NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 361

HOUSE BILL 178

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE STATE CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 129 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a new Article, which shall be designated "Article 5. State Capital Planning Commission.", and shall read as follows:

"Article 5.

"State Capital Planning Commission.

"§ 129‑26.  Commission created. There is hereby created 'The State Capital Planning Commission', which shall consist of nine persons appointed by the Governor. At least two members shall be persons who have served in the General Assembly. All members shall be appointed on July 1, 1961, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, and shall serve until the completion of the duties assigned to the Commission. The Governor shall appoint to fill any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Commission. The Chairman of the Commission shall be designated by the Governor from among the Commission membership.

"§ 129‑27.  Powers and duties of the Commission. The State Capital Planning Commission shall have the following powers and duties:

"(1)      To make a thorough investigation of present State laws, policies, and practices with respect to the financing location, planning, and construction of buildings and other capital improvements for State governmental agencies in the City of Raleigh.

"(2)      To analyze the building requirements of State governmental agencies in the City of Raleigh over such period as the Commission deems advisable, and to formulate and recommend to the Governor and the General Assembly a long‑range capital improvement policy and program to aid the Governor and the General Assembly in meeting those requirements and a master plan for the future development of the physical plant of State government in the City of Raleigh over such period as the Commission deems advisable.

"(3)      To call upon the Department of Administration for assistance and to employ such other assistance as the Commission may find necessary in the execution of its duties.

"§ 129‑28.  Per diem and allowances. The members of the State Capital Planning Commission shall receive for their services the same per diem and allowances as are granted the members of State boards and commissions generally.

"§ 129‑29.  Expenses. All expenses of the Commission shall be paid from the Contingency and Emergency Fund, upon application in the manner prescribed in G.S. 143‑12.

"§ 129‑30.  Expiration. The State Capital Planning Commission shall expire upon certification by the Chairman of the Commission to the Governor that, in the opinion of the Commission, it has performed all of the duties assigned to it by this Article, but shall in any event expire not later than July 1, 1965."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of May, 1961.