(a)        Creation. – There is hereby created and established a council to be known as the Coastal Resources Advisory Council.

(b)        Membership and Terms. – The Coastal Resources Advisory Council shall consist of not more than 20 members appointed or designated by the Coastal Resources Commission. Counties and cities in the coastal area may nominate candidates for consideration by the Commission. The terms of all Council members serving on the Council on January 1, 2013, shall expire on July 31, 2013. A new Council shall be appointed in the manner provided by this subsection with terms beginning on August 1, 2013, and expiring on June 30, 2015. Members may be reappointed at the discretion of the Commission, provided that one-half of the membership at the beginning of any two-year term are residents of counties in the coastal area.

(c)        Functions and Duties. – The Advisory Council shall assist the Secretary and the Secretary of Administration in an advisory capacity:

(1)        On matters which may be submitted to it by either of them or by the Commission, including technical questions relating to the development of rules, and

(2)        On such other matters arising under this Article as the Council considers appropriate.

(d)       Multiple Offices. – Membership on the Coastal Resources Advisory Council is hereby declared to be an office that may be held concurrently with other elective or appointive offices (except the office of Commission member) in addition to the maximum number of offices permitted to be held by one person under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 128-1.1

(e)        Chairman and Vice-Chairman. – A chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected annually by the Council.

(f)        Compensation. – The members of the Advisory Council who are not State employees shall receive per diem and necessary travel and subsistence expenses in accordance with the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 138-5 ?(1973, c. 1284, s. 1; 1975, c. 452, s. 5; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1981, c. 932, s. 2.1; 1983, c. 249, ss. 1, 2; 1989, c. 727, s. 127; c. 751, s. 8(14a); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 26; 1995, c. 123, s. 4; c. 504, s. 7; 2013-360, s. 14.25.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 113A-105

  • Advisory Council: means the Coastal Resources Advisory Council created by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 113A-103
  • Coastal area: means the counties that (in whole or in part) are adjacent to, adjoining, intersected by or bounded by the Atlantic Ocean (extending offshore to the limits of State jurisdiction, as may be identified by rule of the Commission for purposes of this Article, but in no event less than three geographical miles offshore) or any coastal sound. See North Carolina General Statutes 113A-103
  • Commission: means the Coastal Resources Commission created by N. See North Carolina General Statutes 113A-103
  • Development: means any activity in a duly designated area of environmental concern (except as provided in paragraph b of this subdivision) involving, requiring, or consisting of the construction or enlargement of a structure; excavation; dredging; filling; dumping; removal of clay, silt, sand, gravel or minerals; bulkheading, driving of pilings; clearing or alteration of land as an adjunct of construction; alteration or removal of sand dunes; alteration of the shore, bank, or bottom of the Atlantic Ocean or any sound, bay, river, creek, stream, lake, or canal; or placement of a floating structure in an area of environmental concern identified in N. See North Carolina General Statutes 113A-103
  • Person: means any individual, citizen, partnership, corporation, association, organization, business trust, estate, trust, public or municipal corporation, or agency of the State or local government unit, or any other legal entity however designated. See North Carolina General Statutes 113A-103
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Environmental Quality, except where otherwise specified in this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 113A-103
  • 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