NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 988
SENATE BILL 882

AN ACT TO MAKE THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 120-74, as it appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended by deleting the first two sentences and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"The commission shall consist of 13 members. The President of the Senate, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker Pro Tempore of the House, and the Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall serve as ex officio members of the commission. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint four members from the House. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint four members from the Senate."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 120-75 is rewritten to read as follows:
"§ 120-75.  Organization of the commission. — The President of the Senate shall serve as chairman of the commission. The Speaker of the House or his designee shall serve as vice‑chairman of the commission for a term of one year, beginning on July 1 of each year."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 120-78, as it appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is amended by deleting the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Members of the commission, who are also members of the General Assembly, shall receive subsistence and travel expenses at the rates set forth in G.S. 120-3.1 for General Assembly members. The President of the Senate shall receive subsistence and travel expenses at the rates set forth in G.S. 138-6."
Sec. 4.  Notwithstanding the previous provisions of G.S. 120-74, the terms of any commission members appointed by the President of the Senate shall terminate on July 1, 1977. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall make his initial appointments to the commission on or after July 1, 1977, and the terms of members so appointed shall end on January 15, 1979.
Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1977.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.