2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-128. Advisory Committee on Abandoned Cemeteries; members; selections; compensation; terms; vacancy; duties.

Part 26. Advisory Committee on Abandoned Cemeteries.

§ 143B‑128.  Advisory Committee on Abandoned Cemeteries; members; selections; compensation; terms; vacancy; duties.

(a)        There is created the Advisory Committee on Abandoned Cemeteries to be composed of 17 members appointed as follows:

(1)        Two by the Governor;

(2)        One by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(3)        One by the Speaker of the House;

(4)        One by the Secretary of the Department of Cultural Resources;

(5)        One by the Executive Director of the North Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs, Department of Administration;

(6)        One each by the chief executive of the following organizations, from the membership of the organization:

a.         North Carolina Archaeological Council;

b.         North Carolina Association of County Commissioners;

c.         North Carolina Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution;

d.         North Carolina Chapter of the Society of the Cincinnati;

e.         North Carolina Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution;

f.          North Carolina Genealogical Society;

g.         North Carolina Historical Commission;

h.         North Carolina League of Municipalities;

i.          Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of North Carolina;

j.          Sons of Confederate Veterans;

k.         United Daughters of the Confederacy.

(b)        Members shall be appointed for staggered four‑year terms beginning July 1 of odd‑numbered years and shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. To create and maintain staggered terms, one member appointed by the Governor and the members appointed by the Speaker of the House, North Carolina Archaeological Council, North Carolina Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, North Carolina Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, North Carolina Genealogical Society, North Carolina League of Municipalities, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans shall be appointed for two‑year terms to expire June 30, 1983, at which time their successor shall be appointed pursuant to this section for four‑year terms. The remaining committee members shall be appointed for four‑year terms.

(c)        Members shall serve without salary or compensation for their actual expenses resulting from the performance of their official duties.

(d)        An appointment to fill a vacancy on the committee shall be made according to the procedures for appointment for regular terms, pursuant to this section. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the committee for any reason shall be for the balance of the unexpired term.

(e)        Upon its appointment the committee shall organize by electing from its membership a chairman and a vice‑chairman. It shall be the duty of the committee to review existing statutes relating to cemeteries, make recommendations to the General Assembly concerning new statutes, and to assist the department in its efforts to collect information on abandoned cemeteries. (1981, c. 1016, s. 1; 1995, c. 490, s. 1.)