North Carolina § 115D-67 - 2. Advisory Board.

§ 115D-67. 2. Advisory Board.

The Advisory Board to the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology is hereby established. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to assist in the advancement and administration of the Applied Textile Technology Center. The Advisory Board shall consist of 14 members as follows: The President of Gaston College, who shall serve ex officio. Two members who are residents of North Carolina appointed by the National Council of Textile Organizations. Two members appointed by the Southern Textile Association, Inc. Two members appointed by the board of the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology Foundation. Two members appointed by the board of trustees of Gaston College. Three members appointed by the State Board of Community Colleges. One member appointed by the dean of the College of Textiles at North Carolina State University. The Director of the Manufacturing Solutions Center at Catawba Valley Community College who shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member. In order for the terms of members to be staggered, one initial member appointed by the North Carolina Manufacturers Association, Inc., one member appointed by the North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology Foundation, one member appointed by the board of trustees of Gaston College, and two members appointed by the State Board of Community Colleges shall serve for two-year terms. The remainder of the initial appointees shall serve for four-year terms. Subsequent terms shall be for four years. Initial terms shall begin July 1, 2005. The Advisory Board is a public body as defined in G.S. 143-318.10(b) and is subject to all provisions of G.S. 143-318.9 through G.S. 143-318.18. The appointing entities shall attempt to appoint members who are distributed geographically throughout the State; members representing large and small companies; and members from each segment of the diverse textile industry including spun yarn manufacturing, filament yarn manufacturing, knitting, weaving, dyeing and finishing, apparel, nonwoven, technical/medical textiles, and fiber producers. Members may serve for no more than two consecutive four-year terms. Members appointed to an initial term of two years and members appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two consecutive four-year terms after the expiration of their term of less than four years. All vacancies occurring on the board shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the appointing authority making the original appointment. Members shall receive per diem, travel, and subsistence allowances in accordance with G.S. 138-5 and G.S. 138-6 , as appropriate. History (2005-103, s. 3; 2010-31, s. 8.8(a); 2013-410, s. 36(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2010-31, s. 8.8(b), provides: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all fees collected by the Manufacturing Solutions Center of Catawba Valley Community College for the testing of products shall be retained by the Center and used for the operations of the Center. Purchases made by the Center using these funds are not subject to the provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 143 of the General Statutes." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2010'." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2010-2011 fiscal year." Session Laws 2010-31, s. 32.6, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2013-410, s. 36(b), provides: "This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to appointments made for vacancies that arise, or upon the expiration of the existing terms, of members appointed by the North Carolina Manufacturers Association, Inc., whichever occurs first, with the first two appointments to be made in accordance with G.S. 115D-67.2(b) (2a) and the next two appointments to be made in accordance with G.S. 115D-67.2(b)(2) ." Session Laws 2013-410, s. 36(b), became law on August 23, 2013. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2010-31, s. 8.8(a), effective July 1, 2010, substituted "Director of the Manufacturing Solutions Center" for "Director of the Hosiery Technology Center" in subdivision (b)(7). Session Laws 2013-410, s. 36(a), effective August 23, 2013, added "as follows" at the end of the introductory language of subsection (b); rewrote subdivision (b)(2), which formerly read "Four members appointed by the North Carolina Manufacturers Association, Inc."; added subdivision (b)(2a); and made minor stylistic and punctuation changes throughout subsection (b). For effective date and applicability, see Editor's note.