Signed by Governor Roy Cooper III

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that repeals governor appointment powers over various state governing boards.

Highlights:

• Expands the Economic Investment Committee to consist of the Speaker of the House of Representative or a designee, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or a designee (Sec. 1).

• Requires that members not appointed by the General Assembly serve until that are no longer in office or are replaced with another designee (Sec. 1).

• Requires the committee to have a majority of its members in order to act upon a decision (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Commissioner of Agriculture appoint two members to the Environmental Management Commission (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the Commissioner to reappoint a member of the Commission to an additional term if the member qualifies for membership on the Commission at the time of the reappointment (Sec. 2).

• Requires that the Commission for Public Health have 4 members elected by the North Carolina Medical Society, 4 appointed by the General Assembly, and 5 appointed by the Governor (Sec. 2).

• Requires members appointed by the Commission to serve a 4 year term (Sec. 2).

• Requires that 7 members of the Board of Transportation be recommended by the President Pro Tempore, 7 by the Speaker of the House, and 6 by the Governor (Sec. 4).

• Requires that distribution region members of the Board be appointed as follows (Sec. 4):

• 7 members appointed by the General Assembly recommended by the President Pro Tempore;

• 7 members appointed by the General Assembly recommended by the Speaker of the House.

• Requires that the Coastal Resources Commission have one member appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance who is a coastal property owner or has experience in land development (Sec. 5).

• Requires that the Coastal Resources Commission have one member appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House (Sec. 5).

• Requires that the Coastal Resources Commission have one member appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the President Pro Tempore (Sec. 5).

• Requires that both the Governor and Commissioner of Agriculture appoint 1 at-large member to serve a 4 year term on the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Sec. 6).

• Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture to fill vacancies on the Wildlife Resources Commission (Sec. 6).

• Requires that the Board of Directors of the University of North Carolina Health Care System have 25 members with 5 ex officio members, 8 at-large members appointed by the General Assembly, 12 members appointed by the President of the University (Sec. 8).

• Requires that all at-large members serve 4 year terms (Sec. 8).

• Prohibits at-large members positions from being filled by Members of the Board of Governors, members of the board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, employees of the state, or lobbyists (Sec. 8).

• Requires that the authority of board members be collective and that individual members hold no authority to exercise administrative functions on behalf of the System (Sec. 8).

• Reduces the number of members of the North Carolina Utilities Commission from 7 to 5 (Sec. 10).

• Requires that members of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina be elected as follows (Sec. 11):

• 12 members elected by resolution of the House of Representatives, with 6 of them elected at the regular legislative session in 2025 and every two years after;

• 12 memes elected by the Senate, with 6 of them elected at the regular legislative session in 2025 and every two years after.

• Requires that the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees be composed of 15 people, 8 of them elected by the Board of Governors, and 6 appointed by the General Assembly (Sec. 12).

• Requires that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees be composed of 15 people, 8 of them elated by the Board of governors, and 6 appointed by the General Assembly (Sec. 12).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report and pass a bill that repeals governor appointment powers over various state governing boards.

Highlights:

• Expands the Economic Investment Committee to consist of the Speaker of the House of Representative or a designee, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or a designee (Sec. 1).

• Requires that members not appointed by the General Assembly serve until that are no longer in office or are replaced with another designee (Sec. 1).

• Requires the committee to have a majority of its members in order to act upon a decision (Sec. 1).

• Requires that the Commissioner of Agriculture appoint two members to the Environmental Management Commission (Sec. 2).

• Authorizes the Commissioner to reappoint a member of the Commission to an additional term if the member qualifies for membership on the Commission at the time of the reappointment (Sec. 2).

• Requires that the Commission for Public Health have 4 members elected by the North Carolina Medical Society, 4 appointed by the General Assembly, and 5 appointed by the Governor (Sec. 2).

• Requires members appointed by the Commission to serve a 4 year term (Sec. 2).

• Requires that 7 members of the Board of Transportation be recommended by the President Pro Tempore, 7 by the Speaker of the House, and 6 by the Governor (Sec. 4).

• Requires that distribution region members of the Board be appointed as follows (Sec. 4):

• 7 members appointed by the General Assembly recommended by the President Pro Tempore;

• 7 members appointed by the General Assembly recommended by the Speaker of the House.

• Requires that the Coastal Resources Commission have one member appointed by the Commissioner of Insurance who is a coastal property owner or has experience in land development (Sec. 5).

• Requires that the Coastal Resources Commission have one member appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Speaker of the House (Sec. 5).

• Requires that the Coastal Resources Commission have one member appointed by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the President Pro Tempore (Sec. 5).

• Requires that both the Governor and Commissioner of Agriculture appoint 1 at-large member to serve a 4 year term on the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Sec. 6).

• Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture to fill vacancies on the Wildlife Resources Commission (Sec. 6).

• Requires that the Board of Directors of the University of North Carolina Health Care System have 25 members with 5 ex officio members, 8 at-large members appointed by the General Assembly, 12 members appointed by the President of the University (Sec. 8).

• Requires that all at-large members serve 4 year terms (Sec. 8).

• Prohibits at-large members positions from being filled by Members of the Board of Governors, members of the board of Trustees of the University of North Carolina, employees of the state, or lobbyists (Sec. 8).

• Requires that the authority of board members be collective and that individual members hold no authority to exercise administrative functions on behalf of the System (Sec. 8).

• Reduces the number of members of the North Carolina Utilities Commission from 7 to 5 (Sec. 10).

• Requires that members of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina be elected as follows (Sec. 11):

• 12 members elected by resolution of the House of Representatives, with 6 of them elected at the regular legislative session in 2025 and every two years after;

• 12 memes elected by the Senate, with 6 of them elected at the regular legislative session in 2025 and every two years after.

• Requires that the North Carolina State University Board of Trustees be composed of 15 people, 8 of them elected by the Board of Governors, and 6 appointed by the General Assembly (Sec. 12).

• Requires that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees be composed of 15 people, 8 of them elated by the Board of governors, and 6 appointed by the General Assembly (Sec. 12).

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