Bill Text: NC H488 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Central Carolina CC/Bd. of Trustees
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-28 - Ch. SL 2015-252 [H488 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-H488-Enrolled.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
HOUSE BILL 488
RATIFIED BILL
AN ACT to clarify the appointments to the board of trustees of central carolina community college.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. S.L. 2013‑263 is repealed.
SECTION 2. G.S. 115D‑12(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Each community college
established or operated pursuant to this Chapter shall be governed by a board
of trustees consisting of 13 members, or of additional members if selected
according to the special procedure prescribed by the third paragraph of this
subsection, 16 members who shall be selected by the following
agencies. No member of the General Assembly may be appointed to a local board
of trustees for a community college.
Group One – four trustees, elected
by the board of education of the public school administrative unit located
in the administrative area of the institution. If there are two or more public
school administrative units, whether city or county units, or both, located
within the administrative area, the trustees shall be elected jointly by all of
the boards of education of those units, each board having one vote in the
election of each trustee, except as provided in G.S. 115D‑59. jointly
by the local boards of education with the authority to nominate trustees as
follows:
(1) The Chatham County Board of Education shall nominate one person to serve as trustee with a term commencing July 1, 2016, and quadrennially thereafter.
(2) The Harnett County Board of Education shall nominate one person to serve as trustee with a term commencing July 1, 2017, and quadrennially thereafter.
(3) The Lee County Board of Education shall nominate two persons to serve as trustees as follows:
a. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2015, and quadrennially thereafter.
b. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2018, and quadrennially thereafter.
(4) Approval of a nominee by at least one of the other two boards of education shall constitute selection of the trustee.
(5) If a nominee is not approved by at least one other board of education, the nominating board of education may nominate other persons until at least one other board of education approves the board of education's nominee.
No board of education shall elect a member of the board of education or any person employed by the board of education to serve as a trustee, however, any such person currently serving on a board of trustees shall be permitted to fulfill the unexpired portion of the trustee's current term.
Group Two – four eight trustees,
elected by the board of commissioners of the county in which the institution
is located. Provided, however, if the administrative area of the institution is
composed of two or more counties, the trustees shall be elected jointly by the
boards of commissioners of all those counties, each board having one vote in
the election of each trustee. Provided, also, the county commissioners of the
county in which the community college has established a satellite campus may
elect an additional two members if the board of trustees of the community
college agrees. as follows:
(1) Four members elected by the Lee County Commissioners as follows:
a. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2015, and quadrennially thereafter.
b. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2016, and quadrennially thereafter.
c. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2017, and quadrennially thereafter.
d. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2018, and quadrennially thereafter.
(2) Two members elected by the Chatham County Commissioners for terms commencing July 1, 2017, and quadrennially thereafter.
(3) Two members elected by the Harnett County Commissioners as follows:
a. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2016, and quadrennially thereafter.
b. The appointment of one trustee for a term commencing July 1, 2017, and quadrennially thereafter.
No more than one trustee from
Group Two may be a member of a board of county commissioners. commissioners
of a given county. Should the boards of education or the boards of
commissioners involved be unable to agree on one or more trustees the senior
resident superior court judge in the superior court district or set of
districts as defined in G.S. 7A‑41.1 where the institution is
located shall fill the position or positions by appointment.
Group Three – four trustees, appointed by the Governor.
Group Four – the president of the student government or the chairman of the executive board of the student body of each community college established pursuant to this Chapter shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the board of trustees of each said institution."
SECTION 3. This act applies only to Central Carolina Community College.
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to appointments to terms beginning on or after July 1, 2015.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of September, 2015.
s/ Daniel J. Forest
President of the Senate
s/ Paul Stam
Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives
