2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 113 - Conservation and Development.
§ 113-77.8. Natural Heritage Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

§ 113‑77.8.  Natural Heritage Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

(a)        Expenditures from the Fund shall be authorized by a 12‑member Board of Trustees. Four members shall be appointed by the Governor, four by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in accordance with G.S. 120‑121, and four by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives in accordance with G.S. 120‑121. Persons appointed shall be knowledgeable in the acquisition and management of natural areas. Each appointing officer shall designate one of his initial appointments to serve a two‑year term, one to serve a four‑year term, and one to serve a six‑year term. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for six years, subject to reappointment. Appointments shall expire January 1 of even‑numbered years. The Governor shall appoint one Trustee to serve as Chairman of the Board. The Secretary shall provide the Trustees with staff support and meeting facilities using expenditures from the Fund. The office of Trustee is declared to be an office that may be held concurrently with any other executive or appointive office, under the authority of Article VI, Section 9, of the North Carolina Constitution.

(b)        The Trustees shall meet at least once each year and may hold special meetings at the call of the Chairman or a majority of the members.

(c)        The Trustees shall receive the per diem allowed for other members of boards and commissions of the State as fixed in the Biennial Appropriations Act, and, in addition, the Trustees shall receive subsistence and travel expenses as fixed by statute for such purposes. Travel and subsistence expenses shall be allowed while going to or from any place of meeting or when on official business. Per diem payments shall include necessary time spent in traveling to and from their places of residence to any meeting place or while traveling on official business. Per diem, subsistence, and travel expenses of the Trustees shall be paid from the Fund. (1987, c. 871, s. 1; 1989, c. 86, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 772, s. 3; 1995, c. 490, s. 37(a); 2001‑486, s. 2.23(a).)