NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1002

SENATE BILL 523

 

 

AN ACT TO CREATE THE NORTH CAROLINA CAPITAL PLANNING COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Creation of Capital Planning Commission. Chapter 385 of the 1961 Session Laws is hereby repealed, and there is hereby created the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission which shall consist of the following: The Governor of North Carolina, who shall serve as Chairman; a member of the Senate who shall serve as Vice Chairman, to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor; a member of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; all members of the Council of State; the Attorney General; and a representative of the City of Raleigh to be designated by the City Council of Raleigh to serve a two-year term to expire at same date City Council members' terms expire, subject to reappointment by the City Council. Public officers who are made members of this Commission shall be deemed to serve ex officio. The Director of the Department of Administration shall serve as Secretary to the Commission.

Sec. 2.  Certain Records. The minutes, records, plans and all other documents of Public Record of the State Capital Planning Commission and the Heritage Square Commission shall be turned over to the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission.

Sec. 3.  General Powers and Duties of the Commission. The North Carolina Capital Planning Commission shall have the following powers and duties:

(1)        To obtain and maintain up-to-date building requirements for State governmental agencies in the City of Raleigh and its environs.

(2)        To formulate a long-range Capital Improvement Program as required for State central governmental agencies in the City of Raleigh and its environs and maintain this program up-to-date.

(3)        To recommend the acquisition of land as required.

(4)        To select the locations for State Government buildings, monuments, memorials and improvements in the City of Raleigh and its environs.

(5)        To submit a report of its activities to each Session of the General Assembly.

Sec. 4.  Advisory Committee. The Commission may select an Advisory Committee of engineers, architects, or other professional people as the Commission may find advisable.

Sec. 5.  Exclusions. North Carolina State University, Dorothea Dix Hospital and the Governor Morehead School are excluded from the provisions of this Act.

Sec. 6.  Employees. The Director of the Department of Administration shall employ as directed by this Commission, such architects, engineers and other persons as may be necessary to assist the Commission in the execution of its duties.

Sec. 7.  Per Diem and Allowance of Members of the Commission. The members of the North Carolina Capital Planning Commission and the Advisory Committee, except for the salaried officials and employees of the State of North Carolina, and the City of Raleigh, shall receive for their services the same per diem and allowances as are granted the members of State Boards generally.

Sec. 8.  Expenses of Commission. There is hereby appropriated out of the General Fund of the State, the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars($35,000.00) for each year of the biennium, 1965-66 and 1966-67, to defray the expenses of the Commission. The Commission may when necessary request additional funds from the Contingency and Emergency Fund. Any funds remaining at the end of each biennium shall revert to the General Fund of the State.

Sec. 9.  Duration of Commission. The North Carolina Capital Planning Commission shall continue until abolished by the General Assembly.

Sec. 10.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 11.  This Act shall be effective upon and after July 1, 1965.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of June, 1965.