North Carolina § 143-47 - 7. Notice and record of appointment required.

§ 143-47. 7. Notice and record of appointment required.

Within 30 days after acceptance of appointment by a person appointed to public office, the appointing authority shall file written notice of the appointment with the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Legislative Library, the State Ethics Commission, and the State Controller. For the purposes of this section, a copy of the letter from the appointing authority, a copy of the properly executed notice of appointment as set forth in subsection (c) of this section, or a copy of the properly executed Commission of Appointment shall be sufficient to be filed if the copy contains the information required in subsection (b) of this section. The notice required by this Article shall contain the following information: The name and office of the appointing authority; The public office to which the appointment is made; The name and address of the appointee; The county of residence of the appointee; The citation to the law or other authority authorizing the appointment; The specific statutory qualification for the public office to which the appointment is made, if applicable; The name of the person the appointee replaces, if applicable; The date the term of the appointment begins; and The date the term of the appointment ends. The following form may be used to comply with the requirements of this section: "NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Notice is given that ________ is hereby appointed to the following public office: Name Public Office: ______________________________________________________________ Citation to Law or Other Authority Authorizing the Appointment: _____________________________________________________________________________ Specific Statutory Qualification for the Public Office, if Applicable: _____________________________________________________________________________ Address of the Appointee: ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ County of Residence of the Appointee: _______________________________________ Date Term of Appointment Begins: ____________________________________________ Date Term of Appointment Ends: ______________________________________________ Name of Person the Appointee Replaces, if applicable: _____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________ __________________________________ Date of Appointment Signature ___________________________________________________________ Office of Appointing Authority Distribution: Governor Secretary of State Legislative Library State Ethics Commission State Controller" History (1979, c. 477, s. 1; 1991, c. 542, s. 8; 2003-374, s. 2; 2009-549, s. 18; 2017-6, s. 3; 2017-212, s. 8.10; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.) Re-recodification; Technical and Conforming Changes. - Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, provides, in part: "The Revisor of Statutes shall recodify Chapter 138A of the General Statutes, Chapter 120C of the General Statutes, as well as Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, as amended by this act, into a new Chapter 163A of the General Statutes to be entitled 'Elections and Ethics Enforcement Act,' as enacted by Section 4 of this act. The Revisor may also recodify into the new Chapter 163A of the General Statutes other existing statutory laws relating to elections and ethics enforcement that are located elsewhere in the General Statutes as the Revisor deems appropriate." The Revisor was further authorized to make additional technical and conforming changes to catchlines, internal citations, and other references throughout the General Statutes to effectuate this recodification. Pursuant to this authority, the Revisor of Statutes substituted "Bipartisan State Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement" for "State Ethics Commission" in subsections (a) and (c). Session Laws 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), and 6.1, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, and authorized the Revisor of Statutes to re-recodify Chapter 163A into Chapters 163, 138A, and 120C and to revert the changes made by the Revisor pursuant to Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Pursuant to this authority, the Revisor of Statutes reverted the references in subsections (a) and (c). Editor's Note. - This section, as rewritten by Session Laws 2003-374, s. 2, effective August 31, 2003, is applicable only to appointments made after that date. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-549, s. 18, effective August 28, 2009, inserted "the State Ethics Commission," in the first sentence of subsection (a); and added "State Ethics Commission" in the distribution list of the "Notice of Appointment" in subsection (c). Session Laws 2017-212, s. 8.10, effective October 8, 2017, deleted "the State Library" following "Legislative Library" in subsection (a); and deleted "State Library" in the distribution list in subsection (c).