2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 143B - Executive Organization Act of 1973.
§ 143B-344.18. Commission created; membership.

Part 29. Advisory Commission for North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences.

§ 143B‑344.18.  Commission created; membership.

There is created an Advisory Commission for the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences which shall determine its own organization. It shall consist of at least nine members, which shall include the Director of the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the State Geologist and Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, the Director of the Institute of Fisheries Research of the University of North Carolina, the Director of the Wildlife Resources Commission, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, or qualified representative of any or all of the above‑named members, and at least three persons representing the East, the Piedmont, and the Western areas of the State. Members appointed by the Governor shall serve for four‑year staggered terms. Terms shall begin on 1 September. Members appointed by the Governor shall not serve more than three consecutive four‑year terms. Any member may be removed by the Governor for cause. (1961, c. 1180, s. 1; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(119); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(b); 1993, c. 561, ss. 116(b), (f); 1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a); 2007‑495, s. 4(a).)