A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO EXTEND THE 1898 WILMINGTON RACE RIOT COMMISSION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 17.1(c) of S.L. 2000‑138 reads as rewritten:
"Section 17.1.(c) The Commission shall consist of 13 members, each of whom shall serve a four-year term. Commission members shall be appointed on or before September 1, 2000, as follows:
(1)	The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint three members.
(2)	The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint three members.
(3)	The Governor shall appoint three public members, one of whom shall be a historian.
(4)	The Mayor and City Council of the City of Wilmington shall appoint two members.
(5)	The New Hanover County Commissioners shall appoint two members.
The Commission shall terminate on December 31, 2004."
SECTION 2.  Section 17.1(g) of S.L. 2000‑138 reads as rewritten:
"Section 17.1.(g) The Commission's officers shall consist of two cochairs, a vice‑chair, and other officers deemed necessary by the Commission to carry out the purposes of this Article. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the cochairs of the Commission.  All other officers shall be elected by the Commission. All officers shall serve for four-year terms and shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified."
SECTION 3.  Section 17.1(j) of S.L. 2000‑138 reads as rewritten:
"Section 17.1.(j) The Commission may submit to the General Assembly an interim report of its findings and recommendations.  The Commission shall submit to the General Assembly a final report of its findings and recommendations no later than December 31, 2004.  The final report may include suggestions for a permanent marker or memorial of the riot and whether to designate the event as a historic site."
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.