North Carolina HB 955: Add NCCJETSC Member.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
 
SESSION 1997 
 
H 1  
 
HOUSE BILL 955* 
 
 
 
 
Short Title:  Add NCCJETSC Member. (Public) 
 
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Sponsors: Representatives Baddour and Morris (Cosponsors). 
 
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Referred to:  Rules, Calendar and Operations of the House. 
 
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April 15, 1997 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
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AN   ACT   TO   INCREASE   THE   MEMBERSHIP   OF   THE   NORTH   CAROLINA   2 
CRIMINAL      JUSTICE      EDUCATION      AND      TRAINING      STANDARDS      3 
COMMISSION. 4 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 
Section 1.  G.S. 17C-3 reads as rewritten: 6 
"§  17C-3.    North  Carolina  Criminal  Justice  Education  and  Training  Standards  7 
Commission established; members; terms; vacancies. 8 
(a)   There   is   established   the   North   Carolina   Criminal   Justice   Education   and   9 
Training Standards Commission, hereinafter called ‘the Commission,' in the Department 10 
of Justice.  The Commission shall be composed of 26 27 members as follows: 11 
(1)  Police  Chiefs.  –  Three  police  chiefs  selected  by  the  North  Carolina  12 
Association  of  Chiefs  of  Police  and  one  police  chief  appointed  by  the  13 
Governor. 14 
(2) Police Officers. – Three police officials appointed by the North Carolina 15 
Police Executives Association and two criminal justice officers certified 16 
by the Commission as selected by the North Carolina Law-Enforcement 17 
Officers' Association. 18 
(3) Departments. – The Attorney General of the State of North Carolina; the 19 
Secretary  of  the  Department  of  Crime  Control  and  Public  Safety;  the  20 

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Secretary  of  the  Department  of  Human  Resources;  the  Secretary  of  the  
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Department   of   Correction;   the   President   of   the   Department   of   2 
Community Colleges. 3 
(4)  At-large  Groups.  –  One  individual  representing  and  appointed  by  each  4 
of  the  following  organizations:  one  mayor  selected  by  the  League  of  5 
Municipalities;  one  law-enforcement  training  officer  selected  by  the  6 
North  Carolina  Law-Enforcement  Training  Officers'  Association;  one  7 
criminal  justice  professional  selected  by  the  North  Carolina  Criminal  8 
Justice Association; one sworn law-enforcement officer selected by the 9 
North   State   Law-Enforcement   Officers'   Association;   one   member   10 
selected by the North Carolina Law-Enforcement Women's Association; 11 
one   member   selected   by   the   North   Carolina   Police   Benevolent   12 
Association; and  one  District  Attorney  selected  by  the  North  Carolina  13 
Association of District Attorneys. 14 
(5)  Citizens  and  Others.  –  The  President  of  The  University  of  North  15 
Carolina; the Director of the Institute of Government; and two citizens, 16 
one of whom shall be selected by the Governor and one of whom shall 17 
be  selected  by  the  Attorney  General.    The  General  Assembly  shall  18 
appoint  two  persons,  one  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Speaker  of  19 
the House of Representatives and one upon the recommendation of the 20 
President  Pro  Tempore  of  the  Senate.    Appointments  by  the  General  21 
Assembly    shall    be    made    in    accordance    with    G.S.    120-122.        22 
Appointments  by  the  General  Assembly  shall  serve  two-year  terms  to  23 
conclude on June 30th in odd-numbered years. 24 
(b) The members shall be appointed for staggered terms.  The initial appointments 25 
shall be made prior to September 1, 1983, and the appointees shall hold office until July 1 26 
of the year in which their respective terms expire and until their successors are appointed 27 
and qualified as provided hereafter: 28 
For the terms of one year: one member from subdivision (1) of subsection (a), serving 29 
as a police chief; three members from subdivision (2) of subsection (a), one serving as a 30 
police  official,  and  two  criminal  justice  officers;  one  member  from  subdivision  (4)  of  31 
subsection  (a),  appointed  by  the  North  Carolina  Law-Enforcement  Training  Officers'  32 
Association; and two members from subdivision (5) of subsection (a), one appointed by 33 
the Governor and one appointed by the Attorney General. 34 
For  the  terms  of  two  years:  one  member  from  subdivision  (1)  of  subsection  (a),  35 
serving as a police chief; one member from subdivision (2) of subsection (a), serving as a 36 
police official; and two members from subdivision (4) of subsection (a), one appointed by 37 
the  League  of  Municipalities  and  one  appointed  by  the  North  Carolina  Association  of  38 
District Attorneys. 39 
For the terms of three years: two members from subdivision (1) of subsection (a), one 40 
police  chief  appointed  by  the  North  Caro