North Carolina § 106-933 - Compact Administrator; North Carolina members of advisory committee.

§ 106-933. Compact Administrator; North Carolina members of advisory committee.

The Commissioner of Agriculture is hereby designated as Compact Administrator for this State and shall consult with like officials of the other member states and shall implement cooperation between such states in forest fire prevention and control. At some time before the adjournment of each regular session of the General Assembly, the Governor shall choose one person from the membership of the House of Representatives, and shall choose one person from the membership of the Senate, who shall serve on the advisory committee of the Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact as provided for in Article III of said Compact. At the time of the selection of the House and Senate members of such advisory committee, the Governor shall choose one alternate member from the House of Representatives and one from the Senate who shall serve on such advisory committee in case of the death, absence or disability of the regular members so chosen. History (1955, c. 803, s. 4; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(51); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2011-145, s. 13.25(t), (u).) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly codified as G.S. 113-60.14. It was recodified as G.S. 106-893 by Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(t), effective July 1, 2011, and renumbered as G.S. 106-933 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2011-145, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2011.'" Session Laws 2011-145, s. 32.5 is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2011-145, s. 13.25(u), effective July 1, 2011, substituted "Commissioner of Agriculture" for "Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources" in the first paragraph.