Bill Text: NC S222 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Energy Policy Council Amendments
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S222 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2015-S222-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
S 1
SENATE BILL 222
Short Title: Energy Policy Council Amendments. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Senators Brock, Rucho (Primary Sponsors); Rabin and Sanderson. |
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Referred to: |
Rules and Operations of the Senate. |
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March 11, 2015
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify provisions applicable to membership on the energy policy council.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 113B‑3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113B‑3. Composition of Council; appointments; terms of members; removal; qualifications.
(a) The Energy Policy Council shall consist of 13 members to be appointed as follows:
(1), (2) Repealed by Session Laws 2013‑365, s. 8(c), effective July 29, 2013.
(2a) The Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources.Resources,
or the Secretary's designee.
(2b) The Secretary of Commerce.Commerce, or the
Secretary's designee.
(2c) The Lieutenant Governor.Governor, or the
Lieutenant Governor's designee.
(3) Ten public members who are citizens of the State of North Carolina and who are appointed in accordance with subsection (c) of this section.
(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2009‑446, s. 4, effective August 7, 2009.
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(d) A Council member shall be automatically removed from the Council if he or she fails to attend three successive Council meetings without just cause as determined by the remainder of the Council.
(e) The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the Council from office for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 143B‑13 of the Executive Organization Act of 1973."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.