NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 504

HOUSE BILL 1078

AN ACT TO ABOLISH AND TERMINATE CERTAIN BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS WHICH ARE NO LONGER FUNCTIONAL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Abolition of the Sir Walter Raleigh Commission. (a) G.S. 143B-75, G.S. 143B-76, G.S. 143B-77 and G.S. 143B-78 as the same appear in 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby repealed.

(b)  The Sir Walter Raleigh Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources is hereby abolished.

Sec. 2.  Abolition of the American Revolution Bicentennial Committee. (a) G.S. 143B-81, G.S. 143B-82 and G.S. 143B-83 as the same appear in 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby repealed.

(b)  The American Revolution Bicentennial Committee of the Department of Cultural Resources is hereby abolished.

Sec. 3.  Abolition of the Crime Study Commission. (a) G.S. 143-521, G.S. 143‑522, G.S. 143-523, G.S. 143-524, G.S. 143-525 and G.S. 143-526 as the same appear in 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby repealed.

(b)  The Crime Study Commission of the Department of Administration is hereby abolished.

Sec. 4.  Abolition of the Advisory Committee on Solid Waste Recycling, Resource Recovery, and Litter Control. (a) Chapter 972 of the 1975 Session Laws of the General Assembly of North Carolina is hereby repealed.

(b)  The Advisory Committee on Solid Waste Recycling, Resource Recovery, and Litter Control of the Department of Natural Resources and Community Development is hereby abolished.

Sec. 5.  Revenue Sharing Advisory Committee abolished. The Revenue Sharing Advisory Committee created by Executive Order Number 29 signed by Governor Robert W. Scott is hereby abolished.

Sec. 6.  Abolition of State Employees' Awards Committee. The State Employees' Awards Committee heretofore established in the Office of State Personnel under the Department of Administration by the State Personnel Commission pursuant to G.S. 126-4(a) is hereby abolished.

Sec. 7.  Abolition of the Advisory Panel on Design and Construction. The Advisory Panel on Design and Construction created by Executive Order Number 15 signed by Governor James E. Holshouser is hereby abolished.

Sec. 8.  Abolition of Hospital Advisory Council. (a) G.S. 131-120(c) as the same appears in 1974 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes of North Carolina is repealed.

(b)  G.S. 131-120(d), as the same appears in Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting the words "and the said State Advisory Council set up by the Governor as herein authorized" and the comma at the end of that phrase.

(c)  The Hospital Advisory Council of the Department of Human Resources is hereby abolished.

Sec. 9.  Abolition of Council for Institutional Boards. (a) G.S. 143B-169, G.S. 143B-170, G.S. 143B-171 and G.S. 143B-172 as the same appear in 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby repealed.

(b)  The Council for Institutional Boards of the Department of Human Resources is abolished.

Sec. 10.  Abolition of Council for Human Skills and Resource Development. (a) G.S. 143B-197, G.S. 143B-198, G.S. 143B-199, G.S. 143B-200 and G.S. 143B-201 as they appear in 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby repealed.

(b)  The Commission for Human Skills and Resource Development of the Department of Human Resources is hereby abolished.

Sec. 11.  Abolition of North Carolina Drug Advisory Council. The North Carolina Drug Advisory Council appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of the North Carolina Drug Authority pursuant to P.L. 255 of the 92nd Congress of the United States of America is hereby abolished and terminated.

Sec. 12.  Abolition of the North Carolina Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The North Carolina Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention appointed by the Governor pursuant to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Act adopted by the 93rd Congress of the United States of America is hereby abolished and terminated.

Sec. 13.  Abolition of the Nutrition Advisory Council. (a) G.S. 143B-216.6 and G.S. 143B-216.7 as the same appear in the 1978 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina are hereby repealed.

(b)  The Nutrition Advisory Council is hereby abolished.

Sec. 14.  Abolition of the State Advisory Council for Hospitals. (a) Subsection (c) of G.S. 131-120 as the same appears in 1974 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby repealed.

(b)  Subsection (d) of G.S. 131-120 as the same appears in 1974 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by deleting on the first and second lines of said subsection (d) the words: "and the said State Advisory Council set up by the Governor as herein authorized,".

(c)  The State Advisory Council for Hospitals is hereby abolished.

Sec. 15.  Abolition of Public Health Standards Advisory Committee. (a) The first sentence of subsection (g) of G.S. 130-9 as the same appears in the 1977 Cumulative Supplement to 1974 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby rewritten to read as follows: "The Commission for Health Services shall have the power, in the best interests of the public health, to establish reasonable standards governing the nature and scope of public health services rendered by local health departments."

(b)  The Public Health Standards Advisory Committee is hereby abolished.

Sec. 16.  G.S. 108-75.5 is repealed.

Sec. 17.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of May, 1979.