2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 147 - State Officers.
§ 147-33.72G. Information Technology Advisory Board.

§ 147‑33.72G.  Information Technology Advisory Board.

(a)        Creation; Membership. – The Information Technology Advisory Board is established and shall be located within the Office of Information Technology Services for organizational, budgetary, and administrative purposes. The Board shall consist of 9 members, two appointed by the Governor, two appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and two appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two appointed by the chair, and the State Controller ex officio. The Governor shall designate a chair from among the membership.

(a1)      Of the initial appointments, one person each appointed by the Governor, the president Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chair shall serve a term of one year beginning October 1, 2007, and one person appointed by each shall serve a term of two years beginning October 1, 2007. All succeeding appointments shall be for terms of two years. Members shall not serve for more than two successive terms.

(a2)      Vacancies shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired portion of the term in which they occur.

(a3)      The members appointed by the Governor shall be heads of State agencies or managers whose primary responsibilities do not include information technology.

(a4)      The members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall be persons with experience in the deployment, use, maintenance, and replacement of information technology. Of the members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one member shall be from local government, and one member shall be from the private sector. Of the members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one member shall be from primary or secondary education, and one member shall be from the private sector.

(a5)      The two members appointed by the chair shall be chief information officers of State agencies or managers whose primary responsibilities include information technology.

(b)        Conflicts of Interest. – Members of the Advisory Board shall not serve on the board of directors or other governing body of, be employed by, or receive any remuneration of any kind from any information systems, computer hardware, computer software, or telecommunications vendor of goods and services to the State of North Carolina.

No member of the Advisory Board shall vote on an action affecting solely that person's State agency.

(c)        Powers and Duties. – The Board shall:

(1)        Review and comment on the State Information Technology Plan developed by the State Chief Information Officer under G.S. 147‑33.72B(b).

(2)        Review and comment on the information technology plans of the executive agencies prepared under G.S. 147‑33.72B(c).

(3)        Review and comment on the statewide technology initiatives developed by the State Chief Information Officer.

(4)        Advise the State Chief Information Officer on the development of statewide information technology programs and services.

(d)        Meetings. – The Information Technology Advisory Board shall adopt bylaws containing rules governing its meeting procedures. The Board shall meet at least quarterly. The Office of Information Technology Services shall provide administrative staff and facilities for Advisory Board meetings. The expenses of the Board shall be paid from receipts available to the Office of Information Technology Services as requested by the Board. Advisory Board members shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances as follows:

(1)        Commission members who are officials or employees of the State or of local government agencies, at the rate established in G.S. 138‑6; and

(2)        All other commission members, at the rate established in G.S. 138‑5. (2004‑129, s. 2; 2007‑189, s. 4.)