North Carolina General Statutes 143-47.7. Notice and record of appointment required
(a) Within 30 days after acceptance of appointment by a person appointed to public office, the appointing authority shall file written notice of the appointment with the Governor, the Secretary of State, the Legislative Library, the State Ethics Commission, and the State Controller. For the purposes of this section, a copy of the letter from the appointing authority, a copy of the properly executed notice of appointment as set forth in subsection (c) of this section, or a copy of the properly executed Commission of Appointment shall be sufficient to be filed if the copy contains the information required in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The notice required by this Article shall contain the following information:
(1) The name and office of the appointing authority;
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 143-47.7
- Appointing authority: means the Governor, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, members of the Council of State, all heads of the executive departments of State government, the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina, and any other person or group authorized by law to appoint to a public office. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-47.6
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
- Public office: means appointive membership on any State commission, council, committee, board, including occupational licensing boards as defined in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 143-47.6
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) The public office to which the appointment is made;
(3) The name and address of the appointee;
(4) The county of residence of the appointee;
(5) The citation to the law or other authority authorizing the appointment;
(6) The specific statutory qualification for the public office to which the appointment is made, if applicable;
(7) The name of the person the appointee replaces, if applicable;
(8) The date the term of the appointment begins; and
(9) The date the term of the appointment ends.
(c) The following form may be used to comply with the requirements of this section:
“NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT
Notice is given that ______ is hereby appointed to the following public office:
Name
Public Office: _______________________________________________________________
Citation to Law or Other Authority Authorizing the Appointment:
___________________________________________________________________________
Specific Statutory Qualification for the Public Office, if Applicable:
___________________________________________________________________________
Address of the Appointee: _____________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
County of Residence of the Appointee: ___________________________________________
Date Term of Appointment Begins: ______________________________________________
Date Term of Appointment Ends: _______________________________________________
Name of Person the Appointee Replaces, if applicable:
___________________________________________________________________________
____________________ ____________________________
Date of Appointment Signature
____________________________
Office of Appointing Authority
Distribution:
Governor
Secretary of State
Legislative Library
State Ethics Commission
State Controller” (1979, c. 477, s. 1; 1991, c. 542, s. 8; 2003-374, s. 2; 2009-549, s. 18; 2017-6, s. 3; 2017-212, s. 8.10; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 6.1.)