GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 735

Short Title:  Comm. Coll. Trustee Eligibility.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Albertson; Allran, Carrington, Clodfelter, Cochrane, Cooper, Dannelly, East, Forrester, Garrou, Garwood, Hartsell, Horton, Hoyle, Jordan, Kerr, Kinnaird, Lee, Lucas, Martin of Pitt, Martin of Guilford, Miller, Moore, Odom, Perdue, Phillips, Plyler, Rand, Reeves, Shaw of Cumberland, Shaw of Guilford, Soles, Warren, Weinstein, and Wellons.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.

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April 1, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM SERVING ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 115D-12(b1) reads as rewritten:
"(b1)	No person who has been employed full time by the community college within the prior 5 years and no spouse or child of a person currently employed full time by the community college shall serve on the board of trustees of that college.  Notwithstanding G.S. 115D-16, no member of the General Assembly shall be eligible to serve on the board of trustees of a community college."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to terms beginning on or after that date.