NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 875

SENATE BILL 603

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 116-7(c) WITH REFERENCE TO THE FILLING OF VACANCIES ON THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 116-7(c), as the same now appears in Replacement Volume 3A of the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"(c)       Whenever any vacancy shall occur in the elected membership of the Board of Governors, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the board to inform the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the vacancy and the Chairman of the Board of Governors shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. The person so appointed shall serve until a successor is elected at the next regular session of the General Assembly, which election shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Whenever a member shall fail, for any reason other than ill health or service in the interest of the State or nation, to be present for four successive regular meetings of the board, his place as a member shall be deemed vacant."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of July, 1977.