NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1379

SENATE BILL 573

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 4 OF CHAPTER 147 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO REQUIRE ALL APPOINTMENTS MADE TO ANY STATE BOARD, AGENCY, COMMISSION, COUNCIL OR AUTHORITY BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE AS A NECESSARY PREREQUISITE TO SUCH APPOINTMENTS BECOMING EFFECTIVE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 147-36 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection at the end thereof to be numbered (14) and to read as follows:

"(14)    To receive and maintain a journal of all appointments made to any State board, agency, commission, council or authority which is filed in the office of the Secretary of State."

Sec. 2.  Article 4 of Chapter 147 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section at the end thereof to be numbered G.S. 147-54.2 and to read as follows:

"§ 147-54.2.  Filing of official appointments. — All appointments to any State board, agency, commission, council or authority made on or after June 1, 1974, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina. All appointments which are required by this section to be filed shall contain the date of the appointment, the legal authority for the appointment, and the date on which such appointment expires.

Appointments made pursuant to this act between January 1, 1973, and June 1, 1974, shall be filed within 10 days of date of appointment or ratification, whichever occurs last."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1974.