

            State Controller' "

SECTION 3.  G.S. 143-47.8 is repealed.

SECTION 4.  G.S. 143-47.7, as amended by Section 2 of this act, applies only to appointments made after this act becomes effective.

 

SECTION 5.  This act becomes effective 30 days after it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2003.

 

 

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/ Richard T. Morgan

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/ Michael F. Easley

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 11:07 a.m. this 1st day of August, 2003