NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 513

HOUSE BILL 1034

 

 

AN ACT TO EXPAND THE MEMBERSHIP AND POWERS OF THE NORTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 143B-63 is hereby amended as follows:

(a)  In paragraph one, line two, delete the word "seven" and substitute therefor the word "eleven".

(b)  Delete paragraph two in its entirety and substitute therefor the following:

"The members of the North Carolina Historical Commission shall include the members of the existing North Carolina Historical Commission who shall serve for a period equal to the remainder of their current terms on the commission, plus four additional appointees of the Governor, two of whose appointments shall expire March 31, 1979, and two of whose appointments shall expire March 31, 1981. At the end of the respective terms of office of the members, their successors shall be appointed for terms of six years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Of the members, at least five shall have professional training or experience in the fields of archives, history, historic preservation, historic architecture, archaeology, or museum administration, including at least three currently involved in the teaching of history at the college or university level or in administering archives or historical collections or programs. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the commission created by resignation, dismissal, death, or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 143B-62(1) is hereby amended by renumbering subsections 143B‑62(1) (a) through (h) as 143B-62(1) (c) through (j) and adding the following subsections:

"(a)       To serve as a search committee to seek out, interview, and recommend to the Secretary of Cultural Resources one or more experienced and professionally trained historian(s) for the position of Director of the Division of Archives and History when a vacancy occurs, and to assist and cooperate with the secretary in periodic reviews of the performance of the director and the division;

(b)        To assist and advise the Secretary of Cultural Resources and the Director of the Division of Archives and History in the development and implementation of plans and priorities for the State's historical programs;".

Sec. 3.  It is the intent of the General Assembly that the provisions of this act shall be implemented without additional appropriations to the Department of Cultural Resources, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to obligate the General Assembly to appropriate additional funds.

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of June, 1977.