North Carolina § 143B-135 - 132. North Carolina Trails Committee - members; selection; removal; compensation.

§ 143B-135. 132. North Carolina Trails Committee - members; selection; removal; compensation.

The North Carolina Trails Committee shall consist of seven members appointed by the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources. Two members shall be from the mountain section, two from the Piedmont section, two from the coastal plain, and one at large. They shall as much as possible represent various trail users. Committee members shall serve staggered terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any appointment to fill a vacancy on the Committee created by the resignation, dismissal, death or disability of a member shall be for the balance of the unexpired term. The Governor shall have the power to remove any member of the Committee from office in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 143B-16 of the Executive Organization Act of 1973. The Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources shall designate a member of the Committee to serve as chairman at the pleasure of the Governor. Members of the Committee shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of G.S. 138-5 and G.S. 143B-15 of the Executive Organization Act of 1973. History (1973, c. 1262, s. 81; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(146); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), (m).) Editor's Note. - Former G.S. 143B-334 was recodified as G.S. 143B-135.132 by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(f), effective July 1, 2015. Session Laws 2015-241, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2015.'" Session Laws 2015-241, s. 33.6, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(m), effective July 1, 2015, substituted "Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources" in the first sentence of the first paragraph and in the fourth paragraph; and substituted "Committee members shall serve" for "The initial members of the North Carolina Trails Committee shall be the members of the current North Carolina Trails Committee who shall serve for a period equal to the remainder of their current term on the North Carolina Trails Committee. At the end of the respective terms of office of the initial members of the Committee, the appointment of their successors shall be for" in the second paragraph. PART 36. NATURAL AND SCENIC RIVERS SYSTEM.