{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-202.17","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 106-202.17","heading":"Creation of committee; membership; terms; chairman; meetings; committee action; quorum; compensation.","body":"(a)\tThe North Carolina Plant Conservation Scientific Committee is created within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.\n(b)\tThe Scientific Committee shall consist of the Directors of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium, the North Carolina State University Herbarium, the North Carolina Botanical Garden of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, and the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources or their designees, a representative of the North Carolina Association of Nurserymen, Inc., appointed by the Commissioner, and a representative of a conservation organization, appointed by the Commissioner. Members shall serve for three-year terms and may succeed themselves.\n(c)\tThe Board shall select a chairman of the Scientific Committee from the Scientific Committee's membership to serve for three years.\n(d)\tThe Scientific Committee may hold its meetings at the North Carolina Botanical Garden of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.\n(e)\tAny action of the Scientific Committee shall require at least four concurring votes.\n(f)\tMembers of the Scientific Committee who are not State employees may receive per diem, subsistence and travel allowances authorized by G.S. 138-5 if they so request; members who are State employees may receive the subsistence and travel allowances authorized by G.S. 138-6 if they so request; and members who are also members of the General Assembly may receive subsistence and travel allowances authorized by G.S. 120-3.1 if they so request. (1979, c. 964, s. 1; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(46); 1993, c. 561, s. 116(i); 1997-261, s. 109; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2007-456, s. 2; 2015-241, ss. 14.30(ll), (w).)","path":["Chapter 106. Agriculture.","Article 19B. Plant Protection and Conservation Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_106/GS_106-202.17.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:16:07Z","sha256":"16d20a53464a4ba08c4bf49763cb238ad84d25d2211657ce7c40d36acebacf04","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-202.16","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-106-202.18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}