§ 53-93.1. Deputy commissioners. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 53‑93.1.  Deputycommissioners.

(a)        The Commissioner ofBanks shall appoint, with approval of the Governor, and may remove at hisdiscretion a chief deputy commissioner, who, in the event of the absence,death, resignation, disability or disqualification of the Commissioner ofBanks, or in case the office of Commissioner shall for any reason becomevacant, shall have and exercise all the powers and duties vested by law in theCommissioner of Banks.

Irrespective of the conditionsunder which the chief deputy commissioner may exercise the powers and performthe duties of the Commissioner of Banks, pursuant to the preceding paragraph,such chief deputy commissioner, in addition thereto, is hereby authorized andempowered at any and all times, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Banks,to perform such duties and exercise such powers of the Commissioner of Banks inthe name of and on behalf of the Commissioner as the Commissioner, in hisdiscretion, may direct.

(b)        In addition to thechief deputy commissioner authorized by subsection (a) of this section, theCommissioner of Banks may appoint deputy commissioners to serve at theCommissioner's pleasure. The deputy commissioners authorized by this subsectionshall perform any duties and exercise any powers directed by the Commissioner. (1959, c. 273; 1983, c. 717,s. 8; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 164; 1989, c. 752, s. 39(c); 1995,c. 129, s. 20; 2001‑193, s. 1.)