§ 143-47.6. Definitions. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 2B.

Notice of Appointments to Public Offices.

§ 143‑47.6.  Definitions.

As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1)        "Appointing authority" means the Governor, ChiefJustice of the Supreme Court, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House,President pro tempore of the Senate, members of the Council of State, all headsof the executive departments of State government, the Board of Governors of TheUniversity of North Carolina, and any other person or group authorized by lawto appoint to a public office.

(2)        "Public office" means appointive membership on anyState commission, council, committee, board, including occupational licensingboards as defined in G.S. 93B‑1, board of trustees, including boards ofconstituent institutions of The University of North Carolina and boards ofcommunity colleges operated pursuant to Chapter 115D of the General Statutes,and any other State agency created by law, where the appointee is entitled todraw subsistence, per diem compensation, or travel allowances, in whole or inpart from funds deposited with the State Treasurer or any other funds subjectto being  audited by the State Auditor, by reason of his service in the publicoffice; provided that "public office" does not include an office forwhich a regular salary is paid to the holder as an employee of the State or ofone of its departments, agencies, or institutions. (1979, c. 477, s. 1; 1987, c. 564, s. 27.)