(A) The Catawba/Wateree Commission shall be composed of fifteen members who reside in counties which abut the Catawba/Wateree River Basin as follows:

(1) two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives;

(2) two members of the North Carolina Senate, to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate;

(3) two members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives;

(4) two members of the South Carolina Senate, to be appointed by the President of the South Carolina Senate;

(5) one member from South Carolina representing a water or sewer municipal utility to be appointed by the South Carolina legislative members of the commission;

(6) one person from a nonprofit land conservation trust operating within the North Carolina portion of the basin, appointed by the Governor of North Carolina;

(7) the President of Duke Power or his designee;

(8) the Chairman of the Bi-State Catawba River Task Force or his designee;

(9) the Chief Executive Officer of the Carolina's Partnership, Inc. or his designee;

(10) one person to represent the commissions referenced below, appointed jointly by the three chief executive officers of the commissions: the Lake Wylie Marine Commission established pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 77 of the North Carolina General Statutes, the Mountain Island Lake Marine Commission established pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 77 of the North Carolina General Statutes, and the Lake Norman Marine Commission established pursuant to Chapter 1089 of the 1969 North Carolina Session Laws;

(11) one member from a lake homeowner's association located on the Catawba/Wateree River whose members reside in South Carolina, to be appointed by the President of the South Carolina Senate.

(B) The Yadkin/Pee Dee Commission shall be composed of fifteen members who reside in counties which abut the Yadkin/Pee Dee River Basin as follows:

(1) two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives;

(2) two members of the North Carolina Senate, to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the North Carolina Senate;

(3) two members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives;

(4) two members of the South Carolina Senate, to be appointed by the President of the South Carolina Senate;

(5) one member from South Carolina representing a water or sewer municipal utility to be appointed by the South Carolina legislative members of the commission;

(6) one member from South Carolina representing the agricultural community to be appointed by the South Carolina legislative members of the commission;

(7) one person from a water or sewer municipal authority, appointed by the Governor of North Carolina;

(8) the President of Progress Energy or his designee;

(9) the President of Alcoa Power Generating, Incorporated (APGI) or his designee;

(10) the President of Weyerhaeuser or his designee;

(11) a representative of the land development industry, whose organization does business within the Yadkin/Pee Dee River Basin and who shall be appointed by the chairman of the commission.

(C) The legislative members of the commission may appoint as they consider necessary additional members to the commission to serve as advisory members.

(D) State legislative members appointed to the commission shall serve ex officio and shall have terms coterminous with their terms of office. All other members shall serve for a period of two years. Appointments to fill vacancies must be made for the remainder of the unexpired terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.

HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 262, Section 1, eff July 6, 2004; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), Section 55, eff January 31, 2019.

Effect of Amendment

2019 Act No. 1, Section 55, in (A), in (4) and (11), substituted "President of the South Carolina Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate"; and in (B)(4), substituted "President of the South Carolina Senate" for "President Pro Tempore of the South Carolina Senate".