Bill Summaries: S514 (2015-2016 Session)

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  • Summary date: Mar 26 2015 - View summary

    Identical to H 364, filed 3/25/15.

    Includes various whereas clauses about commissions and conflicts of interest provisions for certain commissions.

    Amends GS 130A-309.202 (Coal Ash Management Commission), GS 143B-283 (Environmental Management Commission), and GS 113A-104 (Coastal Resources Commission), deleting provisions that required the Governor to require adequate disclosure of potential conflicts by members as well as requiring the Governor to promulgate criteria regarding conflicts of interest and disclosure for determining the eligibility of individuals. Adds new provisions that provide that the Governor can require additional disclosure of potential conflicts of interest by members. Provides that the Governor can also promulgate criteria regarding conflicts of interest and disclosure for determining the eligibility of individuals.

    Amends GS 120-123, a list of boards and commissions upon which no member of the General Assembly can serve, adding the following to the list: North Carolina Longitudinal Data System Board, the Domestic Violence Commission, and the Governor's Crime Commission of the Department of Public Safety. 

    Amends GS 116E-3 (North Carolina Longitudinal Data System Board), GS 143B-394.15(c) (membership for the Domestic Violence Commission), and GS 143B-1100 (Governor's Crime Commission), making conforming changes, deleting language which provided for the appointment of members of the General Assembly to the  different boards and commissions. Adds language providing for the appointment of members of the general public in their place.