North Carolina SB 1080: Progress Board.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S 2
SENATE BILL 1080*
Commerce Committee Substitute Adopted 4/26/01

Short Title: Progress Board. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
April 5, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS RELATING TO THE NORTH CAROLINA 2
PROGRESS BOARD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATING 3
EXPENSES OF THE BOARD. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 143B-372.1 reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 143B-372.1. North Carolina Progress Board. 7
(a) The North Carolina Progress Board is established. The Board shall be located 8
administratively in the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina and is 9
may be located at North Carolina State University,any constituent institution within The 10
University of North Carolina, or at any institution to which it is invited formally, but 11
shall exercise all its prescribed statutory powers independently of the Board of 12
Governors.Governors or the institution at which it resides. 13
(b) The North Carolina Progress Board shall consist of 21 24 members of 14
statewide prominence as follows: 15
(1) The Governor, ex officio; 16
(2) Eight persons appointed by the Governor, none of whom shall be State 17
employees or officers; 18
(3) Four Five persons appointed by the Speaker of the House of 19
Representatives, one two of whom shall be a member members of the 20
House of Representatives; 21
(4) Four Five persons appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the 22
Senate, one two of whom shall be a member members of the Senate; 23
and 24
(5) Four Five persons appointed by the North Carolina Progress Board. 25
(c) The Governor shall be chair of the North Carolina Progress Board. The 26
Governor shall appoint a vice-chair from among the membership of the North Carolina 27
Progress Board to serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The North Carolina Progress 28
Board may elect such other officers as it sees fit. 29

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(d) The North Carolina Progress Board shall meet at least twice annually on the 1
call of the chair or as additionally provided by the North Carolina Progress Board. A 2
quorum is 11 12 members of the Board. Members may not send designees to board 3
meetings, nor may they vote by proxy. 4
(e) Board appointments shall be for terms to begin July 1, 1999, with subsequent 5
appointments to be made as terms expire or resignations occur. Of the Governor's 6
appointments, two shall be for one-year terms, two shall be for two-year terms, two 7
shall be for three-year terms, and two shall be for four-year terms. Of the appointments 8
made by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the 9
Senate, and the North Carolina Progress Board, one member appointed by each shall be 10
appointed for a one-year term, one member appointed by each shall be appointed for a 11
two-year term, one member appointed by each shall be appointed for a three-year term, 12
and one two member members appointed by each shall be appointed for a four-year 13
term. As terms expire, successors shall be appointed for four-year terms. 14
(f) No member may be appointed to more than two consecutive terms. A 15
member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House vacates 16
membership on the North Carolina Progress Board when that person is no longer a 17
member of the House of Representatives, except that if that person is in office at the 18
expiration of the term of office in the House of Representatives but has not been elected 19
to the next term, that person shall continue to serve until the convening of the regular 20
session. A member of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate 21
vacates membership on the North Carolina Progress Board when that person is no 22
longer a member of the Senate, except that if that person is in office at the expiration of 23
the term of office in the Senate but has not been elected to the next term, that person 24
shall continue to serve until the convening of the regular session." 25
SECTION 2. G.S. 143B-372.2 reads as rewritten: 26
"§ 143B-372.2. Responsibilities. 27
(a) The General Assembly notes that the Commission for a Competitive North 28
Carolina developed goals in the following categories: 29
(1) Healthy Children and Families; 30
(2) Quality Education for All; 31
(3) A High Performance Workforce; 32
(4) A Prosperous Economy; 33
(5) A Sustainable Environment; 34
(6) Technology and Infrastructure Development; 35
(7) Safe and Vibrant Communities; and 36
(8) Active Citizenship/Accountable Government. 37
The Commission for a Competitive North Carolina adopted a report which 38
established major goals and ways to measure progress toward these goals. 39
(a1) The General Assembly finds that the North Carolina Progress Board 40
developed a report that focused on four of the Commission's recommended topics and 41
issued 16 major targets for 20