GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 983

Short Title:  Clarify Bd. of Gov. Conflicts.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Dalton.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY PROVISIONS REGARDING SPOUSAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST FOR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 116-7(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	From and after July 1, 1973, no member of the General Assembly or officer or employee of the State or of any constituent institution may be a member of the Board of Governors. Any member of the Board of Governors who is elected or appointed to the General Assembly or who becomes an officer or employee of the State or of any constituent institution shall be deemed thereupon to resign from his membership on the Board of Governors.
From and after July 1, 1997, no spouse of any member of the General Assembly, elected officer of the State, or officer or full-time employee of any constituent institution may be a member of the Board of Governors.  If the spouse of any member of the Board of Governors is elected or appointed to the General Assembly, is elected to a State office, or becomes an officer or employee of any constituent institution, then the member shall be deemed thereupon to resign from his or her membership on the Board of Governors."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections of the Board of Governors on and after January 1, 1999.