North Carolina § 143-533 - Creation, appointment of members; members ex officio.

§ 143-533. Creation, appointment of members; members ex officio.

There is hereby created a Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies to consist of three representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, three senators to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, three citizens to be appointed by the Governor, and three citizens to be appointed by the Governor-elect upon certification of his election. Of the three citizens appointed to the Committee by the Governor, only two may be of the same political party. The Speaker of the House, (or a person designated by the Speaker), the President of the Senate, (or a person designated by the President of the Senate), the Governor, and, upon certification of their election, all members-elect of the Council of State, shall be ex officio members of the Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. History (1975, c. 816; 1981, c. 47, s. 2; 1991, c. 739, s. 25.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 1981, c. 47, s. 7 provides: "When the Speaker, President of the Senate, or Lieutenant Governor has designated a person to serve in his place as permitted by this act, that person shall be compensated in accordance with G.S. 120-3.1 if a member of the General Assembly, in accordance with G.S. 138-6 if a State officer or employee, and in accordance with G.S. 138-5 in any other case, except that a member of the General Assembly so designated may not receive per diem if the Speaker, President of the Senate, or Lieutenant Governor may not receive per diem."