GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 849

HOUSE BILL 1579

 

AN ACT TO CREATE THE ELIZABETHTOWN AIRPORT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby created the Elizabethtown Airport and Economic Development Commission (the "Commission") which shall have all the powers and duties of a municipal airport commission under Article 6 of Chapter 63 of the General Statutes, and all the powers and duties of a regional economic development commission under Article 2 of Chapter 158 of the General Statutes as to the general area surrounding the Elizabethtown Airport.

Sec. 2.  The Commission shall have seven members, all of whom shall be residents of the Town of Elizabethtown.  The members shall be appointed by the Elizabethtown Board of Commissioners (the "Board") for staggered terms of four years each, provided that initial appointments shall be for the following terms: two members, one year each; two members, two years each; two members, three years each; and one member, four years.  One member shall be designated chairman by the Board and shall serve in that capacity at the pleasure of the Board.  The Board may change the number of members and their terms, the manner of appointment of the chairman and other provisions concerning the Commission as authorized by Article 6 of Chapter 63 of the General Statutes or Article 2 of Chapter 158 of the General Statutes.

Sec. 3.  The Commission shall present financial reports to the Board at least annually, or as requested by the Board.

Sec. 4.  Section 4 of Chapter 639, Session Laws of 1985, is amended by deleting the period at the end and adding the following: ", and the Town of Elizabethtown."

Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of June, 1986.