2010 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B Executive Organization Act of 1973.
Article 7 - Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
143B-344.36. (Expires June 30, 2016) North Carolina Sustainable Communities Task Force - membership; term; compensation; sunset.

143B‑344.36. (Expires June 30, 2016) North Carolina Sustainable Communities Task Force membership; term; compensation; sunset.

(a) Membership and Advice. The Task Force shall consist of 13 members who reflect the diversity of the State. The Secretaries of Commerce, Environment and Natural Resources, and Transportation and the Director of the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency shall each designate a representative to the Task Force from their agencies. The Secretary of Administration shall designate a representative from that Department who is familiar with the management and development of State‑owned lands and buildings. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall designate a representative from the Division of Public Health of the Department of Health and Human Services who is familiar with the impact of the built environment on human health. The Governor shall appoint one member who is a representative of a nonprofit organization involved in the planning, advocacy, or creation of sustainable development. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint three members: one member who is a representative of a county government, one member who is a representative of the building industry, and one member who is a representative of a council of government or other regional collaborative organization. The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint three members: one member who is a representative of a city government, one member who is a representative of the banking industry, and one member with professional training in planning who is a member of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association.

The Secretaries of Administration, Commerce, Environment and Natural Resources, Health and Human Services, and Transportation, or their designees, shall advise the Task Force on sustainable development activities within the responsibility of their respective departments and shall cooperate with the Task Force in jointly seeking funds from federal, public, or private initiatives, grant programs, or donors.

(b) Terms, Vacancies. The members of the Task Force appointed by the Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall have a term of office of four years and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired balance of the term. The remaining members of the Task Force shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.

(c) Compensation. The public members of the Task Force shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses payable to members of State boards and agencies as set forth by G.S. 138‑5 and G.S. 138‑6, respectively.

(d) Sunset. This Part expires June 30, 2016. (2010‑31, s. 13.5(a).)