NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 702

HOUSE BILL 1267

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 3 OF CHAPTER 140 AND PART 15 OF ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 143B OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, CONCERNING THE NORTH CAROLINA ART SOCIETY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 140-13 as the same appears in the 1974 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by striking the word "State" from line 3 thereof.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 140-14 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 140-14.  North Carolina Art Society as membership arm of the North Carolina Museum of Art; promotion of public appreciation of art; organization of art exhibits, etc. — The North Carolina Art Society, Incorporated, shall be the membership arm of the North Carolina Museum of Art, the means whereby citizens of North Carolina can support their museum through individual or corporate memberships in the society and through participation in its diverse programs. It shall be the duty of the North Carolina Art Society to promote the public appreciation of art and its role in the development of civilization; to organize State and regional art exhibits, including works by contemporary North Carolina artists; and to do all other things deemed necessary to advance the objectives of the society."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 143B-89 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 143B-89.  North Carolina Art Society, Incorporated. — The North Carolina Art Society, Incorporated, shall continue to be under the patronage of the State as provided in Article 3 of Chapter 140 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. The governing body of the North Carolina Art Society, Incorporated, shall be a board of directors consisting of a minimum of 22 members as follows: the Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Treasurer, and the Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, who shall be ex officio members; six members who shall be named by the Governor; and a minimum of 12 directors who shall be chosen by members of the North Carolina Art Society, Incorporated, in such manner and for such terms as that body shall determine. The six directors named by the Governor shall serve for terms of three years each."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1977.