FILED SENATE
Apr 24, 2024
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
S.B. 765
SESSION 2023 PRINCIPAL CLERK
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SENATE BILL DRS35323-MUz-45
Short Title: GSC Add Member from High Point Law School. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Galey and Jarvis (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO ADD A MEMBER FROM THE HIGH POINT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
3 TO THE GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE
4 GENERAL STATUTES COMMISSION.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1. G.S. 164-14 reads as rewritten:
7 "§ 164-14. Membership; appointments; terms; vacancies.
8 (a) The Commission shall consist of 13 14 members, who shall be appointed as follows:
9 …
10 (14) One member, by the dean of the school of law of High Point University.
11 (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-76, s. 32.1, effective July 1, 2019.
12 (c) Appointments by the president of the North Carolina State Bar, the General Statutes
13 Commission, and the deans of the schools of law of North Carolina Central University, Duke
14 University, Elon University, the University of North Carolina, and Wake Forest University shall
15 be made in the even-numbered years, and appointments made by the Speaker of the House of
16 Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the president of the North Carolina
17 Bar Association, the dean deans of the school schools of law of Campbell University, University
18 and High Point University, and the Governor shall be made in the odd-numbered years.
19 Appointments shall be made for two-year terms beginning September 1 of the year when the
20 appointments are to become effective and expiring August 31 two years thereafter.
21 …
22 (f) Notwithstanding the expiration of the term of the appointment, the terms of members
23 of the General Statutes Commission shall continue until the appointment of a successor has been
24 made and reported to the secretary of the Commission."
25 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding G.S. 164-14(c), as amended by Section 1 of this act,
26 the term of the initial appointment by the dean of the school of law of High Point University shall
27 begin September 1, 2024, and end August 31, 2027.
28 SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 164-14
Edition 1: 164-14