GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 103

House Bill. 257

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THREE-YEAR TERMS FOR MEMBERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION FOR FORESTERS AND TO SET A LIMIT OF TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 89B-3(a) is rewritten to read:

"(a)      A State Board of Registration for Foresters is created to administer the provisions of this Chapter. The Board shall have five members as follows:

(1)       four duly practicing registered foresters, at least three of whom hold at a minimum a bachelor's degree from an accredited forestry school, and

(2)       one public member.

Each member shall be appointed by the Governor for a three-year term. No member may serve more than two complete consecutive terms."

Sec. 2.  Notwithstanding Section 1 of this act, all members currently serving on the Board may continue in office until the expiration of their current terms.

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of March, 1983.