North Carolina § 135-48 - 21. Board officers, quorum, meetings.
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§ 135-48. 21. Board officers, quorum, meetings.
Besides the Chair, the Board of Trustees shall elect from its own membership such officers as it sees fit. A majority of the voting members of the Board of Trustees in office shall constitute a quorum. Decisions of the Board of Trustees shall be made by a majority vote of the Trustees present, except as otherwise provided in this Article. The Board shall meet at least quarterly. Meetings may also be called by the Chair, or at the written request of three members. History (1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1398, s. 6; 1987, c. 857, s. 3; 2008-168, ss. 1(a), 2(a), (f); 2009-16, s. 5(c); 2011-85, ss. 2.5(b), 2.10.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2011-85, s. 2.5(b), effective January 1, 2012, recodified former G.S. 135-44.1 as G.S. 135-48.21 . Former G.S. 135-44.1 itself was formerly codified as G.S. 135-39.2. It was recodified as G.S. 135-38.3 under Part 2A of Article 3A of Chapter 135 by Session Laws 2008-168, s. 2(f), effective July 1, 2008, but was renumbered as G.S. 135-44.1 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-85, s. 2.10, effective January 1, 2012, substituted "Board officers" for "Officers" in the section catchline; in subsection (a), added "Besides the Chair" at the beginning; in subsection (b), inserted "voting" in the first sentence, and substituted "this Article" for "this Part" in the last sentence; and in subsection (c), added the first sentence, and inserted "also" in the last sentence.
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