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<br /> Chapter 108A.
<br /> Social Services.
<br /> Article 1.
<br /> County Administration.
<br /> Part 1. County Boards of Social Services.
<br /> § 108A-1. Creation.
<br /> Every county shall have a board of social services or a consolidated human services board
<br /> created pursuant to G.S. 153A-77(b) which shall establish county policies for the programs
<br /> established by this Chapter in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Social Services
<br /> Commission and under the supervision of the Department of Health and Human Services.
<br /> Provided, however, county policies for the program of medical assistance shall be established in
<br /> conformity with the rules and regulations of the Department of Health and Human Services.
<br /> (1917, c. 170, s. 1; 1919, c. 46, s. 3; C.S., s. 5014; 1937, c. 319, s. 3; 1941, c. 270, s. 2; 1945, c.
<br /> 47; 1953, c. 132; 1955, c. 249; 1957, c. 100, s. 1; 1959, c. 1255, s. 1; 1961, c. 186; 1963, c. 139;
<br /> c. 247, ss. 1, 2; 1969, c. 546, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 138; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1219, s. 6; 1981, c.
<br /> 275, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 690, s. 5; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
<br /> § 108A-2. Size.
<br /> The county board of social services of a county shall consist of three members, except that
<br /> the board of commissioners of any county may increase such number to five members. The
<br /> decision to increase the size to five members or to reduce a five-member board to three shall be
<br /> reported immediately in writing by the chairman of the board of commissioners to the
<br /> Department of Health and Human Services. (1917, c. 170, s. 1; 1919, c. 46, s. 3; C.S., s. 5014;
<br /> 1937, c. 319, s. 3; 1941, c. 270, s. 2; 1945, c. 47; 1953, c. 132; 1955, c. 249; 1957, c. 100, s. 1;
<br /> 1959, c. 1255, s. 1; 1961, c. 186; 1963, c. 139; c. 247, ss. 1, 2; 1969, c. 546, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s.
<br /> 138; 1981, c. 275, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 690, s. 6; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
<br /> § 108A-3. Method of appointment; residential qualifications; fee or compensation for
<br /> services; consolidated human services board appointments.
<br /> (a) Three-Member Board. - The board of commissioners shall appoint one member who
<br /> may be a county commissioner or a citizen selected by the board; the Social Services
<br /> Commission shall appoint one member; and the two members so appointed shall select the third
<br /> member. In the event the two members so appointed are unable to agree upon selection of the
<br /> third member, the senior regular resident superior court judge of the county shall make the
<br /> selection.
<br /> (b) Five-Member Board. - The procedure set forth in subsection (a) shall be followed,
<br /> except that both the board of commissioners and the Social Services Commission shall appoint
<br /> two members each, and the four so appointed shall select the fifth member by majority vote of
<br /> the membership. If a majority of the four are unable to agree upon the fifth member, the senior
<br /> regular superior court judge of the county shall make the selection.
<br /> (c) Provided further that each member so appointed under subsection (a) and subsection
<br /> (b) of this section by the Social Services Commission and by the county board of commissioners
<br /> or the senior regular resident superior court judge of the county, shall be bona fide residents of
<br /> the county from which they are appointed to serve, and will receive as their fee or compensation
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