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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />SESSION 2013 <br />HOUSE BILL <br />AN ACT AUTHORIZING TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO SERVE ON THE <br />BOARD OF DURHAM TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE. <br />The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: <br />SECTION 1. G.S. 115D -12(a) reads as rewritten: <br />"(a) Each community college established or operated pursuant to this Chapter <br />shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of 13 members, or of additional <br />members if selected according to the special procedure prescribed by the third <br />paragraph of this subsection, who shall be selected by the following agencies. No <br />member of the General Assembly may be appointed to a local board of trustees for a <br />community college. <br />Group One — four trustees, elected by the board of education of the public school <br />administrative unit located in the administrative area of the institution. If there are two or <br />more public school administrative units, whether city or county units, or both, located <br />within the administrative area, the trustees shall be elected jointly by all of the boards of <br />education of those units, each board having one vote in the election of each trustee, <br />except as provided in G.S. 115D -59. No board of education shall elect a member of the <br />board of education or any person employed by the board of education to serve as a <br />trustee, however, any such person currently serving on a board of trustees shall be <br />permitted to fulfill the unexpired portion of the trustee's current term. <br />Group Two — four trustees, elected by the board of commissioners of the county <br />in which the institution is located. Provided, however, if the administrative area of the <br />institution is composed of two or more counties, the trustees shall be elected jointly by <br />the boards of commissioners of all those counties, each board having one vote in the <br />election of each trustee. Provided, also, the county commissioners of the county in <br />which the community college has established a satellite campus may elect an additional <br />two members if the board of trustees of the community college agrees. No more than <br />one trustee from Group Two may be a member of a board of county -µpr. <br />a iii irj_�— ,21�_int r Should the boards of education or the boards of <br />______ <br />commissioners involved be unable to agree on one or more trustees the senior resident <br />superior court judge in the superior court district or set of districts as defined in G.S. 7A- <br />41.1 where the institution is located shall fill the position or positions by appointment. <br />Group Three — four trustees, appointed by the Governor. <br />Group Four — the president of the student government or the chairman of the <br />executive board of the student body of each community college established pursuant to <br />G.S. 115D shall be an ex officio nonvoting member of the board of trustees of each said <br />institution." <br />