GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 229
AN ACT TO CHANGE THE DESIGNATED LEGISLATIVE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYEE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL BENEFITS AND THEIR TERMS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 135-38 reads as rewritten:
"§ 135-38. Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits.
(a) The Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits shall consist of 12 members as follows:
(1) The President Pro
Tempore of the Senate; Senate or a designee thereof;
(2) The Majority
Leader of the Senate;
(3) The Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Appropriations;
(5) A Cochairman
of the Senate Committee on Finance designated by the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate;
(6) Two other
members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and
(11) Six members of the
House appointed by the Speaker.
(2a) The Speaker of the House of Representatives or a designee thereof;
(3a) Five members of the Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and
(4a) Five members of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker.
(b) The members of the
Committee who are members because of the offices they hold President Pro
Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or their
designees, shall remain on the Committee for the duration of their terms in
those offices. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of
the House shall appoint the other members of the Committee for two-year terms
beginning on July 1 of odd-numbered years. Terms of the other
Committee members are for two years and begin on January 15 of each
odd-numbered year, except the terms of the initial members, which begin on
appointment and expire January 14, 1997. Members may complete a term of
service on the Committee even if they do not seek reelection or are not reelected
to the General Assembly, but resignation or removal from service in the General
Assembly constitutes resignation or removal from service on the
Committee. Members shall serve until their successors are appointed.
(c) The Committee shall review programs of hospital, medical and related care provided by Part 3 of this Article as recommended by the Executive Administrator and Board of Trustees of the Plan. The Executive Administrator and the Board of Trustees shall provide the Committee with any information or assistance requested by the Committee in performing its duties under this Article.
(d) The time members spend on Committee business shall be considered official legislative business for purposes of G.S. 120-3."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification and applies to appointments made on or after that date. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint the members of the Committee on Employee Hospital and Medical Benefits as soon as practicable after ratification of this act.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 13th day of June, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives