{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-292","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143B-292","heading":"North Carolina Mining Commission - officers.","body":"(a)\tOfficers. - The North Carolina Mining Commission shall have a chair and a vice-chair. The chair shall be designated by the Governor from among the members of the Commission to serve as chair at the pleasure of the Governor. The vice-chair shall be elected by and from the members of the Commission and shall serve for a term of two years or until the expiration of the vice-chair’s regularly appointed term.\n(b)\tAlternate Leadership in Absence of Chair Designation. - If the Governor has not designated a chair by July 1 of the year following the expiration of the term of the previous chair, then the vice-chair shall exercise the powers and duties of the chair until the Governor designates a chair or the expiration of the vice-chair’s regularly appointed term, whichever first occurs. Upon the expiration of the vice-chair’s regularly appointed term, the Commission shall elect a new vice-chair in the manner described in subsection (a) of this section who shall act as chair as set forth in this subsection until the Governor designates a chair as set forth in subsection (a) of this section. (1973, c. 1262, s. 29; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1983, c. 279, s. 2; 1989, c. 727, s. 193; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 944, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1039, s. 16; 2006-79, s. 5; repealed by 2012-143, s. (1)(a), effective August 1, 2012; reenacted by 2014-4, s. 5(a); 2021-180, s. 12.23(a).)","path":["Chapter 143B. Executive Organization Act of 1973.","Article 7. Department of Environmental Quality.","Part 6. North Carolina Mining Commission."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-292.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:22:43Z","sha256":"8687de6f889f1530104d54556ab7f7e3fe3bbd95f4f722e9320b154097228991","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-291","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-143b-293"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}