GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 96
HOUSE BILL 411

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL ON PHYSICAL FITNESS AND HEALTH TO SANCTION THE STATE GAMES AND OTHER COMPETITIVE ATHLETIC EVENTS FOR WHICH SANCTIONING BY THE STATE IS REQUIRED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 130A-33.40 reads as rewritten:
"§ 130A-33.40.  Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health – creation; powers; duties.
There is hereby created the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Health in the Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources.  The Council shall have the following functions and duties:
(1)	To promote interest in the area of physical fitness; to consider the need for new State programs in the field of physical fitness; to enlist the active support of individual citizens, professional and civic groups, amateur and professional athletes, voluntary organizations, State and local government agencies, private industry and business, and community recreation programs in efforts to improve the physical fitness and thereby the health of the citizens of North Carolina;
(2)	To examine current programs of physical fitness available to the people of North Carolina, and to make recommendations to the Governor for coordination of programs to prevent duplication of such services; to support programs of physical fitness in the public school systems; to develop cooperative programs with medical, dental, and other groups; to maintain a liaison with government, private and other agencies concerning physical fitness programs; to stimulate research in the area of physical fitness; to sponsor physical fitness workshops, clinics, conferences, and other related activities pertaining to physical fitness throughout the State;
(3)	To serve as an agency for recognizing outstanding developments, contributions, and achievements in physical fitness in North Carolina; 
(3a)	To serve as the North Carolina sanctioning body for the State Games and for other competitive athletic events for which sanctioning by the State is required; and
(4)	To make an annual report to the Governor and to the Secretary of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, including therein suggestions and recommendations for the furtherance of the physical fitness of the people of North Carolina."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of May, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives