GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 1999-15
HOUSE BILL 501

AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING APPOINTMENTS AND COMPENSATION OF HOSPITAL AUTHORITIES IN CRAVEN COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 131E-18(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The board of county commissioners shall appoint the commissioners of the authority in accordance with subsection (d) of this section, as modified in its applicability to Craven County by Chapter 190 of the 1989 Session Laws. There shall be not fewer than 11 and not more than 30 commissioners. Upon a finding that it is in the public interest, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution increasing or decreasing the number of commissioners by a fixed number; Provided that no decrease in the number of commissioners shall shorten a commissioner's term. "
Section 2.  Section 2 of Chapter 922 of the 1987 Session Laws, Regular Session 1988, is repealed.
Section 3.  This act applies to Craven County only.
Section 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of April, 1999.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives