Bill Text: NC H316 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Give Student BOG Member the Vote

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Ref to the Com on Education - Universities, if favorable, Judiciary I [H316 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-H316-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

H                                                                                                                                                    1

HOUSE BILL 316

 

 

Short Title:        Give Student BOG Member the Vote.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives R. Johnson, Pierce, and Harrison (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Education ‑ Universities, if favorable, Judiciary I.

March 23, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS of the university of north carolina SHALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHT TO VOTE AS ALL OTHER MEMBERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 116‑6.1 reads as rewritten:

"§ 116‑6.1.  Student member of the Board of Governors.

(a)        Commencing July 1, 1991, and during his continuance as a student in good standing at a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina, the person serving as president of the University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments (UNCASG) or his designee shall serve ex officio as a member of the Board of Governors. This student member shall be in addition to the 32 members elected to the Board of Governors.

(b)        The student member shall have all the rights and privileges of membership, except that he shall not have a vote.membership."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.