Bill Text: NC S1141 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Task Force on Sports Injuries in Schools

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-22 - Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [S1141 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2010-S1141-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

S                                                                                                                                                    2

SENATE BILL 1141*

House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/22/10

 

Short Title:        Task Force on Sports Injuries in Schools.

(Public)

Sponsors:

 

Referred to:

 

May 17, 2010

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to establish the legislative task Force on sports injuries as recommended by the Joint legislative Education Oversight Committee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  There is created the Legislative Task Force on Sports Injuries.

SECTION 2.  The Task Force shall consist of 16 members as follows:

(1)        Eight members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives as follows:

a.         Three members of the House of Representatives;

b.         One member of the State Board of Education or a designee of the State Board of Education;

c.         One doctor with expertise in sports-related head trauma;

d.         One school administrator;

e.         One high school coach; and

f.          One school nurse.

(2)        Eight members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate as follows:

a.         Three members of the Senate;

b.         One representative of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association;

c.         One athletic trainer;

d.         One high school athletic director;

e.         One middle school coach; and

f.          One doctor with expertise in sports-related orthopedic injuries.

SECTION 3.  The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one Representative as cochair, and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate one Senator as cochair. Vacancies on the Task Force shall be filled by the same appointing authority that made the initial appointment.  A quorum of the Task Force shall be a majority of its members.

SECTION 4.  The Task Force shall study issues relating to sports injuries for all sports, including cheerleading, at the middle school and high school levels, focusing on the prevention and treatment of injuries.

SECTION 5.  Members of the Task Force shall receive per diem, subsistence, and travel allowances in accordance with G.S. 120‑3.1, 138‑5, or 138‑6, as appropriate.  The Task Force, while in the discharge of its official duties, may exercise all powers provided for under G.S. 120‑19 and G.S. 120‑19.1 through G.S. 120‑19.4. The Task Force may meet at anytime upon the joint call of the cochairs. The Task Force may meet in the Legislative Building or the Legislative Office Building.

With approval of the Legislative Services Commission, the Legislative Services Officer shall assign professional staff to assist the Task Force in its work. The House of Representatives' and the Senate's Directors of Legislative Assistants shall assign clerical staff to the Task Force, and the expenses relating to the clerical employees shall be borne by the Task Force. The Task Force may contract for professional, clerical, or consultant services as provided by G.S. 120‑32.02. If the Task Force hires a consultant, the consultant shall not be a State employee or a person currently under contract with the State to provide services.

All State departments and agencies and local governments and their subdivisions shall furnish the Task Force with any information in their possession or available to them.

SECTION 6.  The Task Force shall submit a final report of the results of its study and its recommendations to the 2011 General Assembly upon its convening.  The Task Force shall terminate upon filing its final report or upon the convening of the 2011 General Assembly, whichever occurs first.

SECTION 7.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2010.

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