This text of North Carolina § 143B-181.55 (Creation, membership, meetings, organization, and adoption of measures) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)There is created the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature. It shall:
(1)Provide information and education to senior citizens on the legislative process and matters being considered by the General Assembly;
(2)Promote citizen involvement and advocacy concerning aging issues before the General Assembly; and
(3)Assess the legislative needs of older citizens by convening a forum modeled after the General Assembly.
(b)The delegates to the Senior Tar Heel Legislature shall be age 60 or over and shall be duly selected pursuant to procedures developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, and approved by the Secretary of the Department in consultation with senior citizens advocacy groups who have given written notice to the Division of Aging that they des
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(a) There is created the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature. It shall:
(1) Provide information and education to senior citizens on the legislative process and matters being considered by the General Assembly;
(2) Promote citizen involvement and advocacy concerning aging issues before the General Assembly; and
(3) Assess the legislative needs of older citizens by convening a forum modeled after the General Assembly.
(b) The delegates to the Senior Tar Heel Legislature shall be age 60 or over and shall be duly selected pursuant to procedures developed by the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Aging, and approved by the Secretary of the Department in consultation with senior citizens advocacy groups who have given written notice to the Division of Aging that they desire to be consulted. The Senior Tar Heel Legislative Session shall be organized and coordinated by the Division with Area Agencies on Aging organizing the local election procedures and other related matters. At the conclusion of each session, the Senior Tar Heel Legislature shall make a report of that session's proceedings and recommendations to the General Assembly. Delegates to the Senior Tar Heel Legislature shall be from each county.
(c) The Senior Tar Heel Legislature is authorized to meet one day in March of every year beginning in 1994 but shall hold its first session no later than August 1993. The sessions shall be held in the State Capitol or in a building to be selected by the Governor or the Governor's designee. The Senior Tar Heel Legislature is authorized to adopt bylaws to govern its internal procedures and is authorized to adopt such recommendations as it deems appropriate to present to the General Assembly for consideration.
(d) A report of the proceedings of each session of the Senior Tar Heel Legislature shall be presented to the next Regular Session of the North Carolina General Assembly. (1993, c. 503, s. 1; 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a).)
Part 15. Mental Health Advisory Council.
§§ 143B-182 through 143B-183: Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 51, s. 13.
Part 16. Governor's Council on Employment of the Handicapped [Transferred.]
Part 16A. North Carolina Arthritis Program Committee.
§§ 143B-184 through 143B-185: Repealed by Session Laws 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 1028, s. 28.
Part 17. Governor's Advocacy Council on Children and Youth.
§§ 143B-186 through 143B-187: Transferred to §§ 143B-414, 143B-415 by Session Laws 1977, c. 872, s. 6.
Part 18. Council on Sickle Cell Syndrome.
§§ 143B-188 through 143B-190: Recodified as §§ 130A-131 through 130A-131.2 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 179.
§§ 143B-191 through 143B-196: Repealed by Session Laws 1987, c. 822, s. 1.
Part 19. Commission for Human Skills and Resource Development.
§§ 143B-197 through 143B-201. Repealed by Session Laws 1979, c. 504, s. 10.
§§ 143B-202 through 143B-203: Repealed by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 181.
Part 20. Commission of Anatomy.
§§ 143B-204 through 143B-206: Recodified as §§ 130A-33.30 through 130A-33.32 by Session Laws 1989, c. 727, s. 182(a).
Part 21. Youth Services Advisory Committee.
§§ 143B-207 through 143B-208: Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 50, s. 7.
Part 22. Human Tissue Advisory Council.