Authorizing Legislation 



North Carolina General Statutes 

 ARTICLE 12D. 



Environmental Review Commission. 



§ 120-70.41. Commission established. 



The Environmental Review Commission is hereby established. 



§ 120-70.42. Membership; cochairs; vacancies; quorum. 



(a) The Environmental Review Commission shall consist of six Senators appointed by 

 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, six Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives, who shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing officer, the Chair or 

 a Cochair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources or the 

 equivalent committee, the Chair or a Cochair of the House of Representatives Committee on 

 Environment and Natural Resources or the equivalent committee, the Chair or a Cochair of the 

 Senate Committee on Appropriations - Natural and Economic Resources or the equivalent 

 committee, and the Chair or a Cochair of the House of Representatives Committee on 

 Appropriations - Natural and Economic Resources or the equivalent committee. 



(b) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall designate one Senator to serve as 

 cochair and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall designate one Representative to 

 serve as cochair. 



(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a member of the Commission shall 

 continue to serve for so long as the member remains a member of the General Assembly and no 

 successor has been appointed. A member of the Commission who does not seek reelection or is 

 not reelected to the General Assembly may complete a term of service on the Commission until 

 the day on which a new General Assembly convenes. A member of the Commission who resigns 

 or is removed from service in the General Assembly shall be deemed to have resigned or been 

 removed from service on the Commission. Any vacancy that occurs on the Environmental 

 Review Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. 



(d) A quorum of the Environmental Review Commission shall consist of nine members. 



§ 120-70.43. Powers and duties. 



(a) The Environmental Review Commission shall have the following powers and duties: 



(1) To evaluate actions of all boards, commissions, departments, and other 

 agencies of the State and local governments as such actions relate to the 

 environment or protection of the environment, including but not limited to an 

 evaluation of: 



a. Benefits ofeach program relative to costs; 



b. Achievement of program goals; 



c. Use of measures by which the success or failure of a program can be 

 measured; and 



d. Conformity with legislative intent; 



(2) To study on a continuing basis the organization of State government as it 

 relates to the environment or to the protection of public health and the 

 environment, including but not limited to: 



a. Improvements in administrative structure, practices, and procedures; 



