AN ACT to prohibit a county or city from enforcing any ordinance that regulates the trimming or removal of trees on property owned or operated by a public airport authority.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 153A‑123 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(h)	Notwithstanding any authority under this Article or any local act of the General Assembly, no ordinance regulating trees may be enforced on land owned or operated by a public airport authority."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 160A‑175 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(h)	Notwithstanding any authority under this Article or any local act of the General Assembly, no ordinance regulating trees may be enforced on land owned or operated by a public airport authority."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of July, 2013.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 4:26 p.m. this 23rd day of July, 2013